Appleton Dance

by Alisa Mom recently had to leave home quickly due to a fire in her condo complex. She grabbed her purse and keys and headed out while the fire department secured the building. She was lucky to get back with no problems in about two hours, but the quick exit did bring preparedness to the forefront of our minds.   There are many good resources out there for both go bags of critical items you would want to take with you in an emergency exit, and also for emergency kits of things you should have in your home to use during disaster situations. I'd been seeing information on these for ages and meant to put some items together so this was a push I needed. We started with Go Bags. An emergency go-bag is a portable package of critical items you might need if you have to leave your home quickly. There are various lists and suggestions; and much of this will be very personal to your situation. I found this NYT article  "Is your Go Bag Ready?"  useful.   Here's what we did to