September is dedicated to "Emergency Preparedness"- time to .......GET PREPARED AND DON"T BE SCARED! Get ready Wasatch 5th!

This should be familiar to you and your family.  This is the Emergency Broadcast logo and sound that we occasionally hear on TV.  I know that when I hear the noise and see the colored box, I give it my immediate attention.  "This is just a test.....I repeat this is just a test....."  all is well and I can go back to my regular routine......What if this wasn't just a test....

well, last year around this time we, The Wasatch 5th ward, decided to run our own little test! A mock 7 day Emergency Challenge.....

The results were sobering....

FIRST---

"There was no way I was going to live off my current 72 hour kit for even 1 hour!!! It was going to have to be at least a week before I was going to eat the brick like substance I had for food. I don't eat for nourishment,  I am an emotional eater..ie...comfort! I was not a gerbil!

My 72 hour kit went from this big  (left) to this BIG (right)