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|| SportsShooter.com: News Item: Posted 2005-10-03
Preparing for Disaster
By Robert Hanashiro, Sports Shooter
Here are some links to resources for building your own emergency kit and preparing for an emergency situation, whether at home or on assignment.
Assembling your own earthquake/disaster kits:
http://www.sfgate.com/chronicle/special/quakes/1.1.html
http://www.ready.gov/make_a_kit.html
Military Surplus stores:
http://www.militaryclothing.com
http://www.uscav.com
http://majorsurplusnsurvival.com/tips%20survival.htm
Info on first aid kits:
http://www.ready.gov/first_aid_kit.html
Outdoor/camping supplies:
http://www.rei.com
Portable generator info:
http://www.ext.vt.edu/pubs/disaster/490-303/490-303.html
http://www.redcross.org/services/disaster/0,1082,0_565_,00.html
Power inverter info:
http://www.poweriseverything.com/inverter.html
http://www.radioshack.com/product.asp?cookie%5Ftest=1&catalog_name=CTLG&category_name=CTLG_009_001_008_000&product_id=22-146
http://www.invertersrus.com
Info on gasoline cans:
http://www.dawginc.com/material-handling/gasoline-safety-storage-can.asp
Maglite flashlights:
http://www.maglite.com/productline.asp
Illness prevention/treatment:
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/disasters/illness.asp
http://www.high-altitude-medicine.com/diarrhea.html
Simple first aid:
http://library.thinkquest.org/10624/1staid.html
Commercial sites selling disaster kits, MREs, water purification, etc.:
http://beprepared.com
http://www.mrefoods.com
http://saratogatradingcompany.com
http://www.hydrationtech.com
A paper on journalists covering disasters assembled by the "No Train, No Gain" web site:
http://www.notrain-nogain.org/Train/Res/Report/disast.asp
Other interesting reading:
http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/news/opinion/12679017.htm
http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/tsunami/article.asp?parentid=22664
http://www.dartcenter.org/tips_tools/disasters.html
http://www.theonion.com/content/node/40987
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