I’m a boy scout thus I’m always prepared. I always prepare for the worse but hope for the best. In my house, I have a couple of first aid kits, extra clothes, emergency lights and emergency food and water. This is part of my personal safety program.

Often I’m accused of being redundant. One time, I went mountain climbing and I had 3 flashlights with me with one set of extra batteries. I started being like this during a camping trip in college where all our lights went out. There were three of us and two flashlights with 2 sets of extra batteries. Both flashlights and batteries were brand new. Now, I always see to it that I have multiple emergency lights in my house, office and car. I also always carry a small emergency light with me all the time. I figured, these days you’ll just never know when you might need it.