Take time to learn basic survivals skills that could help keep you safe in an emergency away from home. Learning how to stay warm and dry, find shelter, gather food and water, and manage minor first aid scenarios. The website OutsideMom.com offers a good primer on teaching younger kids basic survival skills.

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Georgia National Guardsman Sergeant 1st Class Ron Tuttle directs traffic as a fellow guardsman helps a civilian to their abandoned vehicle in Atlanta on Jan. 30.