Last month the USGS reported that California has 46 percent chance of a 7.5 or larger quake in the next 3 decades, and that it most likely would hit Southern California. This quake has been dubbed the "Big One" and now scientist have created a scenario of what might be expected.



Imagine a 7.8-magnitude quake that last for three minutes, highways break apart, high rises collapse and older buildings fall apart. Major fires erupt and not enough firefighters to handle them all, then the Santa Ana winds flare up spread the devastation from property to property. Hospitals are overwhelmed as over 50,000 seek medical attention.



This is just a quick overview of what could happen and as I have said in the past a wake up call for all of us, it could California or your state. I know it is a concern up here in the Pacific Northwest. Wherever you are get your survival kits put together and stock up on supplies as often as you can look to us for your survival gear LmdDisasterSurvivalKits.

Another round of tornadoes hit the Midwest states this morning, it seem that it is almost becoming a daily event. A tornado like many disasters can and will occur without warning. Of course predicting and warning residence of a storm potential is becoming more accurate and getting the word out is easier. It is still up to each of us to prepare ourselves and our families and our place of work for unexpected disasters. LmdDisasterSurvivalKits.com is a online store that provides survival kits and survival gear to help all of us be ready for a disaster situation. I hope all of you have supplies and a NOAA weather alert radio. If you do not please visit us for lifesaving supplies. Until next time be safe, get yourself prepared, stay informed and get involved in helping your community. Final note our best to the residence of Greensburg, Kansas as they rebuild one year later. Take care everyone.

Greetings friends,



I can not help you when an earthquake hits, a toranado hits, a hurricane comes a shore or a man made emergency affects your nighborhood. Or should I say I can help you now, if you let me! Are you ready to prepare? Are you prepared? Why or why not? Either you understand shit will hit the fan in some way or another in your region or you have or  not started to prepare yet, or maybe both! Or maybe you have! Either way my question(s) are,  are you prepared? What do you think you should have to be  prepare? Or why don't you think you should have not to be prepared? Give us any feedback. Take care  until next time.



Michael

www.LmdDisasterSurvivalKits.com

Another reminder for us to all prepare made its self clear to residence of the Midwest, a 5.2 magnitude earthquake woke people up Friday morning just before dawn. After shocks followed, including one with a magnitude of 4.6.



The quake according to the U.S. Geological Survey is said to be apart of the New Madrid fault, this fault is at the center of the nations most active seismic zones east of the Rockies. A major quake along the New Madrid fault zone could destroy buildings, bridges, roads and other infastructure and also play havoc on communication.



For those of you who have visited this blog in the past know that we always have lots of disaster situations to talk about and give us that shot in the arm to be prepared and get more prepared everyday, our lives and the lives of our loved ones depends on it. Please email or call us with any questions or comments. Until next time stay safe.







Source: The Associated Press

A question that we are asked a lot is , how is the best way to store water? A container to to use needs to be of food grade quality, such as 2-liter soda bottles, with tight fitting screw on lids. It is recommended that you do not use milk containers because they do not seal well.







Some people feel it is necessary to add bleach to the water to increase storage life, this is not so. If your local water is treated commercially by a water treatment utility, it is not necessary to do so. But if your water comes from a well or other non-treated system use a small amount of bleach. It is however important to change and replace stored water at least every six months in both cases. In past blogs I have suggested to keep a steady flow of bottled water in and out of your home, work and vehicles. Doing this works well in many households. Most commercially prepared bottled water is good for a year.







We also carry a water treatment reusable bottle that will treat up to 700 gallons and filter out over 99.99% of bacteria and contaminates. Check that out in our store under food and water. Also we have the AquaBlox water boxes that are good for 5 years. Finally in our store we have water purification tablets they are 8.5mg of sodium dichlorolsocyanurate, they are easy to put in your survival kit.







I hope this information gives you some insight on water preporation before a disaster strikes. Take care and be safe until next time.