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A Girl Scout Troop Leader Wants to Get Her Girls Prepared
We recently got an e-mail from a Girl Scout troop leader, describing how
she wants to start a project making 72-hour "bug out" bags for the troop members.
Her goal is to get her troop members better prepared, yet not tip-off their
parents
to her own level of preparedness. She wants to avoid making herself look like
some sort of "preparedness nut" or "whacko".
The important
thing to keep in mind is that terminology and phrasing are
crucial to how people form opinions. Do not use terms such as "Bug Out
Bag" or "Get
Out of Dodge Kit" or "Survival
Kit." It is much better to use the
term Disaster Preparedness Kit, or even better yet to phrase the title
to match the locally expected disaster. (Such as "Earthquake preparedness kit"
or "Hurricane preparedness kit". You get the idea....Our scouting friends in
California
made
earthquake kits for their cars which they keep in a large Tupperware bin in
the trunk. They contain bottled water, canned tuna, a can opener, granola bars,
space blankets, knit hats, matches, and so forth. Suggested packing lists
are available
in PDF from the FEMA web site.
