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    By Amanda Smyth 10 Comments

    how to make a storm kit

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    I'm no girl scout, but I'm pretty sure that with a little forethought, Dorothy could have avoided a lot of unnecessary witch-melting (not to mention the inconvenience of walking all the way to Oz in heels).Storm season is coming to Queensland and given my flying monkey aversion, I've put together a storm kit - a box of things that we might need should we lose power for an extended period.

    Storm Kit Essentials:

    • portable radio
    • torch
    • spare batteries
    • first aid kit    (including any essential medications)
    • matches
    • candles
    • copies of important documents in a waterproof bag     (I've got copies of birth certificates, passports, our medicare and private health cards.  If you have essential medications, I would also include a copy of your prescription.)
    • waterproof bags
    • UHT milk     (I'd choose flying monkeys and melting witches over my monkeys and their melt-downs if the girls were without milk!)
    • water     (here on the farm no power = no water, so I've bought a large container of drinking water and I'll fill the bath when I think a storm is getting serious).
      StORMKIT ESSENTIALS
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    Other things to consider including:

    • gloves     (for post-storm clean up)
    • non-perishable food items    (we could survive for weeks on the stuff I have stockpiled in the cupboard - any one would think I was a child of the depression)
    • wine     (kidding - kind of....)12 essential items for a storm kit

    What things do you consider essential?  

    What would you miss most if you were without power for a couple of days?

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    Comments

    1. Eleise (A very Blended Family) says

      October 30, 2012 at 10:19 am

      Wine would be essential! Great post, a simple yet useful kit you have put together. Team IBOT

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    2. Ai Sakura says

      October 30, 2012 at 11:31 am

      that's a brilliant list! thanks for sharing what's in your box! I want to make an emergency box too just to be prepared ;p

      Ai @ Sakura Haruka

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    3. Salz says

      October 30, 2012 at 3:06 pm

      Thats a great Idea. I really should get one set up as well. I would also have things like spare dummy if your child takes them

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      • cookerandalooker says

        November 01, 2012 at 11:27 am

        A spare dummy is a good idea Salz. We've got so many floating around in the car - I'll chuck one in the box & be on the safe side!

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    4. Kyla @ Three Quarters Full says

      October 31, 2012 at 12:54 pm

      Oh this is one of those things I always think we should have but have never got around to doing. I think every house should have an emergency kit - I just imagine all those poor people without power or heating, hunkered down in that awful storm and I hope they at least thought to be prepared.

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    5. jess@diaryofasahm says

      October 31, 2012 at 2:27 pm

      We've been looking for a new portable radio for our kit, but I haven't got much else ready yet. Darwin doesn't really have any dramas until about December.
      I remember last year we had wine stocked up for our 'cyclone party' but that's probably not the best idea. 🙂
      Essentials for us include bread and peanut butter. Will last a few days. 🙂

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      • cookerandalooker says

        November 01, 2012 at 11:28 am

        Pleased I'm not alone in my assessment of 'essentials' Jess!

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    6. Housewife in Heels says

      November 03, 2012 at 4:48 pm

      Great list. I wish I read this post before the January floods 2011

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      • cookerandalooker says

        November 05, 2012 at 12:17 pm

        That was a very wet year! Hope you survived ok.

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    7. Carolyn Powell Simpson says

      December 31, 2012 at 7:05 pm

      That's awesome Amanda!

      we also have a little solar charger for our mobile phones, when we lost power for three days a couple of years ago, we really missed our mobile phones.

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