San Francisco Art Dealer Mayer Flaks Adds to Emergency Kit

There are many suggestions on the internet on what should be included in an individual's emergency preparedness kit. Instead of buying a commercial kit, San Francisco art dealer Mayer Flaks had created his own. Mayer Flaks lives in San Francisco, California where the risk and threat of an earthquake is an everyday reality. But, for the most part, Mayer Flaks lives comfortably believing no tragedy will affect him.

After witnessing the Boston bombings, Mayer Flaks decided it would be beneficial for him to add to his emergency kit. Since the threat of home grown terrorists is not as much a theory and a more of a fact, Mayer Flaks decided it would be in his best interest to make sure he had plenty of the gauze, medical tape, and disinfectants necessary to be keep wounds clean. In addition to changing old batteries in the kit, Mayer Flaks added solar operated lights so he would have less to worry about if San Francisco were to lose power.

Mayer Flaks lives and works in San Francisco as an art dealer. He is not a paranoid doomsday fanatic, but based on the suggestions and warnings of FEMA and other emergency organizations, Mayer Flaks figured it is better to be safe than sorry. Yet for all his prepping, Mayer Flaks knows there are many variables that are called into play during an emergency including the reactions of his neighbors and others in his community.

For himself, Mayer Flaks figured all he could do was prepare general medical supplies to cover a range of emergencies and have a plan of action. Mayer Flaks isn't out to save the world, but he hopes to be able to save himself and if possible others. Mayer Flaks hopes others in his community will prepare as well and assist each other in an emergency just as people did in Boston.