September is supposed to be "National Preparedness Month". We've been out of school now for something like ten years but we still miss buying school supplies and figure this is a great place to transfer our fall shopping urges. Instead of pencil cases and TrapperKeepers, we're going to stock up on bottled water and batteries while we wait for bigtime disaster number three to hit. Or, more likely, a simple apartment fire. The kind of preparing you do for a major earthquake will also come in handy when your stoner friend drops the roach and your underwear goes up in flames.

SF's Office of Emergency Services does have a very good resource for you in 72hours.org where they explain the different kinds of disasters that can befall you here and how to prepare for them. Plus, they each have adorable little icons! We aren't going to re-iterate all the details here - they provide handy checklists, but we want to point out some things you might not immediately think about in preparing for a major disaster.

Link: 72hours.org

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