This gets back to the main point of prepping - pretty actively taught at my church as well... Here's the general principles
1) Have a plan
2) Have a "72 Hour kit" for each person. Idea here being enough compact stuff to keep you alive and reasonably ok for 72 hours if you had to leave your location and there were NO other services. This is the kit that most people in Japan would be into right about now. We have these built as backpacks just in case it's a situation like this.
3) Have a larger supply of stuff that you regularly use on hand
4) Have a year's supply staples, as much fuel as makes sense, etc.
Those are all well and good - but after watching all of the stuff with this situation, I'm thinking some other things are equally/more important. here's a few that I'm coming up with.
1) Have training and a mental outlook such that you can thrive under this kind of situation.
2) Test out your preps by voluntarily cutting yourself off from things once in a while. A couple of friends of mine (their wives actually) had a contest to try out their food storage set up and see how solid it was. Neither family was allowed to go to the store for a month. Still had power and everything, although they did try out their camp stoves, etc. just for fun. Each family had several kids - and they learned a TON about how solid their set up was. This sounds like a fun way to prepare so that if a situation did develop - it would be second nature.
3) There is great wisdom in not being addicted to anything - the only thing the people in Japan don't need to be facing along with the other issues that they have is Jones-ing for a smoke, or coffee, or Mountain Dew, or something.
4) I kind of doubt that the ATM's are working in that area. Cash supply?
Just a few thoughts...
1) Have a plan
2) Have a "72 Hour kit" for each person. Idea here being enough compact stuff to keep you alive and reasonably ok for 72 hours if you had to leave your location and there were NO other services. This is the kit that most people in Japan would be into right about now. We have these built as backpacks just in case it's a situation like this.
3) Have a larger supply of stuff that you regularly use on hand
4) Have a year's supply staples, as much fuel as makes sense, etc.
Those are all well and good - but after watching all of the stuff with this situation, I'm thinking some other things are equally/more important. here's a few that I'm coming up with.
1) Have training and a mental outlook such that you can thrive under this kind of situation.
2) Test out your preps by voluntarily cutting yourself off from things once in a while. A couple of friends of mine (their wives actually) had a contest to try out their food storage set up and see how solid it was. Neither family was allowed to go to the store for a month. Still had power and everything, although they did try out their camp stoves, etc. just for fun. Each family had several kids - and they learned a TON about how solid their set up was. This sounds like a fun way to prepare so that if a situation did develop - it would be second nature.
3) There is great wisdom in not being addicted to anything - the only thing the people in Japan don't need to be facing along with the other issues that they have is Jones-ing for a smoke, or coffee, or Mountain Dew, or something.
4) I kind of doubt that the ATM's are working in that area. Cash supply?
Just a few thoughts...
