Earthquake Preparedness Kit
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- Earthquakes occur without warning and can affect everyone in a region within seconds. In the event of the next one causing serious damage, make sure you’re prepared with these handy tips.
Here is what you'll need!
Earthquake Preparedness
Earthquakes are one the world's most deadly natural hazards. Large earthquakes often strike without warning in areas of high population density, which can lead to catastrophic events.
It is estimated that there are 500,000 detectable earthquakes in the world each year. 100,000 of those can be felt by people, and of those, 100 of them cause damage.
In the US alone, the NEIC now locates about 20,000 earthquakes each year, or approximately 55 per day. All 50 states and 5 US territories can get earthquakes, but the risk is higher in identified seismic zones. Some of the areas most at risk include: the San Andreas Fault in California; the Cascadia Subduction Zone in Oregon, Washington, and Alaska; the New Madrid Fault Zone in Missouri, Arkansas, Tennessee, and Kentucky; and smaller East Coast zones such as the mid-Atlantic, coastal South Carolina, and New England
Earthquakes occur without warning and can affect everyone in a region within seconds. Make sure you’re prepared with these handy tips.
EMERGENCY TOILET & SUPPLY KIT
MATERIALS
5-gallon bucket with lid
Pool noodle
Trash bags (minimum 5-gallon capacity)
Toilet paper
2-gallon bucket with lid
Emergency supplies to suit your needs
INSTRUCTIONS
Trim a pool noodle to fit the circumference of the 5-gallon bucket.
Using a sharp utility knife or sturdy scissors, cut a slit down the length of the pool noodle to open it up. Be careful to only cut through only one side.
Line the bucket with heavy duty trash bags. For safety and hygiene, use at least 2 bags to start.
Fit the pool noodle onto the opening of the bucket, over the bags.
Pop the steel handle off the side of the bucket. Thread a roll of toilet paper through and pop the handle back into the side.
Fill the smaller 2-gallon bucket with emergency supplies that you and your family will need (don’t forget your pets too!).
Start with a custom emergency checklist that includes important phone numbers you’ll need, medications, and supplies that you’ll need to check periodically.
Food & water - ideally you should include enough drinking water and shelf-stable, nonperishable food to last you and your family for 72 hours.
Foods that don’t require cooking or heating are best; and if using canned food, check if you need to also include a can opener! Drop some cutlery in the kit too.
Schedule to check all expiration dates as necessary and remember that water bottles have use-by dates also.
Hand crank portable radio - it may be necessary to rely on news and communication if power is disrupted and lines are down. Include extra batteries.
Portable lighting - flashlights, light sticks or other battery-powered LED lights are best. Avoid candles in case of potential gas hazards. Include spare batteries, and test batteries periodically.
First aid kit and toiletries, including any prescription and over-the-counter medications, glasses, contact lenses and solution etc
Wet hygiene wipes for body and hands and hand sanitizer are useful if the water goes out
Dust mask and gloves
Shelter and warmth - emergency blankets, regular blankets, tarps, even just an old towel, hand warmers
Toolkit - wrench in case you need to shut of gas or water valves, and a multi-purpose tool for general needs.
Store the smaller bucket inside the larger bucket. The pool noodle can be removed from the top and stored inside too, along with the toilet paper. Keep the bucket in a handy location.
Additional and duplicate supplies should be stored separately in easily accessible locations around the house and other frequented places like your car, workplace etc.
QUAKE-PROOFED HOME
It’s best not to have heavy objects like mirrors or large frames hung or displayed above beds or couches. Otherwise, anchor them in studs or interlocked hooks to prevent them from falling and causing serious injury.
Close hooks from other hanging items by bending them shut with pliers or wrapping them with wire.
Secure precarious furniture such as tall shelves and television screens with furniture straps or L-shaped braces.
Use museum putty or other nonpermanent sticky putty to hold smaller breakables in place.
Alternatively, install low, decorative guardrails across shelves and display units to keep items from sliding off. A simple lip from scrap wood can also do the trick.
Avoid keeping the heaviest items on the top.
Keep a pair of sturdy shoes, a flashlight and even a hard hat under your bed.
Attach velcro to additional flashlights and store them near electrical panels, gas and water valves, and other important utilities for quick access.
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2:16 Because if that funko pop drops it would be disastrous
"There's an earthquake going on!"
"Oh shit! Better pack my Twinkies!"
1:26
Vanessa Baez rofl
It's because they have no expiry date
They are high in fat and sugars, they're technically a good source of nourishment during and emergency
Me
Well yeah, there's something called morale.
At 1:27, I like who Buzzfeed put in the twinkies as a essential in the emergency kit. 😂
Who else is here after the earthquake in Southern California.
Jadine Sanchez yes I live in Las Vegas and felt it 😟😟
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There are no earthquakes where I live.. gonna watch the video anyway.
Britt Groenewegen were do you live, because almost anywere can have one
there are no earthquakes where i stay also
hayhay Brazil. Its impossible, we are in between a large tectonic plaque, so any shakyness in the edges does not affect us
Britt Groenewegen i live in wisconsin, we haven't had one
hayhay I live in the southern part of Netherlands, we don’t have any earthquakes there, we do have earthquakes in the north but that’s a different story.
i feel like every buzzfeed video assumes i have a lot of spare pool noodles around
You're supposed to buy stuff if you don't have it. DIY just means "Do It Yourself", not "What's In The House".
Madeleine Duke you can buy them at Walmart for like $2 during the summer
1:26 uhh...you can’t hide that from ME.
TWINKIES!!!!
"We need to prepare for an earthquake"
"Honey, where's the pool noodle?!"
Love the random twinkles thrown in the kit without mention
Cali we are next
We really gonna perish
Exactly why I’m watching this
"Store a pair of shoes and a flashlight under your bed", shit I'm srcued, my bed is on the floor😂😂😂
Well water and elektrisity isnt our problem (our house runs on a borehole + we have a generator)
But what about the storage for these kits because not all people have the prevelidge to big houses and garages as some of us do so alot of them that live in flats etc. Do not have the space to store kits in buckets or tubs for this kind of emergency?
Anybody watching this bc of the two earthquakes in Cali ? 💀
Could also be used for tornadoes, hurricanes, floods, and who could forget, *the apocalypse* .
The apocalypse is known as doomsday
Has literally nothing to do with earth quakes just shitty survival definitely not copied from the king of random
I don’t have all that stuff but I better go and buy them now, just in case 😨
Never forget the twinkies. We need those.
I am the Subscriber. I have Subscribed.
But can you move the stuff that has the musuem putty on it???
Wait.... water can go bad?
The bottle it is in can go bad, but not the water specifically :)
Een aardbeving duurt meestal maar een minuut dus als je dat moet pakken in een minuut??! Ga dan onder een tafel zitten of zo
This was copied from grant thompson, who posted this exactly way before
After they put the flashlight in the bucket they put a pack of twinkies!!!! Lol
Yet my parents refuse to buy any supplies but they'll buy stuff our family doesn't need.
have a kit ready for yourself at least.
recently there are 2 earthquake and tsunami in my country , Indonesia.
twice a year :( may all the victim R.I.P
i looking back this video and will be prepared everything.
Are all edits visible now
My school classrooms always had a 5 gallon bucket, tp, cat litter, and a curtain for emergencies.
As a mexican, I'm so sharing this with my friends.
There's no earthquakes where I live, but I'll watch it anyways cause you never know~
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did any one feel the earthquake in California 2019 july 5th
Looking at the thumbnail I’m more frightened of having to poop in a bucket.
Omg why u guys didn’t post this earlier because I live in Kurdistan and if u guys know a big earthquake as 7.5 degrees hit iraq and Iran and Kurdistan
Is this a kit for anti zombies
the king of random invented that bro
When vives en Chile, pero no te preparas para ningún terremoto xdxdxd
Love this video
Who is here after watching how to be prepared for everything
Ummmm my state doesn't get earthquakes
Nina Pitlanicova it could happen anywhere
Soul Sisters Ou thanks ( I have bad English XD )
Smiling Warrior In my state are earthquakes, but little you can't feel it
Smiling Warrior And notthing happents
Smiling Warrior no, you are wrong. Earthquakes are caused my tectonic plates moving, thats the reason earthquakes happen in places like Japan, Iceland and California. there on tectonic plates. It can’t “happen anywhere”
The milk jug plastic can leak in less than year and ruin some of your emergency gear. It is better to use clear plastic water containers like Crystal Springs or Arrowhead water and store them separately.
I live in London so earthquakes aren’t a problem but I still had to watch the video
Most places are extremely unlikely to experience a quake large enough to cause damage. Check the likelihood in your area before wasting a good pool noodle
Finally not super late
*Shouldn't you stay under a table?*
i'd make this but call it the "zombie apocalypse preparedness kit"
Does anyone notice that the first one is from Grant Thompson aka TKOR The video is titled The Buisness Bucket PS : NO IM NOT TELLING THAT BUZZFEED COPIED IT I AM TELLING ITS ORIGIN.
Why do you guys always have to hate on Buzzfeed?! They make great videos. When you say they stole the idea, they didn't. No one steals them. Plus, they are helping people, so it doesn't matter.
Wølfie and Lavender th-cam.com/video/VKqpGCUmfXM/w-d-xo.html here is the exact video they stole, without credit. If they only wanted to help people, why would they just make a video with a link to his video, idk to make money. If you think buzzfeed cares about people, you are wrong.
Who like pineapples
My favorite fruit
Jill p tasty
Jill p I don't I'm allergic to pineapple
My favorite fruit painapples🍍🍍🍍🍍
It makes my tongue rough
LOL Twinkies!
Why do you always have negative feeling .
Don't think like that.
For NIFTY
THKS
This isn't helping?
1:26 did anybody see that they put twinkies in there?
Sufficient water means 1 gallon of water per person, per day. 2 gallons is hardly enough.
I don’t know about you, but I can’t drink an entire gallon of water in one day. I’m sure two gallons is enough for one person living alone, especially since there would be paramedics around everywhere helping people and she would probably get rescued in about three days.
*Casually adds twinkies* (1:27)
Idk why I’m watching this.. I live in the uk
No earthquakes happen here
But what is the pool noodle for
guess for cushioning
What if an earthquake happened while making the things
Is that a word
kata o shouldn’t it be preparation
Preparedness is a word, though preparation could work just as well
It's funny how you guys think an earthquake gives you any time to move or even think, an prepareness for what. If you have felt an earthquake a big earthquake you would know what really happens. This is kind of insulting. How you think people feels after an earthquake. The feeling of dying every time the ground moves. How you can't sleep because of the fear. I don't really know what this is for, but this is a bit useless.
well i guess i need to go prepare for an earthquake now otherwise i wont sleep
But it lasts for ten to thirty second... And there is no earthquakes at my country
NotificationSquad where you at
Lmfao america takes earthquakes so seriously but in the philippines its super common and we dont even care
P.s. When i was in japan, i went through the 2011 earthquake ;-;
I live in Colorado so we don't have earthquakes so phew👍
Is it just me or am I the only one who counted one food item pretty sure Twinkies won't last too long.
TWINKIES!!!
And I need to have those survial kits all the time?
It's a good idea but not with all those stuff.
For example:
-Oh no, there is an earthquake!
-Better go and get those ten kilos of "survival" kits.
When there is an earthquake you run so quickly to go outside cause you're scared and in that moment you can't think about the survival kits. Sorry but you, Buzzfeed are so unrealistic.
P.S. I know that buzzfeed is not reasing the comments.
Anyone here after the recent 2019 earthquakes in Cali?
Kaulm YT me sadly
There's like two day's of drinking water in this vid. That's no where near enough, if you have to use your emergency kit.
I agree, there should definitely be more water packets.
Living in Missouri all I have to worry about is tornados
In Missouri you have to be prepared for the New Madrid earthquakes: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Madrid_Seismic_Zone
Living in Massachusetts all I have to worry about is the blizzards
BuzzFeed stop copying other people shit. You know you took almost all of this video from grant Thompson the king of random. And you just made a shittier version of it. No pun intended. But really serious and you can just adding at the end inspired from grant Thompson making a random or something you guys really had to take all the credit
We dont have natural disasters in my country 😎
tfw you live in lithuania so there are no earthquakes
3rd
Early squad where you at??
Heh sucks to be people that live in earthquake zones! Wisconsin doesnt get them
the earthquake was paid to do this
EXCEPT FOR THE NETHERLANDS HAHAHAHAH oh wait there’s Groningen
Colin Pater Sws weet bijna niemand hier wat Groningen is( behlave Nl’ers oc) :p
Lol they put Twinkies
King of random invented that tho
1:27 anyone saw the twinkies
i dont care if theres an earthquake, i survived the 2011 japan earthquake none of my family members were missing
1st
1:25 Twinkies for blood sugar
Gotta pack them twinkies
im here just after a 6.0 earthquake. im scared
Why am I watching this? I LIVE IN SCOTLAND
Earthquakes- 0
Someone forget toothpaste
Early🍔for me
"Earthquakes can strike any part of the world"
If you're going to make a video about earthquakes/earthquake survival, at least understand how they occur.
Twinkies 😂
It is completely copied from Grant Thompson
Preparedness
The stole this idea from the king of random
Twinkies, really?
Algún chileno?
Jelly Bones 80 aquiiii
Jelly Bones 80 acá!!
No como se te ocurre.....
first of all twinkies are bad for u
second were's fruit
third i'm in the uk
fourth i just watching the vid for fun
fith wtf twinkies
Buzzfeed copy cat king of random. King of random started this first. Copyright!
-oof-
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