Be careful there. Most iodine is tincture of iodine, and if you use enough of it to decontaminate the water, you've also put in enough isopropyl alcohol that it's not good to drink.
From dealing with a few different disasters, the most important things I've seen people wish they had, in no particular order:
1. Cash. Sometime good ol' folding money is the most useful 2. Contact information for relatives. Can't count the number of people that thought they should call relatives, but had to call information to actually get ahold of the,m 3. A water bottle. While helping out during the Red River Flood I saw no end of people that got evacuated that were parched while the whole world was feet deep in water, because they didn't have anything to drink. 4. Medications. Nothing sucks more than having left the important meds at home in the medicine cabinet. 5. A plan. Especially for something like a hurricane that hits a big area, having thought ahead to where you might try to go when you need to get out of Dodge can really make things easier. Especially if everyone else is also trying to do the same thing. 6. Sufficient clothing, if it's likely to get cold or wet. -- Richard W Kaszeta
Help me get ready for Hurricane Season long 3537Perhaps an "eat down the freezer" plan. We have several dinners in "seal-a-meal" pouches frozen. When a power outage is forseeable,they go from the chest freezer to the refrigerator freezer. We try...
