The past week of water contamination emergencies and burst pipes in my area due to winter storms has inspired a weird idea.

How about . . .

A Prep-Along!

Not that this is anyone’s view of a good time, but it’s something we should all do, at least on a basic level.  So, for this first Prep-Along, we’re going to follow the FEMA requirements found at www.ready.gov.  Exciting right?  Let’s follow a government program together….YAY!

Hmmm….

Well, it’s a way to take something boring and try to make it fun anyway, right?

Here’s the set up:

  • If you want to join in, declare your intentions in the comments section of this post.
  • Then, every week I’ll post a new prep-along “assignment” for us to complete over the course of that week.
  • As we prepare together, report on your progress, either in the comments section or, if you have a blog, you can link in comments to a post where you discuss any issues.
  • In 8 weeks, we’ll all show off our progress.

To spice things up, not that we’ll need it with all the exciting government pdf’s to read,  we’ll have a couple of giveaways along the way. I think an emergency preparedness book would be lovely, and, if we get really fancy, some hand-crank flashlights. WOW!

Are you up to the challenge?