A few emergency prep tips

- Get an extra salt canister during the next several shopping trips. Salt can be used to preserve food from the freezer.

- Store the things you would want to take with you in an evacuation situation garbage cans. Include negatives (or a thumbdrive) of pictures you would want to be able to reprint if your house was lost in an emergency situation.

- If you have limited space, get freeze dried food and store it under a bed. 

- Have an emergency contact person who lives out of state. They may not be in the same situation as you are, so they can be your contact person to let others know that you are ok.