Wednesday - Day 3: NATURAL DISASTER - EARTHQUAKE!!

There has been an earthquake and you have lost some utilities.

DAILY LIMITATIONS AND TASKS:•For this day, and ALL days of the challenge: no spending money, no going to stores, and no restaurants.
•Your water pipe broke, and you have no water access. Your family is limited to 1 gallon of water per person of stored water. A family of 4 would have 4 gallons of water to use for drinking, cooking, hygiene and cleaning (toilet not included).
•The power has been cut off.
•It’s the 2nd day of the earthquake, your fridge food has gone bad, but the food in your freezer has managed to stay cold enough to use.
•During the earthquake a beam fell on your computer(s) and crushed it. (Using the crushed computer to go onto Eastvale Prepared Blogspot or Eastvale Prepared Facebook is acceptable.)
•You need to make dinner with no power.
•Keep your family entertained with no power (no lights, tv, appliances, etc.).

ADVANCED REQUIREMENTS (for anyone who feels up to it)
•If you have a generator – it got CRUSHED!
•Unfortunately all fridges and freezers in your home ALSO got crushed!
•Your allowable water quota has to include toilet usage.

REMEMBER, TOMORROW’S LIMITATIONS AND TASKS WILL BE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. How long would you have lasted under these conditions? Is 1 gallon of water per person per day enough to do what you need to do? Is the data on your computer backed up? If you had no electricity, do you have things on hand to deal with that?


The goal with the 7 Day Challenge is to explore and evaluate how prepared we are for whatever emergencies may come our way. Try to participate to the EXTENT POSSIBLE with your entire family. It is okay to modify the scenario to fit the needs/schedule/circumstances of your family. And, if the most that you can do on a given day is walk through the scenario in your head and discuss it with your family – that’s ok! Anything is better than nothing! Please make sure to:
*Fill out the Data Form on a Daily basis.
*Log onto www.EastvalePrepared.blogspot.com and answer the questions and leave comments. This will help us to analyze and understand the results of the 7 Day Challenge (everyone should do this - even if you are not a member of our ward, and even if you just walk through the scenario in your head).
*Participate in the ongoing discussion on Facebook (Eastvale Prepared). Share pictures, your experience, thoughts, ideas, and insights. Let’s learn from each other!