February 19, 2024 • 23 mins
Ever been caught off-guard by an emergency with nothing but a stale granola bar to get you through? Bill Bateman here, and I'm about to change that for you. I recently faced the great water pouch leak debacle in my cars emergency kit, and it made me realize just how vital it is to keep those survival supplies in check. Tune in as I walk you through the dos and don'ts of seasonal car emergency kit management, ensuring your food, water, and batteries are in top-notch condition. We're talking busted water filters, pesky battery corrosion, and yes, even how to ensure your water doesn't turn your trunk into an unintended aquarium.
Strap in as we shift gears to the homefront where the rotation and reevaluation of your emergency stash can mean the difference between calm and chaos. You'll learn why your freezer food might need a refresh, which batteries can be life savers, and how a solar generator could be your new best friend. And with summer on the horizon, it's not just about beating the heat but being prepared for it—with well-organized, accessible supplies. Don't forget, our community classes at Retired Guy Productions are in full swing, offering a mix of safety skills and good old-fashioned camaraderie. So, grab your notepad, and let's make sure you're ready for whatever Mother Nature throws your way!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Well, you remember we were talking about this whole
drama with spare tires and didyou have one?
And keeping it inflated.
Okay, that led to a whole newseries of thoughts and
discussion topics.
Come on in, let's kick themaround.
Hi everybody, I'm Bill Baipman,part of the team here at Refuse
(00:27):
to be a victim of personalprotection training, and we are
located in the Medford WhiteCity area of southern Oregon.
The actual address, if you'dlike to come by and see us, is
6800 South Kershaw, and that'swhere Kershaw and Corey come
together at a rather obnoxious20-mile-an-hour curve in the
(00:49):
road.
So slow down, we'll wait foryou.
We're here all day.
We talked last time about sparetires and finding yours and
making sure it was inflated, andI was following my own good
advice and I decided let's seewhat I got.
So I did.
I checked my spare tire and wetalked about this last week.
(01:11):
I've got an annoying donutinstead of an actual tire
grumble, grumble.
But to get to the spare tire, Ihad to take all this stuff out
of the trunk, because I have myemergency supplies, my road bag,
my get-home bag, that type ofthing, and I use my trunk for
(01:31):
storage.
Naturally, the problem or thelesson I learned.
Every year, as the seasonschange, I decide to reorder and
repackage my supplies that Icarry with me the snow gear, the
long-term freezing, cold, extrablankets, extra lights, that
(01:52):
type of thing.
They're going to come out andI'm going to put in more summer
related goods, more things thatI'm going to need in hot weather
for long duration survival.
Part of what you have to do,what I have to do anyway, is
when I reset my supplies, is Itake a look at them and see what
(02:14):
needs to be updated.
I try and have my bags arrangedby season, by use and by
location.
So what needs to be updated,let's, let's take a look through
my trunk and maybe it'll helpyou understand what's going on
in yours, what is expired orwhat's close to expiring now,
(02:37):
not so much for the food I usethe mountain house to hydrated
food that's sealed.
That's good for 20 years aslong as you keep it in its
factory sealed container andthen Contained.
I have the plastic buckets thatthey come in, airtight.
That's gonna last a good, good,long time.
But I did discover what Ithought was a ragingly wonderful
(03:01):
idea a couple of years ago hasturned out to be quite
disappointing.
I got some water and it's byDaleks dala X and they are water
pouches, the idea.
And they're kind of like thosethings kids, like the little
juice boxes you can stick astraw in and I'm gonna move four
, four ounces of happinessAvailable to you in flavors that
(03:24):
never occurred in nature.
Well, these Water packets arethe same thing.
I believe they're four or fiveounces.
Well, they used to be.
Right now I have the sameamount of water in my trunk.
It is just Soaked into thecardboard box the items were
contained in and apparently goneout the bottom of the wheel
(03:44):
well, where my spare tire lives,because the the water pouches
are basically flat.
They weren't poked, theyweren't Squashed by having
something heavy on top of them.
They've just given up the ghostand gone to water pouch heaven
and we'll have a small memorialservice for them.
But the problem is, transportingwater is really Difficult,
(04:09):
especially in a car, because ifyou have things in the trunk and
something heavy gets on top ofyour water source, it's going to
pop or leak.
I have found some of thethinner plastic containers
totally useless.
I got some one gallon bottlesof water from the grocery store
(04:29):
and I thought when I bought them, that little voice in the back
of my head, which I always thinkyou should listen to, said hey,
that's pretty thin plastic.
It, sure enough, also leakedout, so we're going to be
exploring in the next couple ofEpisodes.
This episode showed me aproblem.
Let's look at some solutions onhow to transport water without
(04:52):
it Leaking out or damaging othergoods in the trunk.
I was fortunate it didn'tdamage anything else, especially
like my jumper cables or mybattery charger or my Inflator.
I have the thing we talkedabout last time to, instead of
using a bicycle pump, you canactually pump up your car tires
(05:13):
now electronically.
I'm in favor of that.
So what else needs to be Updated?
Well, I looked at the foodpacks, checked water problem.
I don't have any food cans inthe car.
I do have an odd assortment ofblankets, tents, things like
that, and I've shifted that outto more reflective as opposed to
(05:34):
warming items.
But looking at the batteriesthe batteries in the flashlights
and the emergency standbybattery packs that we have are
they still good?
Are they still charged?
Is there any sign of corrosion?
And as you look at thisequipment, check for corrosion,
especially in flashlights.
(05:55):
It's very uncommon if you don'tcheck frequently, you'll
unscrew the top of theflashlight.
If you still have the oldbattery styles and there's that
crusty, icky, nasty stuff andyou could have actually waited
too long it is possible to cleanthat out.
But you can take a pencileraser or a bit of very fine
(06:16):
grit paper, sandpaper or clothand get that stuff off of there.
But you can also get so muchschmutz in there.
You've damaged your item.
So check every season youremergency equipment.
I found that I had a waterfilter that came with a
(06:36):
convenient plastic hose, whichI've had so long.
The convenient plastic hose hasnow starting to crack, so it's
now a convenient piece ofrecyclable material.
That's good to recycle.
It's not good in an emergencysituation.
So I went through the trunk,checked my food, checked my
(06:57):
water, checked my electronics,re-evaluated what I wanted to
have in the trunk, what I wantedto carry, and we're going to
talk about updating and changingyour equipment here in just a
minute.
I also looked at my first aidsupplies.
Last couple of weeks we'vetalked about first aid and wound
care and as a result of that wenow have both the Boo Boo kit
(07:21):
and the Trauma Kit.
So light injuries to heavy ormajor injuries, we purchased
different and better, in ouropinion types of supplies 2x2,
4x4, different vet wrap.
You can re-listen to thatepisode if you want more details
and we're getting moreinformation.
(07:43):
I have pulled up again.
I left it last week for you.
Emergency medicine without adoctor is written for
specifically emergency use oruse in third world countries.
If there's like a majorearthquake or a major fire, what
do you do?
How do you help?
And there's a lot of goodinformation there that is on
last week's episode availablefor download.
(08:05):
Check that out.
And I've arranged my trunk alittle bit better, I think, in
that I've always liked my firstaid supplies to the immediate
left.
You open the trunk there it isthe immediate left part of the
trunk.
I've got that in a little bitmore intuitive small item, big
item, heavy item, easier to liftout.
(08:27):
A light item can be pulled outeasily.
That type of thing.
Spend a few minutes.
Imagine it's an emergencyscenario and you have to tell a
stranger yeah, there's first aidstuff on the trunk, go get it.
So look at your supplies.
We've upgraded.
We included some saline.
I'm really glad we got that.
We've included I keep wantingto call it Betadine.
(08:50):
I think that's close, theiodine based.
We've talked to our doctor.
We know what we can and what wecan't use.
So now we're ready to move intothe house.
Seasonal change you're upgradingwhat's expiring.
What's the problem?
Look at your emergency food Now.
The emergency packets that Ihave that I've talked about.
(09:12):
The Dehydrated packets I usethose as my last ditch for food.
We've talked about that.
That is not the first thing yougo to.
I mean, okay, you've alwayswanted to try this stuff.
Does it really taste likechicken?
Yeah, it's actually pretty good, but that is for emergencies.
That's when you're all out ofother food and there needs to be
(09:33):
some thought on that.
Look at what you have in cans.
Can goods have dates on them?
Can goods can get dented, canget leaked.
If they start swelling, if theystart looking puffy, that's a
very bad sign.
I hate to throw anything out.
If something's getting puffy, Iwon't eat it, I won't serve it
(09:54):
to anyone else, but I will openit and put it into the compost
pile in the backyard.
That way at least there's somenutritional value in the future
coming out of that.
You can make a good compostwith that.
Naturally, you got to becareful.
You're going to attractcritters, so make sure you turn
it in.
I haven't seen a raccoon.
That's all that fussy aboutstuff on the compost pile.
(10:19):
Looking at meat and things youhave in the freezer, we are big
believers in freezing ahead, andone thing that's really kind of
bad is freezer burn.
Now, if you open it up, that'swhen, I would call it, a coating
of ice has come all around yourproduct.
Chicken and beef especially aresusceptible to this.
(10:41):
It's caused by the dehydrationof foods with a higher water
content Meat, poultry, fish,even ice cream.
The liquids or the liquidcontent is going to seep out and
crystallize around the outsideof the product.
(11:01):
Now, good news, bad newsFreezer burn foods may look
unappetizing and they have anunpleasant texture and an off
flavor, but they're okay to eat.
You see, if your freezer is setto zero degrees, bacteria and
other harmful pathogens cannotgrow and that means your food
(11:23):
will be safe to eat as long asit was fresh and safe when you
put it away.
And of course, you need tothought it correctly If you want
to eat food, you can trim offthe affected areas.
Food with freezer burn, that isIf you want to eat food, you
can trim off the affected areaand use the rest.
It's not going to be as good.
(11:44):
It's going to be tougher, it'sgoing to be chewier, it can be
dark and meats will become darkand red Chicken will get a kind
of a goofy looking brownishcolor.
You can eat it.
You're not going to like it,but it's not going to hurt you.
Things like grains, pasta, icecream it's going to lose its
(12:06):
creaminess, for example, icecream gets freezer burn, it gets
crunchy and those are the icecrystals you're eating.
So to prevent it, minimizefreezer burn, keep your freezer
at zero or lower.
Food freezes faster.
That means smaller ice crystalswere formed and you're less
(12:28):
likely than in properly freezingyour food, which is just a bad
idea.
Anyway, also wrap properly tominimize the exposure to oxygen.
Wrap meat, poultry or seafood,freezer paper, plastic wrap and
then in foil and if you'rereally serious about it, you're
going for long term.
(12:48):
Then in a freezer bag and, asalways, remove as much air from
possible from the packaging offrozen units and vegetables and
use smaller containers.
Don't take this giant freezerbowl and put small items in it.
The less air you have around,the less air you have to chill
(13:09):
to get things to freeze.
So freezer burned food is aproblem.
It's not going to be unedibleor inedible.
Whichever is grammaticallycorrect.
You can eat it.
You're not going to like it andyou may have to trim some off.
So look at your food packs.
We date our items in the freezerand, just like with any other
(13:34):
emergency supplies, you have torotate your emergency supplies.
You're looking at somethingthat went in in September and
here we are sneaking up on March.
You might want to think ofbringing that one out and
putting in a new piece ofwhatever it is.
That is, you've got food in thehouse canned goods.
(13:58):
Rotate, use up as you need toand if you find you've got
canned goods that are severalmonths out and you know you're
not going to use it.
We have in our park a foodsharing thing and we put, they
put out green bags and we have areally nice coordinator who
comes around and helps with that.
And I'm not saying give thestuff that's really ready to go,
(14:22):
that should probably have beenused.
But when you're getting rid offood, if you're not going to eat
it, donate it.
Put some, get, let someone getsome good out of this stuff.
So you've got your food cannedgoods under control.
Remember we talked last week.
They have a lot of Bogo salesbuy one, get one.
(14:44):
It's a good time to pick up anext one, either to donate or to
have, and, as the dates startcatching up with you, put it out
there, share it, build somerelationships with those
products.
Again, batteries in the house Ihad found and we talked about
this last time, I'm going to sayit again because I've seen some
people actually doing itputting rechargeables in things
(15:06):
like smoke detectors.
No, this is one.
We're going to have to take asecond mortgage on the house and
buy an actual battery, along-term, high life, high use
battery.
Things like smoke detectors andanything like that.
Pendants you wear if you fallover and you can't get up yeah,
put a good battery in there,don't get anything junky.
(15:27):
The rechargeables are foremergency use.
They're great to have youremergency charger, your
emergency batteries, and you can, as you're driving, you're
charging things up.
Looking at what needs to beupdated, looking at ways to do
it.
Let's take that another stepforward.
Let's look at replacement andreevaluating.
(15:48):
Okay, we've talked a little bitabout things in the home, we've
talked about things in the carand we hopefully have got you
thinking about ways to improvewhat you have, make sure what
you have is working and it's upto date.
The final thing on that is tomake sure you've got all the
pieces and thinking ofreplacement things.
Let's go through our bag andlook kind of around through it.
(16:15):
Make sure that what you've gotis still what you need to have.
One of the problems I have andone of the problems I share with
you I do classes.
I've mentioned those before.
We'll talk about them again.
But I do classes in thecommunity, which means my gear
is constantly being brought out.
I don't have sponsors, so Idon't have a big stash of just
demonstration gear.
(16:36):
If I bring in a backpack,that's a backpack I'm using, so
it's constantly going into andout of the closet.
I'm thinking now is an excellenttime for me and perhaps for you
, because the holidays you gotthe kids in the closet, you had
grandma come to visit and youhad to make up the spare room
and move some of this stuff outto the garage or the shed.
(16:57):
Let's put things back wherethey're available for quick and
easy use.
That's very important andactually I find that I need to
stand there like I do at thetrunk of the car If I need it.
Where am I going to go Boom.
If I need the battery, thesolar generator, where's it
(17:17):
going to be?
In relation to a door?
The stupid things are heavy, sowhere's it going to be in
reference to getting it out ofthe house easily without
breaking your back or, evenworse, injuring yourself in the
middle of an emergency?
Think about ease of load, easeof manipulation and when you're
(17:38):
going to reevaluate possiblereplacement.
One of the things I looked atwas a solar generator.
I've been a big supporter ofone particular brand.
They work real well.
They've just come out withtheir new series.
These are lithium batteries.
The one I purchased is good for500 to 700 cycles.
That means you can use it thatmany times before you're going
(17:59):
to see it start to downgrade.
The new ones are vastlyimproved 5,000 cycles.
Well now, this is exciting.
Being a trailblazer does comewith a cost, because prices are
going down and utility is goingup.
This is kind of a good thing.
(18:20):
If you're looking at purchasing,always check the current
product reviews and do not takeany reviews from a sponsored
site.
If you're Buffalo Bob's PhilDirt and Croissants, you
probably aren't going to get asmuch as you can honest response
from Buffalo Bob as you are frombakers, other vendors, other
(18:41):
people who actually know theproduct.
Independent sites are best.
So, looking at things that needto be replaced, I've seen great
changes in flashlights.
I've seen great changes insolar batteries or solar
generators, if you prefer thatterm.
I've seen changes in water.
I've seen changes in first aidsupplies and there's a lot of
(19:06):
products that we're going to bereevaluating.
I think this summer, as Iprepare for my fall class, I'm
going to redo my list of whatgoes in a bug out bag, because
that went up five, six years ago.
It was updated periodically.
Okay, there we have a review ofkind of some basic ideas,
getting ready for a new seasonupdate for the season ahead.
(19:29):
It's going to be a hot summer,so let's plan accordingly.
Look for what may be missing,in my case, water.
I thought I had it and I didn'tDiscover it in the backyard or
in the driveway.
Don't discover it on the way toReno in August.
Look at what you're packing,where you're going to be going.
(19:50):
Look at how things areorganized and how you are going
to get to them.
Look at the batteries orelectronics or things that
expire.
And the one other thing I wouldmention for expiration date
anything medical.
I know that we've talked aboutusing some services to stock up
(20:12):
on extra medications throughyour physician.
Work with your doctor to dothat.
Don't buy stuff from out of thecountry please.
Not because it's a bad ideapolitically, but because you
cannot always be guaranteed thequality of medications that you
get from outside the US.
Let's look at how long thisstuff has been there.
(20:34):
Look in your first aid kit.
I mentioned our Boo Boo box.
We have upgraded ours withbetter bandages, with better
supplies and, yes, those thingslike Imodium or Pepto-Bismo,
ferdyria and FlintstoneBand-Aids and Eyeglass Cleaner
and Sting Ouch Be Gone.
(20:55):
Perichweasers that kind ofstuff are still very important
because those little things willdrive you crazy.
But make sure that anymedications you have, it's the
same thing with your food.
If you've got food you'reutilizing.
If you're, I purchased 30 daysahead.
We have an incompetent pharmacysystem through my health care
(21:16):
plan and periodically I have togo to war with them to get more
potassium.
It's really annoying.
It's a maintenance thing I do.
I have to take potassiumbecause I take blood pressure
medicine and so it eats up thepotassium and if I don't have it
, my heart rate gets weird.
So you'd think that would besomething they'd send me every
time it's up for review, denied,not authorized, and I feel like
(21:41):
I'm dealing with Darth Vader.
So I've gone to extreme measuresto pick up extra medications
that I should have viaprescription, and I'd like to
make sure that the oldest isgetting utilized.
Don't put something in acupboard and, you know, a year
(22:03):
down the way, plan on using it.
It's probably going to be okay,unless it gets moisture in it,
in which case it's not.
Or some medications do, somemedications don't.
Again, this is where additionalinformation can be very, very
valuable.
Make sure that your medicine,as well as everything else, is
(22:24):
rotated, up to date and accurate.
Okay, that's all for this week.
Classes are, as always,available there on the website.
I'm going to put up someinformation on our login page
for you.
You can always scroll back.
That first date information, asI mentioned, I believe was from
October and it's titled, oddlyenough, first date.
(22:46):
So there's some good stuffthere and I invite you to come
on out, if not just to say hi,not to get out to a fun
afternoon with your friends andfamily.
Maybe take a lesson, getlearned up.
We are all about safety.
That's why we're here.
We hope you'll come join us.
Thank you Until then.
(23:06):
Have a good week.
The preceding program was apresentation of retired guy
productions.
Well, you remember we were talking about this whole
drama with spare tires and didyou have one?
And keeping it inflated.
Okay, that led to a whole newseries of thoughts and
discussion topics.
Come on in, let's kick themaround.
Hi everybody, I'm Bill Baipman,part of the team here at Refuse
(00:27):
to be a victim of personalprotection training, and we are
located in the Medford WhiteCity area of southern Oregon.
The actual address, if you'dlike to come by and see us, is
6800 South Kershaw, and that'swhere Kershaw and Corey come
together at a rather obnoxious20-mile-an-hour curve in the
(00:49):
road.
So slow down, we'll wait foryou.
We're here all day.
We talked last time about sparetires and finding yours and
making sure it was inflated, andI was following my own good
advice and I decided let's seewhat I got.
So I did.
I checked my spare tire and wetalked about this last week.
(01:11):
I've got an annoying donutinstead of an actual tire
grumble, grumble.
But to get to the spare tire, Ihad to take all this stuff out
of the trunk, because I have myemergency supplies, my road bag,
my get-home bag, that type ofthing, and I use my trunk for
(01:31):
storage.
Naturally, the problem or thelesson I learned.
Every year, as the seasonschange, I decide to reorder and
repackage my supplies that Icarry with me the snow gear, the
long-term freezing, cold, extrablankets, extra lights, that
(01:52):
type of thing.
They're going to come out andI'm going to put in more summer
related goods, more things thatI'm going to need in hot weather
for long duration survival.
Part of what you have to do,what I have to do anyway, is
when I reset my supplies, is Itake a look at them and see what
(02:14):
needs to be updated.
I try and have my bags arrangedby season, by use and by
location.
So what needs to be updated,let's, let's take a look through
my trunk and maybe it'll helpyou understand what's going on
in yours, what is expired orwhat's close to expiring now,
(02:37):
not so much for the food I usethe mountain house to hydrated
food that's sealed.
That's good for 20 years aslong as you keep it in its
factory sealed container andthen Contained.
I have the plastic buckets thatthey come in, airtight.
That's gonna last a good, good,long time.
But I did discover what Ithought was a ragingly wonderful
(03:01):
idea a couple of years ago hasturned out to be quite
disappointing.
I got some water and it's byDaleks dala X and they are water
pouches, the idea.
And they're kind of like thosethings kids, like the little
juice boxes you can stick astraw in and I'm gonna move four
, four ounces of happinessAvailable to you in flavors that
(03:24):
never occurred in nature.
Well, these Water packets arethe same thing.
I believe they're four or fiveounces.
Well, they used to be.
Right now I have the sameamount of water in my trunk.
It is just Soaked into thecardboard box the items were
contained in and apparently goneout the bottom of the wheel
(03:44):
well, where my spare tire lives,because the the water pouches
are basically flat.
They weren't poked, theyweren't Squashed by having
something heavy on top of them.
They've just given up the ghostand gone to water pouch heaven
and we'll have a small memorialservice for them.
But the problem is, transportingwater is really Difficult,
(04:09):
especially in a car, because ifyou have things in the trunk and
something heavy gets on top ofyour water source, it's going to
pop or leak.
I have found some of thethinner plastic containers
totally useless.
I got some one gallon bottlesof water from the grocery store
(04:29):
and I thought when I bought them, that little voice in the back
of my head, which I always thinkyou should listen to, said hey,
that's pretty thin plastic.
It, sure enough, also leakedout, so we're going to be
exploring in the next couple ofEpisodes.
This episode showed me aproblem.
Let's look at some solutions onhow to transport water without
(04:52):
it Leaking out or damaging othergoods in the trunk.
I was fortunate it didn'tdamage anything else, especially
like my jumper cables or mybattery charger or my Inflator.
I have the thing we talkedabout last time to, instead of
using a bicycle pump, you canactually pump up your car tires
(05:13):
now electronically.
I'm in favor of that.
So what else needs to be Updated?
Well, I looked at the foodpacks, checked water problem.
I don't have any food cans inthe car.
I do have an odd assortment ofblankets, tents, things like
that, and I've shifted that outto more reflective as opposed to
(05:34):
warming items.
But looking at the batteriesthe batteries in the flashlights
and the emergency standbybattery packs that we have are
they still good?
Are they still charged?
Is there any sign of corrosion?
And as you look at thisequipment, check for corrosion,
especially in flashlights.
(05:55):
It's very uncommon if you don'tcheck frequently, you'll
unscrew the top of theflashlight.
If you still have the oldbattery styles and there's that
crusty, icky, nasty stuff andyou could have actually waited
too long it is possible to cleanthat out.
But you can take a pencileraser or a bit of very fine
(06:16):
grit paper, sandpaper or clothand get that stuff off of there.
But you can also get so muchschmutz in there.
You've damaged your item.
So check every season youremergency equipment.
I found that I had a waterfilter that came with a
(06:36):
convenient plastic hose, whichI've had so long.
The convenient plastic hose hasnow starting to crack, so it's
now a convenient piece ofrecyclable material.
That's good to recycle.
It's not good in an emergencysituation.
So I went through the trunk,checked my food, checked my
(06:57):
water, checked my electronics,re-evaluated what I wanted to
have in the trunk, what I wantedto carry, and we're going to
talk about updating and changingyour equipment here in just a
minute.
I also looked at my first aidsupplies.
Last couple of weeks we'vetalked about first aid and wound
care and as a result of that wenow have both the Boo Boo kit
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and the Trauma Kit.
So light injuries to heavy ormajor injuries, we purchased
different and better, in ouropinion types of supplies 2x2,
4x4, different vet wrap.
You can re-listen to thatepisode if you want more details
and we're getting moreinformation.
(07:43):
I have pulled up again.
I left it last week for you.
Emergency medicine without adoctor is written for
specifically emergency use oruse in third world countries.
If there's like a majorearthquake or a major fire, what
do you do?
How do you help?
And there's a lot of goodinformation there that is on
last week's episode availablefor download.
(08:05):
Check that out.
And I've arranged my trunk alittle bit better, I think, in
that I've always liked my firstaid supplies to the immediate
left.
You open the trunk there it isthe immediate left part of the
trunk.
I've got that in a little bitmore intuitive small item, big
item, heavy item, easier to liftout.
(08:27):
A light item can be pulled outeasily.
That type of thing.
Spend a few minutes.
Imagine it's an emergencyscenario and you have to tell a
stranger yeah, there's first aidstuff on the trunk, go get it.
So look at your supplies.
We've upgraded.
We included some saline.
I'm really glad we got that.
We've included I keep wantingto call it Betadine.
(08:50):
I think that's close, theiodine based.
We've talked to our doctor.
We know what we can and what wecan't use.
So now we're ready to move intothe house.
Seasonal change you're upgradingwhat's expiring.
What's the problem?
Look at your emergency food Now.
The emergency packets that Ihave that I've talked about.
(09:12):
The Dehydrated packets I usethose as my last ditch for food.
We've talked about that.
That is not the first thing yougo to.
I mean, okay, you've alwayswanted to try this stuff.
Does it really taste likechicken?
Yeah, it's actually pretty good, but that is for emergencies.
That's when you're all out ofother food and there needs to be
(09:33):
some thought on that.
Look at what you have in cans.
Can goods have dates on them?
Can goods can get dented, canget leaked.
If they start swelling, if theystart looking puffy, that's a
very bad sign.
I hate to throw anything out.
If something's getting puffy, Iwon't eat it, I won't serve it
(09:54):
to anyone else, but I will openit and put it into the compost
pile in the backyard.
That way at least there's somenutritional value in the future
coming out of that.
You can make a good compostwith that.
Naturally, you got to becareful.
You're going to attractcritters, so make sure you turn
it in.
I haven't seen a raccoon.
That's all that fussy aboutstuff on the compost pile.
(10:19):
Looking at meat and things youhave in the freezer, we are big
believers in freezing ahead, andone thing that's really kind of
bad is freezer burn.
Now, if you open it up, that'swhen, I would call it, a coating
of ice has come all around yourproduct.
Chicken and beef especially aresusceptible to this.
(10:41):
It's caused by the dehydrationof foods with a higher water
content Meat, poultry, fish,even ice cream.
The liquids or the liquidcontent is going to seep out and
crystallize around the outsideof the product.
(11:01):
Now, good news, bad newsFreezer burn foods may look
unappetizing and they have anunpleasant texture and an off
flavor, but they're okay to eat.
You see, if your freezer is setto zero degrees, bacteria and
other harmful pathogens cannotgrow and that means your food
(11:23):
will be safe to eat as long asit was fresh and safe when you
put it away.
And of course, you need tothought it correctly If you want
to eat food, you can trim offthe affected areas.
Food with freezer burn, that isIf you want to eat food, you
can trim off the affected areaand use the rest.
It's not going to be as good.
(11:44):
It's going to be tougher, it'sgoing to be chewier, it can be
dark and meats will become darkand red Chicken will get a kind
of a goofy looking brownishcolor.
You can eat it.
You're not going to like it,but it's not going to hurt you.
Things like grains, pasta, icecream it's going to lose its
(12:06):
creaminess, for example, icecream gets freezer burn, it gets
crunchy and those are the icecrystals you're eating.
So to prevent it, minimizefreezer burn, keep your freezer
at zero or lower.
Food freezes faster.
That means smaller ice crystalswere formed and you're less
(12:28):
likely than in properly freezingyour food, which is just a bad
idea.
Anyway, also wrap properly tominimize the exposure to oxygen.
Wrap meat, poultry or seafood,freezer paper, plastic wrap and
then in foil and if you'rereally serious about it, you're
going for long term.
(12:48):
Then in a freezer bag and, asalways, remove as much air from
possible from the packaging offrozen units and vegetables and
use smaller containers.
Don't take this giant freezerbowl and put small items in it.
The less air you have around,the less air you have to chill
(13:09):
to get things to freeze.
So freezer burned food is aproblem.
It's not going to be unedibleor inedible.
Whichever is grammaticallycorrect.
You can eat it.
You're not going to like it andyou may have to trim some off.
So look at your food packs.
We date our items in the freezerand, just like with any other
(13:34):
emergency supplies, you have torotate your emergency supplies.
You're looking at somethingthat went in in September and
here we are sneaking up on March.
You might want to think ofbringing that one out and
putting in a new piece ofwhatever it is.
That is, you've got food in thehouse canned goods.
(13:58):
Rotate, use up as you need toand if you find you've got
canned goods that are severalmonths out and you know you're
not going to use it.
We have in our park a foodsharing thing and we put, they
put out green bags and we have areally nice coordinator who
comes around and helps with that.
And I'm not saying give thestuff that's really ready to go,
(14:22):
that should probably have beenused.
But when you're getting rid offood, if you're not going to eat
it, donate it.
Put some, get, let someone getsome good out of this stuff.
So you've got your food cannedgoods under control.
Remember we talked last week.
They have a lot of Bogo salesbuy one, get one.
(14:44):
It's a good time to pick up anext one, either to donate or to
have, and, as the dates startcatching up with you, put it out
there, share it, build somerelationships with those
products.
Again, batteries in the house Ihad found and we talked about
this last time, I'm going to sayit again because I've seen some
people actually doing itputting rechargeables in things
(15:06):
like smoke detectors.
No, this is one.
We're going to have to take asecond mortgage on the house and
buy an actual battery, along-term, high life, high use
battery.
Things like smoke detectors andanything like that.
Pendants you wear if you fallover and you can't get up yeah,
put a good battery in there,don't get anything junky.
(15:27):
The rechargeables are foremergency use.
They're great to have youremergency charger, your
emergency batteries, and you can, as you're driving, you're
charging things up.
Looking at what needs to beupdated, looking at ways to do
it.
Let's take that another stepforward.
Let's look at replacement andreevaluating.
(15:48):
Okay, we've talked a little bitabout things in the home, we've
talked about things in the carand we hopefully have got you
thinking about ways to improvewhat you have, make sure what
you have is working and it's upto date.
The final thing on that is tomake sure you've got all the
pieces and thinking ofreplacement things.
Let's go through our bag andlook kind of around through it.
(16:15):
Make sure that what you've gotis still what you need to have.
One of the problems I have andone of the problems I share with
you I do classes.
I've mentioned those before.
We'll talk about them again.
But I do classes in thecommunity, which means my gear
is constantly being brought out.
I don't have sponsors, so Idon't have a big stash of just
demonstration gear.
(16:36):
If I bring in a backpack,that's a backpack I'm using, so
it's constantly going into andout of the closet.
I'm thinking now is an excellenttime for me and perhaps for you
, because the holidays you gotthe kids in the closet, you had
grandma come to visit and youhad to make up the spare room
and move some of this stuff outto the garage or the shed.
(16:57):
Let's put things back wherethey're available for quick and
easy use.
That's very important andactually I find that I need to
stand there like I do at thetrunk of the car If I need it.
Where am I going to go Boom.
If I need the battery, thesolar generator, where's it
(17:17):
going to be?
In relation to a door?
The stupid things are heavy, sowhere's it going to be in
reference to getting it out ofthe house easily without
breaking your back or, evenworse, injuring yourself in the
middle of an emergency?
Think about ease of load, easeof manipulation and when you're
(17:38):
going to reevaluate possiblereplacement.
One of the things I looked atwas a solar generator.
I've been a big supporter ofone particular brand.
They work real well.
They've just come out withtheir new series.
These are lithium batteries.
The one I purchased is good for500 to 700 cycles.
That means you can use it thatmany times before you're going
(17:59):
to see it start to downgrade.
The new ones are vastlyimproved 5,000 cycles.
Well now, this is exciting.
Being a trailblazer does comewith a cost, because prices are
going down and utility is goingup.
This is kind of a good thing.
(18:20):
If you're looking at purchasing,always check the current
product reviews and do not takeany reviews from a sponsored
site.
If you're Buffalo Bob's PhilDirt and Croissants, you
probably aren't going to get asmuch as you can honest response
from Buffalo Bob as you are frombakers, other vendors, other
(18:41):
people who actually know theproduct.
Independent sites are best.
So, looking at things that needto be replaced, I've seen great
changes in flashlights.
I've seen great changes insolar batteries or solar
generators, if you prefer thatterm.
I've seen changes in water.
I've seen changes in first aidsupplies and there's a lot of
(19:06):
products that we're going to bereevaluating.
I think this summer, as Iprepare for my fall class, I'm
going to redo my list of whatgoes in a bug out bag, because
that went up five, six years ago.
It was updated periodically.
Okay, there we have a review ofkind of some basic ideas,
getting ready for a new seasonupdate for the season ahead.
(19:29):
It's going to be a hot summer,so let's plan accordingly.
Look for what may be missing,in my case, water.
I thought I had it and I didn'tDiscover it in the backyard or
in the driveway.
Don't discover it on the way toReno in August.
Look at what you're packing,where you're going to be going.
(19:50):
Look at how things areorganized and how you are going
to get to them.
Look at the batteries orelectronics or things that
expire.
And the one other thing I wouldmention for expiration date
anything medical.
I know that we've talked aboutusing some services to stock up
(20:12):
on extra medications throughyour physician.
Work with your doctor to dothat.
Don't buy stuff from out of thecountry please.
Not because it's a bad ideapolitically, but because you
cannot always be guaranteed thequality of medications that you
get from outside the US.
Let's look at how long thisstuff has been there.
(20:34):
Look in your first aid kit.
I mentioned our Boo Boo box.
We have upgraded ours withbetter bandages, with better
supplies and, yes, those thingslike Imodium or Pepto-Bismo,
ferdyria and FlintstoneBand-Aids and Eyeglass Cleaner
and Sting Ouch Be Gone.
(20:55):
Perichweasers that kind ofstuff are still very important
because those little things willdrive you crazy.
But make sure that anymedications you have, it's the
same thing with your food.
If you've got food you'reutilizing.
If you're, I purchased 30 daysahead.
We have an incompetent pharmacysystem through my health care
(21:16):
plan and periodically I have togo to war with them to get more
potassium.
It's really annoying.
It's a maintenance thing I do.
I have to take potassiumbecause I take blood pressure
medicine and so it eats up thepotassium and if I don't have it
, my heart rate gets weird.
So you'd think that would besomething they'd send me every
time it's up for review, denied,not authorized, and I feel like
(21:41):
I'm dealing with Darth Vader.
So I've gone to extreme measuresto pick up extra medications
that I should have viaprescription, and I'd like to
make sure that the oldest isgetting utilized.
Don't put something in acupboard and, you know, a year
(22:03):
down the way, plan on using it.
It's probably going to be okay,unless it gets moisture in it,
in which case it's not.
Or some medications do, somemedications don't.
Again, this is where additionalinformation can be very, very
valuable.
Make sure that your medicine,as well as everything else, is
(22:24):
rotated, up to date and accurate.
Okay, that's all for this week.
Classes are, as always,available there on the website.
I'm going to put up someinformation on our login page
for you.
You can always scroll back.
That first date information, asI mentioned, I believe was from
October and it's titled, oddlyenough, first date.
(22:46):
So there's some good stuffthere and I invite you to come
on out, if not just to say hi,not to get out to a fun
afternoon with your friends andfamily.
Maybe take a lesson, getlearned up.
We are all about safety.
That's why we're here.
We hope you'll come join us.
Thank you Until then.
(23:06):
Have a good week.
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