It’s 30th June.  Half the year has already gone by.  It’s a good time to check on your disaster preparedness supplies.    I recommend :

- changing the batteries in your flashlights and other emergency electronic equipment.  Lithium batteries can last a whole lot longer than alkalines, but I would still check.

- check the expiry date on your food and water supplies. Rotate if needed. You might have to eat canned and preserved food for the next few days, but that’s better than throwing it all away
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This is a guest post on emergency preparedness.

You can either choose to put together your own emergency kit, or better still, you can buy a pre assembled kit from one of the many suppliers online. A pre-assembled survival kit can offer you a variety of emergency supplies that are designed to meet special needs. Here’s what to look for when you’re shopping for a survival kit.
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This is a guest post on emergency preparedness by Jeff Marshall.

Civilization’s come a long way since our ancestors learned to make fire we drive cars, fly planes, and communicate with each other instantaneously across the globe but Mother Nature can still remind us who’s boss from time to time. Every region of the country and the world faces the threat of a natural disaster. Snowstorms can bring down power lines in the Northeast; floods and hurricanes make seasonal visits to the coasts and the heartland; and anyone in a state that has the Pacific Ocean as a neighbor knows what to do when the ground starts shaking. But today, it’s when the storm dies down, or the earthquake ends, that the real challenges begin. We all need a plan to ride out the strains on normal life that accompany any natural disaster.
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