Part of an emergency preparedness plan should be an element of how to build a underground survival cache and what to put in it. Why you may ask ?
A survival cache can be as simple as a PVC tube with 2 ends caps glued on with silicone to make it waterproof and secure buried underground in a location away from your home full of items to create a warming fire, filter water, food to eat, medications if needed, security items, maps, money … anything to help you survive until you can get another location of safety.
A survival cache should be a secret secondary bare bones emergency supply kit that can be located easily with nature landmarks.
It is sort of like a mini bug out bag that stays put waiting for your return to claim it. I would suggest pouring a few inches of cement or heavy stone into the tube before adding your cache supplies to prevent the tube floating to the surface in case of heavy rains.
Click here to read Before you build that cache tube, read about location, contents, and purpose:
http://www.alloutdoor.com/2013/08/20/build-cache-tube/
and second great article
Click here to read about how to Build A Underground Survival Cache and What To Put In It:
http://modernsurvivalonline.com/creating-a-survival-cache/
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