7 Red Cross Kit Essentials You May Be Missing — Check Before Tonight

📚 Rick's Survival Series. DOWNLOAD HERE → https://stan.store/rangerrickus Hey guys! My full guide is on sale now 📖 Grab it here: https://stan.store/rangerrickus The American Red Cross tells you to store 1 gallon of water per person, per day, for 2 weeks at home, and most households have a case of bottles. A week after Hurricane Maria in 2017, only 150 of Banco Popular's 600 ATMs in Puerto Rico were working, and after Helene in 2024 the Asheville area ran nearly a week without card processing. Army doctrine says around 80% of reported U.S. military casualties have historically come from disease and nonbattle injury, not the enemy. A standard toilet uses 1.6 gallons per flush, more than your whole daily water ration. Your kit may look ready, but does it pass the numbers? Subscribe to the channel: @rangerrickus In this video, we talk about the 7 Red Cross survival kit essentials most households are missing or getting wrong, including extra cash in small bills, a true two week home water supply, a NOAA weather radio with alert, a sanitation and emergency toilet plan, a seven day medication reserve, emergency blankets with ground insulation, and copies of personal documents with a written emergency contact card. Subscribe so you're ready before the next storm, not after it. Comment where you're watching from and which Red Cross kit line your own kit just failed. Share this with the people you'd want ready, on Facebook, Reddit or your family group chat, because you're the reason this channel keeps going. Chapters: 00:00 Opening 00:42 Extra Cash When the Cards Die 04:16 Two Weeks of Water at Home 08:05 The Radio That Outlasts the Towers 11:24 The Sanitation Line Everyone Skips 15:23 Seven Days of Medication Minimum 19:20 The Emergency Blanket Needs a Floor 22:54 Paper Copies and Written Phone Numbers Sources: Survival Kit Supplies, American Red Cross https://www.redcross.org/get-help/how-to-prepare-for-emergencies/survival-kit-supplies.html How to Create an Emergency Water Supply, CDC https://www.cdc.gov/water-emergency/about/how-to-create-and-store-an-emergency-water-supply.html Helene put NC mountain counties on cash-only basis, Carolina Public Press https://carolinapublicpress.org/66855/cash-only-economy-surprised-nc-helene-survivors/ A week after Helene cut water supplies, PBS NewsHour https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/a-week-after-helene-cut-water-supplies-thousands-in-north-carolina-struggle-to-find-enough Hypothermia Prevention and Treatment, Joint Trauma System https://jts.health.mil/assets/docs/cpgs/Hypothermia_Prevention_Treatment_07_Jun_2023_ID23.pdf Deployment Prescription Program, TRICARE https://tricare.mil/dpp #RangerRick #RedCross #EmergencyKit #SurvivalKit #Prepping #Prepper #Preparedness #EmergencyPreparedness #DisasterPrep #72HourKit #WaterStorage #EmergencyRadio #NOAAWeatherRadio #EmergencyToilet #Sanitation #EmergencyCash #HurricanePrep #HurricaneHelene #WinterStormUri #EmergencyBlanket #Veteran #GridDown #BugOutBag