An opened pocket knife.
An opened pocket knife.

The Best Emergency Supplies for Safety During a Disaster

We are at a climate-change tipping point that shows no signs of mitigating the causes. Where I live in Montana, wildfires are a growing threat, and we spend a good amount of our summer with an eye on the radars to monitor conditions and blazes. One of the ways people (myself included) who live in zones under threat of natural disasters can prepare is by having an emergency kit.

This doesn’t just mean a first-aid kit (though those are important to include) but a portable collection of items you can grab-and-go in the event of an outage or evacuation. This includes floods, fires, hurricanes, tornadoes, broken-down cars, and everything else that puts you in situations where you need extra supplies. To put it simply: It’s better to be prepared.

Continue reading to learn more about emergency supplies for a disaster, written by Maggie Slepian.

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Maggie Slepian is full-time writer and editor based in Montana. She has backpacked thousands of miles around the US, and is an avid bikepacker, climber, and mountain biker.

Her work has appeared in Outside Magazine, Backpacker Magazine, Huffington Post, New York Magazine, Popular Mechanics, REI Co-op Journal, and others. Her clients range from brands such as Osprey, Marmot, and KOA to the Appalachian Trail Conservancy and Montana Wilderness Association.

Maggie has tested gear professionally for the past seven years and is the co-founder of BackpackingRoutes.com. When she isn’t writing, she’s hiking an obscure trail or teaching her cat to walk on a leash.

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