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What Would SnCULD I 1ake W|th Me?
lf naLural dlsasLer sLrlkes lL only Lakes mlnuLes for people Lo Lry Lo geL away lf l had Lhe
Cod senL Lo have 10 mlnuLes Lo leave my house and never come back Lhere are only a few
Lhlngs l would brlng along wlLh me Some may have a dlfferenL vlew of whaL Lhey should brlng
Lhan l would only because we Lhlnk dlfferenLly Some lmmedlaLely Lhlnk LhaL lf Lhey may never
come back Lhey should aLLempL Lo save and carry ouL Lhelr mosL Lreasured lLems such as
phones Leddy bears a few wads of cash and maybe even cloLhes Lo lasL Lhem a couple days lf
l ever had 10 mlnuLes Lo Lake whaL l needed l would noL heslLaLe Lo leave my vlolln my pen
collecLlon l may cherlsh Lhose Lhlngs buL l would noL puL myself aL rlsk Lo Lake such lLems for
Lhe sake of havlng lL l would wanL Lo rebulld and susLaln my famlly and l for aL leasL a week
afLer a Lerrlble naLural dlsasLer Llke my moLher sald you can only replace lnanlmaLe ob[ecLs
noL llves
lL ls absoluLely necessary LhaL my parenLs ldenLlflcaLlon passporLs and all lnsurance
documenLs for my enLlre famlly are safe l would Lake my faLher's 8 x 13 x 6 lnch safe LhaL
carrles all of LhaL and lL only welghs 10 pounds lL also conLalns enough money for my famlly Lo
leave Lhe counLry on a commerclal alrllner and lf noL also Lhe posslblllLy Lo renL ouL a plane so
LhaL my dad may plloL us wherever we need Lo go lf lL becomes a serlous maLLer such as LhaL
we know we can escape Lhe danger lL also has our deed Lo our house and lnsurance so LhaL lf
anyLhlng happens Lo us medlcal wlse we can aLLend a hosplLal Lo be LreaLed lmmedlaLely lf
push comes Lo shove someone dles my parenLs have boLh a wlll and documenLaLlon of llfe
lnsurance My parenLs Look whaL happened ln PalLl serlously and wlLh my lnvolvemenL ln Lhe
Clvll Alr aLrol l helped Lhem devlse a safe way so LhaL lf even our house came down ln flames
we could conLlnue llfe somewhere else
1hlngs happen and change ln a maLLer of seconds belng prepared Lo leave aL a
momenL's noLlce helps lmmensely When l [olned Lhe Clvll Alr aLrol l also made Lhe declslon Lo
[oln ground Leam Cround Leam members go ouL on search and rescue sorLles for mlsslng
alrcrafL or urban dlrecLlonal flndlng Leams for emergency Lransmlsslons lL requlres me Lo have
a pack LhaL conLalns enough food waLer (we fllLer exLra waLer) and cloLhlng for 3 days sLralghL
lL also conLalns an 8 man LenL (whlch ls more Lhan enough Lo flL my famlly) and 8 x 10fL Larp
LhaL can provlde waLer proof shelLer from raln when Lled beLween Lrees lL also conLalns an
emergency medlcal klL wlLh anLlbloLlcs bandages olnLmenL gauze anLlsepLlc wlpes and even
Advll lf someone really needs lL lL has solar powered llghLlng LhaL would charge durlng Lhe day
and used aL nlghL plus emergency glow sLlcks lf needed llnally Lhe pack also conLalns 200
uollars cash mulLl Lool Swlss army knlfe chow seL 30 fL of rope ducL Lape handheld CS and
emergency radlo LransmlLLer and recelver l would deflnlLely brlng all of Lhls because l know we
are golng Lo need someplace for us Lo llve unLll we geL Lo a hoLel 8oLh my faLher and broLher
have Lhelr own verslon of my pack for when Lhey geL called on mlsslons lf anyLhlng l know
Lhey would brlng Lhelrs wlLh Lhem as well
Many people don'L expecL Lhlngs Lo be as bad as Lhey really are l always anLlclpaLe Lhe
worse so LhaL l know whaL Lo expecL anyLhlng else would be beLLer Lhan whaL l LhoughL! lf
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anyLhlng l would brlng my solar charger l boughL lL a whlle back buL only used lL Lo charge my
phone and oLher elecLronlcs l would use Lhls because lL ls a deflnlLe way for me Lo conLacL
famlly elsewhere uslng my phone ConsLanL power and energy ls lmporLanL because wlLhouL
power many of Lhe Lhlngs we do ln Lhe 21
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cenLury would be nonexlsLenL
When people begln Lo leave Lhelr homes Lhey wanL Lo brlng Lhelr cherlshed lLems lor
lnsLance my younger broLher 1hlerry who ls 13 would brlng hls gulLar along wlLh hls pack My
slsLer would cerLalnly Lake her roll up plano key keyboard for enLerLalnmenL My moLher would
cerLalnly Lake Lhe famlly album and my faLher Lhe hard drlve Lo our compuLers and hls lapLop!
lL's amazlng whaL Lhlngs my parenLs declded Lhey would Lake wlLh Lhem lor me lL would
slmply be my lad Cn lL conLalns everyLhlng l would remember lncludlng vldeos of my younger
years my famlly and lL would conLaln every song my parenLs and l boughL SLrangely enough lL
has maps of Lhe Lown and easL coasL and a loL of games so LhaL l am noL bored lf l had Lo Lake
one Lhlng LhaL lsn'L golng Lo help me lL ls golng Lo be my lad 8oLh my parenLs agree l should l
would consLanLly Lake plcLures of whaLever ls happenlng LhaL caused my famlly Lo leave on such
shorL noLlce and puL Lhem ln my memorles folder l only need one Lhlng Lo keep me sane and
LhaL ls my muslc
uld people afLer hurrlcane kaLrlna have Lhe same amounL of Llme Lo Lhlnk of whaL Lhey
are golng Lo brlng? ls anyone ln PalLl regreLLlng whaL Lhey dld noL do Lo be prepared? uld Lhey
know whaL Lhey #t" have may noL always be Lhlng Lhey need? l wonder when dlsasLer wlll
sLrlke and lf lL does am l ready? lL's always a maLLer of llfe or deaLh when lL comes Lo
everyLhlng you would brlng wlLh you l hope LhaL dlsasLer does noL sLrlke where we llve buL lf lL
does l know whaL l have Lo brlng wlLh me and so does Lhe resL of my famlly 1he Cround Leam
pack emergency safe and my lad would keep me golng for a whlle Maybe up Lo a monLh lf ln
Lhe evenL lLMA becomes slow Lo respond (l saw how Lhey work on a pracLlce rescue
operaLlon My squadron beaL Lhem Lo Lhe slLe of Lhe lncldenL and walLed an hour evacuaLlng
Lhe alrporL!) Some people aren'L aware of how qulckly llfe can change buL Lhere ls no such
Lhlng as belng Loo prepared for someLhlng Lven lf you don'L know whaL lL ls!