Feeling Secure In Your Own Home

I'm sure that you all have experienced when the electricity goes out due to a power outage and you can't find a flashlight or anything to help you get through that night. What about other things that you think you should have just in case of a bad situation...

I would try to keep the following in a box or a drawer to keep for situations like this. You can keep a set on each floor but definitely have one on a main floor that is easily accessible.

• Flashlights - with batteries - on each floor


• Stash of batteries of all sizes


• Battery powered radio


• First Aid Kit


• An area to store food items, if you lose power (bottled water, candles, matches, canned food, other foods that you do not have to cook)


• Fire Extinguisher(s)


• Ladder - that you can keep in a bedroom, near a window, to get out in case of a fire or another type of emergency


• Also, always make sure that you have your phones, blackberries and laptops charged well in advance so that you are not caught in a bind

I hope the next time you are caught in one of these events, you will be safe and secure.

Marlin