Author: Blog Crew @ OrganizeIt

A Family Disaster Plan needs to take your pets into account. Many of the same guidelines for people apply to pets, but there are a few differences you need to consider in your plans. Your pet needs its own supplies, its own food, its own first-aid kit, and maybe an alternate shelter. Here are some […]

As Ike Pigott points out in his post today, many shelters won’t accept pets. I had to evacuate my apartment two blocks south of the World Trade Center on 9/11, and there was no way I was leaving Benny’s predecessor, my wonderful Yellow Lab, Sam, behind. We stayed with friends for a couple of nights […]

Most disasters allow very little time to sort through batteries, let alone test them. If you’re like me, you probably have a bunch of batteries rolling around in a drawer. But with disaster preparedness on my mind, I realized that if the batteries are not easy to access, or not working, they certainly won’t be […]