There may not always be a pandemic, a war, or an economic collapse. But one thing you can say for certain is that Mother Nature will never fail to deliver some sort of weather disaster on an annual basis.
Depending on where you live, you will have different scenarios that you must have your family prepared for. These may include things like living in a flood zone, a place where wildfires are common, or a location that is prone to periodic tornadoes, hurricanes, or earthquakes.
There’s also the threat of simple extreme heat or winter weather that can cause a natural disaster on a large scale. Many times, this is due to the fact that people are not prepared for this type of weather.
They either don’t have the supplies on hand that they need or they didn’t expect it to happen in their location. There are some places that even have to deal with more rare events, such as volcanoes or tsunamis.
And the one event that many people may have to deal with on a global scale would be a solar flare that could disrupt the grid and cause technology to suffer. It could go unnoticed or it could be a grid-down situation for months or even years, depending on the severity of it.
You want to always be prepared for a variety of weather situations. Even if you live in a warm southern state, you want to be prepared for winter weather if your grid is not capable of handling it, as in the case of Texas in 2021.
Most citizens living there were used to seeing store shelves run out of milk and bread at the most as people hunkered down for a sleet storm once in a while. But when the grid failed for several days, people died and many suffered and were terrified about what they went through as temperatures dropped to below freezing in their homes.
Likewise, there are many northern states that are not equipped with central air conditioning in homes, and a bout of extreme heat could cause a lot of medical emergencies as well as discomfort.
Make sure that you are covered with the appropriate insurance that is required to rebuild in case a natural disaster wipes out or causes serious damage to your home and possessions. You want to be prepared with products that will allow you to live off the grid so that you can cook, charge up your cell phone, and find warmth or cool air whenever necessary.
This might be solar gadgets or a generator that can restore temporary electricity whenever you need it. There are many affordable options. If a generator is out of your price range, look for solar battery banks and solar cookers to help you maintain communications and cooking abilities.
With weather disasters, there are products you need – and strategies you need to learn. Take threats seriously. There’s no need to risk your life and/or that of your family because you aren’t taking a threat such as a tornado or hurricane seriously. On the other hand, it may be better to bug out to a different location and keep your family safe than to remain in place and hope nothing bad happens. Even if you have withstood the threat in the past, that doesn’t mean you’ll always survive future threats if you don’t prepare adequately.
