Disaster Preparedness 2024: Survival List Items

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With all of the recent storms across The United States of America, it is vitally necessary that we prepare ourselves and families for natural disasters. According to Tenzin Kyizom who is a content development associate, at the Center for Disaster Philanthropy, " We know all too well that disaster can strike anytime, anywhere in the world. Some disasters make headlines; others do not. Here at the Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP), we monitor the status of disasters worldwide and compile a list of the ones we’re tracking weekly, along with relevant disaster-related media coverage" (CDP,2024).

Also stated on the center's website, is that "multiple tornadoes spawned from violent storms across the U.S., resulting in casualties and injuries. There were 1,400 severe weather reports and 125 tornado reports across 22 states from May 6 to May 10, 2024" (CDP, 2024).

 
In an article, titled, A Practical Teaching for Urban Disaster Preparedness, in  The Final Call Newspaper, it shares Rahman Muhammad's comments about how The Honorable Elijah Muhammad introduced a specific survival list in preparation for natural disasters with an emphasis on sheltering place" (Final Call, 2017). 

Also mentioned in the same article, was  "some of the survival list items taught by The Honorable Muhammad. The list included:

Thermometers (oral & rectal), something for fever

-Alcohol and Sulfur

-Adhesive tape, Band-Aids, gauze, baking soda, Spirit of Peppermint

-Coleman stove and fuel, Sterno and candles, Habachi stove

-Indoor charcoal (coal), matches and lighters

-Cotton blankets

-Flashlights and batteries

-Sheets (for bandages), newspaper and Cardboard

-Axe and shovel

-Cotton (pulverized charcoal between cotton allows breathing when smoke or gas is thick)

-Radio with batteries, hot water bottle, First Aid book

-Lysol, Kerosene lamp and oil

-Plywood (for making splints and tourniquets)

-2 Large Metal garbage cans (for waste), lime (for waste disposal)

-Various teas

-Iodine (purifies water; 1 drop per gallon), Papaya leaf

-Canned goods, dry food, soap, scissors, ammonia, water, fire extinguisher, safety pins, eyedropper and tub.

Lastly, the article, discusses from The Honorable Elijah Muhammad, "Additional guidance on survival that recommended having a one year supply of food, getting out of debt, paying cash, planting a garden and fruit trees, keeping an amount of wood on hand, getting a wood burning stove, storing plenty of water in glass bottles and learning food storage techniques" (Final Call, 2017).

Tip 1: To get more information on learning food storage techniques get a copy of Colette Muhammad's Book, What is Canning?: Simplified, Here's the link: https://nationsproducts.com/products/what-is-canning-simplified?_pos=2&_sid=e338f9580&_ss=r

Tip 2: To teach children about disaster preparedness get a copy of Tequella Muhammad's children's book, Disaster Readiness For Children: When Surviving Isn't a Choice. Here is the link: https://nationsproducts.com/products/disaster-readiness-for-children-when-surviving-isnt-a-choice?_pos=1&_psq=dis&_ss=e&_v=1.0

Tip 3: To get this 350 piece OSHA all purpose first aid kit for your home, use the following link. https://nationsproducts.com/products/rhino-rescue-350-pieces-osha-all-purpose-first-aid-kit-home-office-professional-medical-supplies-ideal-for-emergency-school-business-fsa-hsa-eligible?_pos=1&_psq=first+aid+kit&_ss=e&_v=1.0

References

 CDP (2024). What we’re watching: Weekly disaster update, May 13. https://disasterphilanthropy.org/blog/what-were-watching-weekly-disaster-update-may-13/

Final Call Newspaper. (2017). A practical teaching for urban disaster preparedness. https://www.finalcall.com/artman/publish/National_News_2/article_103933.shtml