We survived a short scare here in Oklahoma. Our state has wide swings in weather and we’ve decided to replenish our readiness package just in case we lose electricity for a period of time. We loaded up on tuna, prepared rice, beans, water, grilling supplies, candles, batteries, and of course made sure we have a canister of fresh gasoline in our garage. In our state, where icestorms and electrical outages can occur, we want to be ready. It’s easy to go overboard doing this. We aren’t preparing for war here – it’s “just in case.”

Our family stocks up on some things that we can eat later in the year if disaster doesn’t strike. We can always use tuna, rice, gasoline, and batteries later if we don’t run into trouble. We purchased all this stuff on sale. The food was all purchased at a local store that regularly undercuts the pricing of Wal-Mart and the other items were purchased with coupons. Purchasing the items on sale before we need them allows us to make smart choices on what we stock up on. Our emergency kit is almost a necessity year round here because of tornados in the spring and fall, and snow storms, and ice storms in the winter.

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