7 Things to Include in Your Emergency Supply Kit

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Entertainment

If you find yourself more or less trapped in your home for a lengthy period of time, you are going to need something to keep yourself occupied. Entertainment will keep you calm and help you keep control of the inevitable stress that comes during an emergency situation. All of your entertainment needs do not have to be physically kept with your emergency supplies, but a few basics would not go amiss. Keep some paper and crayons in the kit so you know your children will have supplies to keep them entertained with a few hours of coloring. If your children are older or you do not have children, make sure your emergency supplies include a deck of cards and the rules to a few card games such as 500 Rum or Rummy, Gin Rum, Poker, Egyptian Rat Screw, Scum and Crazy Eights.

In addition to what you keep in your emergency kit, know what other entertainment options you have in the house. Board games and books make the best choices, but make sure the books are paper and ink. Tablets, phones, computers and other electronic devices should be left turned off during an emergency except for when they are needed for necessary communication purposes. Make sure your teen understands that talking, texting or SnapChatting their friend does not count as “necessary communication.”