Where were you when the lights went out?

Well, it's been a week since the big blackout. The big event left me painfully aware of how UN-PREPARED I am for an emergency. I did manage to scrounge up 3 battery optional radios and found enough batteries to power them through the power outage. Fortunately I had just fed my parents their early dinner and filled up my tank with gas about 1 1/2 hrs prior. My phone had a fresh charge on it so that helped. I was able to check in on the entire family and keep them informed of the radio announcements. Time to make a list for 72 hr kits and get them ready.

Here's some info on the Mormon sharing site ---
http://lds.about.com/od/preparednessfoodstorage/a/72hour_kit.htm

Homeland Security puts out a list ---
http://www.nationalterroralert.com/72hourkit

And another Gov Site ---
http://www.ready.gov/america/getakit/index.html

The State of Utah has this on their site ---
http://beready.utah.gov/beready/family/documents/72-hourchecklistpdf.pdf

Here's another I found that looked pretty good ---
http://www.all-things-emergency-prepared.com/72-hour-emergency-kit.html#LIST

Remember the Boy Scout Motto ---
Be Prepared!