The Best Emergency Supplies for Safety During a Disaster

We are at a climate-change tipping point that shows no signs of mitigating the causes. Where I live in Montana, wildfires are a growing threat, and we spend a good amount of our summer with an eye on the radars to monitor conditions and blazes. One of the ways people (myself included) who live in zones under threat of natural disasters can prepare is by having an emergency kit.

This doesn’t just mean a first-aid kit (though those are important to include) but a portable collection of items you can grab-and-go in the event of an outage or evacuation. This includes floods, fires, hurricanes, tornadoes, broken-down cars, and everything else that puts you in situations where you need extra supplies. To put it simply: It’s better to be prepared.

Continue reading to learn more about emergency supplies for a disaster, written by Maggie Slepian.

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玛吉-斯莱皮安(Maggie Slepian)是蒙大拿州的全职作家和编辑。她曾在美国各地背包旅行数千英里,还是一名狂热的自行车背包客、登山者和山地自行车手。

她的作品曾刊登在《户外》杂志、《背包客》杂志、《赫芬顿邮报》、《纽约杂志》、《大众机械》、《REI Co-op Journal》等杂志上。她的客户包括 Osprey、Marmot 和 KOA 等品牌,以及阿巴拉契亚步道保护协会和蒙大拿荒野协会。

玛吉在过去七年中一直从事专业的装备测试工作,她还是 BackpackingRoutes.com 的联合创始人。不写作的时候,她会去徒步旅行,或者教她的猫用绳子走路。

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