Ryan Johnson

There are multiple reason that everyone should have a 72-hour kit ready to go.

The main reason is that when a disaster hit, you are ready to go and won’t need to

spend the time to get everything that you may need ready to go. With a 72-hour kit you

don’t need to spend precious time gathering things that you may need in case you need

to leave your house for some reason. Because in a disaster time can be a sensitive

matter and every minute counts. Some reason that you may need to have this kit ready

to go especially along the Wasatch front is that they are expecting a large earthquake

along this fault line, and will put a lot of people in a disasters state where they might not

have access to some of the basic necessities like food, clean water, and shelter/warm

closing. With a 72-hour kit you won’t have to worry about those things for 3 days. That

will give you time to find out what is going on and where aid will be if you need more

then what you already have prepared. Some people don’t believe you will need a 72-

hour kit because they have everything they need at home and will just use that in case

of an emergency, but what they don’t usually take in to a count is that depending on the

emergency depends on if you are able to stay into your house of not. Its true with a big

storm that knocks out power you can stay in your house, but if there is major flooding or

an chemical spill you may need to leave your house because it is dangerous to stay.

With a 72-hour kit it is very important that you keep it up to date and maintain it

so its will be ready to go as soon as you need it. The best way that you can maintain

your kit is by checking it every year or two and looking at what you have inside of it and

seeing if it is all still up to date and good to eat and use. One of the main things that you

need to maintain is the food, you must make sure that the food isn’t past its expiration
date. And if it is you should replace it with new food, that will be good and healthy when

you may need it. You can also maintain it by replacing the medicine that is in the kit.

After x numbers of years, the medicine losses its effeteness.