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prep4tomoro · 1 year

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5 Minute Emergency Prep Projects for People with No Time:

One excuse used for not preparing for an emergency is that it takes a lot of time. True enough. Anything you pursue with passion and intensity is going to take some time. On the other hand, here is a list of preparation activities that can be undertaken in just five minutes. Preparing for a disaster or crisis or even an economic collapse does not have to be an insurmountable task. Breaking tasks down in to manageable chunks will make the job less chore-like and less of a burden. As a bonus, when you are done, you will feel the sense of satisfaction that comes from knowing that you have done something to secure your safety and well-being if it all goes to heck. Make every day a prepping day; even if it's for only 5 minutes!

1. Purchase a prepping notebook or binder to record information needed in the event of an emergency.

2. Wash out empty juice jugs, swish with a bit of bleach and fill them with water for an emergency. Be sure to date them so that you that you can rotate them on 6-month basis.

3. Place a pair of shoes, socks, work gloves, a whistle, and a light stick or flashlight with batteries under your bed for use during or after an emergency.

4. Talk to family members about how to re-unite with each other following a disaster.

5. Choose an out-of-state contact person that is willing to be a relay point for information after-the-fact to your other family members and loved ones. (Following a disaster, telephone lines to an out-of-state location may work when local calls do not.)

6. Introduce yourself to a neighbor you have not met. Exchange emergency telephone numbers.

7. Purchase a manual can opener on your next visit to the store.

8. Fill empty milk jugs or other plastic containers with water and store them in your freezer. The frozen jugs will keep your food colder for longer in the event of a power outage. The water can also serve as a backup source for cleaning or sanitation purposes.

9. Read Food Safety When the Grid Goes Down and print out the food safety charts at the at the FoodSafety.gov website. Attach them to the inside of a cupboard door so you have them handy after a power outage or disaster.

10. Mark your calendar with a date one year from now so that you remember to rotate your canned goods out of storage.

11. Purchase extra canned (or dehydrated [preferred]) goods each time you visit the grocery store.

12. Locate your utility shutoff valves and review the instructions for turning them off. Place a shut-off tool by the door nearest to them

13. Test your smoke alarms.

14. Make a list of all of your prescription drugs along with dosages and keep the list in your emergency kit.

15. Take digital photos of each room in your house. Take five minutes for each room and do you best to capture as much as you can. This will facilitate any after-the-fact insurance claims.

16. Write down your insurance policy numbers and your agent’s phone number, and put them in your wallet and in your emergency kit.

17. Add $1 a week to your emergency cash fund. If you can afford it, add $5 per week (or more) to the fund.

18. Make digital copies of your important documents and store them on a flash drive. 19. Make a backup copy (onto a flash drive) of the data on your computer hard drive and give it to a friend or relative to store for you. In computer terms, this is called an "off site backup".

20. Locate a source of water outside of your home such as a lake, pond or stream.

21. Learn to cook a pot of rice.

22. Download free prepping, survival and homesteading publications from these sites or other prepper sites you find:

[Site 1] [Site 2] [Site 3] [Site 4] [Site 5]

23. Call (800-480-2520) or email FEMA ([email protected]) to order a free copy of their excellent printed book "Are You Ready Guide to Preparedness". For more information about this publication or others, see the list of Free, dowloadable, FEMA Publications.

24. Practice starting a fire using a bit of dryer lint, a cotton ball soaked in petroleum jelly or a flint and steel.

25. Sow some seeds, fruits and veggies that is, to start a garden.

26. Get to know (practice) how to properly use one of your emergency tools (flint fire starter, multi-tool, water filter, tent, etc.).

27. Start working, or improve, on one of the 14-Points Emergency Preparedness Checklist items.

Reference Link

[14-Point Emergency Preps Checklist] [11-Cs Basic Emergency Kit] [Learn to be More Self-Sufficient] [The Ultimate Preparation] [5six7 Menu]

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stuckinapril · 6 months

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There will not be a single moment next week in which I’m not running around doing something

#full time studying / volunteering at the refugee center / volunteering at two clinics #literally ab to have a meeting ab shadowing a doctor who’s researching ftd dementia in like 50 minutes #organic chemistry research 5 days a week bc ur bitch is trying to get published #hitting the gym 6 days a week. I’ll probably have to move it to mornings soon #meal prep #trying to snag a lowkey part time job #trying to read 30 minutes before bed #somehow have 2 fit a social life into this #I’m excited bc I finally feel like my time budgeting abilities are being put to the test BUT holy fuck .#studying will be my no 1 priority always. literally catch me doing anki cards in any pocket of free time I have #but I better live up to the challenge of juggling everything else too #ik I got this. and these are all things im choosing to do. not things I have to do #and I love being busy so it’ll be so fun #just had to be in awe for a second bc I used to admire girls who’re like this. and I am officially about to be one of them #p

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dragongirlbunny · 8 months

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i wish produce didn't expire so quickly like i love fresh berries but the second you buy them theres a 72 hour countdown before they become Gunk

#also wish that cooking asparagus was slightly easier #20 minutes baking plus 5-15 prep is too much time and effort for just a snack

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adashofniallandasprinkleoflunacy · 4 months

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home from work

#if I speak…#one of the girls walked out yesterday #the best worker we have is on the verge of blowing up on this bitch’s leaders bc since he can do everything quick and efficiently already #they’re putting 3 to 4 ppl’s workloads on him to see how far they can extend his worth and then they’re over his shoulder the whole time #micromanaging him so today he almost lost it and was literally walking around mumbling about his disrespectful they all are (facts)#and how if they don’t think he’s doing it right then they can do it and I know for a fact one of the ladies heard him #bc he wasn’t even trying to hide it at this point and like this dude is cool he has a lot of patience and helps out any way he can #so if HE’S on the brink of snapping then the rest of us don’t stand a chance LMFAO #anyways today was a fucking mess those leaders know nothing about our store yet so they have us making less than what we need until we need #it so we get behind constantly and they made prep a disaster bc again they think they can just prep a bunch of stuff in the morning #and it’ll last the whole day and yes that works in theory but the reality of the situation is every day is different and today #we sold double what we did yesterday so they had to move me to prep to fix their mistakes bc we were running out of stuff 4 hours in lmfao #and I’m the only one left who knows how to do everything on prep bc the other girls had never done it before #we’re supposed to prep 20 mac n cheese trays in the morning for the whole day #we open lunch at 10:30 tell me why I go into the cooler at 12 put more in the oven and there’s only 5 left #it’s been less than 2 HOURS and you’re already running out of macs which means those idiots prepped barely anything just to try and save mo #*money to cut down waste but that gag if you’re losing money bc now you’re short on everything and customers are leaving bc they’re having #to wait a long time for their food #and macs take 40 minutes to cool LMFAO #I get over there they’re out of parfaits they’re out of fruit cups they’re out of kale salads the front is coming in and having to take #stuff as I make it bc they keep getting orders and it’s all just a fucking mess #I have to make a custom wrap and what happens?? those morons didn’t pull the flatbreads out of the freezer like they’re supposed to every #night so now we have no flatbread and I had to run back there and put them in the warming drawer to defrost and we lost an order bc I had #nothing to make the wraps with <3 #I go back there to get more cold chicken SPOILER ALERT they didn’t have anyone make any this morning so now there’s no chicken for the wrap #and salad and it has to be grilled and then chilled for 2 FUCKING HOURS before it can be used #they’re a fucking disaster like 😭#was the store perfect before?? ofc not but it ran quickly and efficiently as it should and now it’s literally just a mess #this bitch hasn’t even owned it for a full week yet and has already fucked it all up #womp womp!!!!!!

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tearfest · 6 months

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mini life update in the tags bc i need somewhere 2 rant < 3

#u can ignore but!#in the process of secretly prepping to cut my mum off bc shes got total financial control over me (im 26)#i got a lot of money when i was 18 from an accident n shes basically in control of my assets bc she made it that wah #*way #if that makes sense #like i can only access my money if i go to the bank with her. she lives in a house i boyght her free of charge #sje bullied me into biying another house in wales so she can rent it out as a holidah home n use it as a free holiday spot n said i would #get an income from it but shes given me nothing in the 4/5 yrs weve had it #she put her name on the deeds to all my assets #so i have money but it is inaccessible #i need some bc i need to fund my phd next year but sje wont help me #anyways! thats lowkey besides the point #my dads got a brain tumor n my mum doesnt know i still see my dad bc she thinks i havent spoke to him since je left like 3 yrs ago #but i helped hjm leave bc she was abusing him n had been since i was like 9 #n now im stressed out bc my dads not well and i feel like um running out of time with him #but hes in the hospital at the minute after having a siezure a few weeks after his brain surgery #so ive visited him like 3 days in a row n he remarried this year and my stepmum/sisters are so nice #its like having a real family #and it makes me feel guilty yo say that abt my mum n sister #like the guilt of havi g a bad parent is so real tonight fellas im just gonna sit n cry for a few dags #tbd.#if u read this far i love u .. whats hr zodiac #but yeah! this is why im so inactive #n bc im doi g my masters degree but . that pales in comparison rn

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huckleberr1es · 1 month

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i just wanted the tiger mosquito rapier

#grounded #grounded game #oh they gon be pissed when they wake up to those messages 😭😭#discord shenanigans #eta basically once we all log on we have like <5 minutes to prep for a mosquito raid oof #i tried soloing but there was a lot of uh. property damage. so i reloaded to a backup and logged tf out #like i didnt die at all and got most of the raid but it was a Lot of progress lost #so 3 ppl vs the raid would be Favorable to one person vs the raid

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stuck-in-the-ghost-zone · 3 days

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was at work for an extra HOUR tonight. gonna buy myself a fucking burger and read worm and NOT be productive. and I'm not even gonna feel guilty about it !!

#head in hands.#had to fuckign. euthanize a lionfish 5 minutes before my shift ended. which is a process that takes . like a half hour #but it took Extra Long because it was just me n one othrr person. and neither of us have handled a lionfish on our own before #had 2 prep it for necropsy and my hands were SO fuckign shaky. god.#nothing like handling venomous animals when you are one of 4 people left in the entire building!!!!!!!!!#anyway. ugh. thats probably more info than im supposed to share but god i am STRESSED and UPSET and TIRED #i already haaaate making the call for euthanasia ESPECIALLY when its not one of my primary systems #but i also didnt want him 2 die overnight and leave it for the 2nd or 3rd shift to deal with because they are COMPLETELY on their own #so it was. safer this way for everybody. but GOD i hate doing it #going 2 feel the . poetic malaise about this later. anyway. worm and burger time . worm burger.#blahblahblah

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marklikely · 1 year

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is it just me or has there not been a major roving dudeslash fandom event in a while

#i swear the last big thing was. that pirate show #and iwtv 2022 for like 5 minutes before the rdsf crowd jumped ship bc they realized its a show about bad people who do bad things #what happened to them i wonder. i think go2 is going to revive it in full force so we should start prepping now #avpost #unless they've been around and i missed it lol.#idk i just kind of realized today that the core aspect of fan culture on this website has been really quiet lately.

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sheliesshattered · 11 months

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punk Rhaenyra version 1, goooo!

#Rhaenyra Targaryen cosplay #punk Rhaenyra cosplay #I am going to change and add a few things before I wear it to #Dragon Con 2023 #but this is the basic shape and most of the large pieces #I have a red and black plaid pleated skirt ordered that should have arrived already and I think that'll kick up the look a bit #my Docs will have red laces in (also need them for Harley and hey everything is red and black this year lol)#and I'll have some fake piercings and dragon tattoos #and I think I'm going to go with a brighter red on the lipstick #and put more than 5 minutes into the makeup in general lol #the whole point of this cosplay is to have something to switch to Friday evening after I've been running around all day in #RRD cosplay #at some point in the evening I'll go back to my hotel and switch out to this for the evening parties #still Rhaenyra just more party-ready than the red silk dress will be lol #my cosplay #Dragon Con pre #Dragon Con 2023 prep #the Targaryen tank top arrived and I couldn't keep myself from trying all the pieces I currently have to get an idea of how it'll look

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kennahjune · 4 months

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Why does Steve fit Coldplay songs so well??

Fix You

Yellow

Viva la Vida (THIS ONE ESPECIALLY)

Thinking of a s5 AU with Steve being the final Vecna victim and Viva la Vida being his favorite song (I have no idea when this song came out lmao).

#stranger things #steve harrington #s5 au #stranger things season 5 but I write it my way #vecna victim steve harrington #viva la vida by coldplay #and maybe yellow by coldplay too because it fits him nicely #maybe steddie??#hella platonic stobin #and steve and the kids #it’d be one of those things where steve doesn’t realize he’s a victim until like— last fucking minute #cause if you think about it all of the vecna victim side effects line up with ptsd and concussion side effects #is that barb holland standing 3 feet behind me as a bloodied beyond recognition corpse?? just the typical hallucinations #oh my nose started randomly bleeding during work?? yeah that’s been happening since ‘84 lol #but then it turns out that no these things were not all just ptsd and concussion shit #it was actually vecna prepping steve for the final victim since the fucking beginning #or smth like that

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roylustang · 5 months

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I can’t believe I never thought of buying canned soups before and then just putting extra stuff in it and heating it up in my rice cooker. Easiest hot 5 minute meal in the world

#I always knew I could make soups in my rice cooker but in my mind that required the prep of like cooking meats and or cutting up veggies #keep in my mind I do not have the literal electrical energy supply to slow cook things #but ur bitch can just buy veggie and beef chunk soup and add canned chicken and instant rice to it and BAM #done in 5 minutes #very hearty #I’m going to be powered by so much soup #car life #edit: AND LENTILS

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albatris · 2 years

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woman who has only ever played the roguelike Quantumfish, injecting herself with fucked-up vampire blood and seizing control of her friends' compromised brains to pilot their bodies and beat the absolute ever-loving shit out of a shambling hivemind-infested body horror monstrosity made up of unfortunate Darwelaide citizens: getting a lot of Quantumfish vibes from this

#yvonne with 5 minutes prep taking over the job quinn trained for weeks to figure out how to do after quinn goes and gets themself stabbed:#''oh! this is easy! just like videogames :-)''#bruh.#a rental car takes a left down rake street and disappears

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fizzlehead · 1 year

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GODDDD i just miss being able to watch new episodes of riverdale live and have FUN with them. i remember watching the josie and the pussycats episode in my tiny single dorm room with like 5 of my friends packed onto my twin bed and when archie kissed kevin on the cheek we all ERUPTED in a screaming fit. and then a few weeks later we all did the same thing with the next to normal episode and again like when charles burst into the room singing we stood up and cheered like our sports team had just scored a touchdown or whatever. and even though i didn’t really like s6 very much it STILL had moments like these in the majority of episodes. but now every week i watch it alone in my bed on my laptop and i spend the entire time brain rottingly bored at best and genuinely upset and angry at worst. like what happened i miss riverdale!!!! :(

#i just feel nothinggggggg anymore it makes me actually want to burst into tears. riverdale nights used to be the most exciting nights of my #week and now i forget it’s even airing until like an hour before it starts. feels fucking bad man #not to keep beating a dead horse about how much i hate this season like I know I’ve made it clear. last night just really really did #something to me man. and it’s because they mentioned stonewall prep and i got SO excited because I was like ok FINALLY they’re gonna give me #a moment thag makes me stand up and yell like I used to be able to do. they’re gonna put bret on my screen and I’m gonna scream and run into #the other room to tell my sister about it and it’s gonna be fun and it’s gonna feel like how I’m used to feeling while watching this show.#but then they were like hey here’s two made up stonewall preppies who you’ve never seen or heard about before and who yoh certainly don’t #care about. that’s what you want right. and i literally think something in my brain snapped. irreparably #so now I’m just sitting here thinking about how the time of my life hen I got to watch my favorite show with my friends every week and jump #up and down and scream and laugh and cheer every 5 minutes is over and im never gonna get to do that again. which is awesome <3 #this is so fucking melodramatic i know im sorry it’s just that I’ve snapped like I said. something happened last night & now im busted #but anyways. how are you guys doing #taylor xoxo

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sternenzelt · 8 months

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using my immense brain i deduce you like disco elysium a bit