Something’s wrong in the middle of the night. You hear strange noises, or smell smoke, or there’s an earthquake. You need to get up and get moving and FAST is the key. Are you going to evacuate your house barefoot? Over the lava rock bed outside your window? Or in a foot of snow in the winter?
Where are your shoes? If there is always a pair of easy-to-get-on shoes by your bed you’ll have your feet protected and be able to get out of there a lot faster. Sure, if the house was on fire and I didn’t have my shoes nearby I’d get out in my bare feet. But I could sure get farther faster with something to protect my feet. Even some flip flops or a sturdy pair of slippers would be better than nothing. Next to the bed, under the bed, whatever works for you, keep a pair of shoes that you can get on your feet fast and easy to get you out of the house and on your way as quickly as possible while protecting your feet from glass, rocks, snow, toys, and whatever else is underfoot.
not only are a pair of shoes there, my pants are there with my keys, wallet, cell phone, in the pockets…. etc…. Grab and go…
I heard a speaker who said that you should tie a bag of supplies to the leg of your bed, including your shoes (or put your shoes right next to the bag), flshlight, work gloves, etc. Tying it to the leg of the bed makes it easier to find it if things shift around in an earthquake or find it in the dark, etc.
Also, always go to bed wearing something that won’t embarrass you in front of your neighbors and keep 72 hour bag by bed.
Always put our your boots and socks inside the sleeping bag
with you. Your boyd heat keeps them from freezing.
If those are the fuzzy slippers they appear to be, your feet would be stuck to them in a fire. I keep slippers and a sturdy pair by the bed and my purse on the bed. I sleep alone on a king-sized bed, so this is possible.
My purse, a flashlight, sturdy shoes, glasses, and me are all in one place. If I had to get up and run, my glasses would get shoved in my purse or left behind. I cannot seem to remember to take them with me when I leave the bedroom each morning, so in an emergency, I just don’t know. I can see to drive without them.
Ha–very true! Just took a snapshot in my girl’s room, so I just used what she had there. You want real shoes if possible and the fewer synthetic fabrics the better for fire situations since they melt and stick to your skin instead of burning cleanly. Thanks!
I have my shoes by the bed. I got serious about it one night when the phone rang and I jumped out of bed and while on the way to the phone stepped on a sewing needle. Needless to say, I didn’t answer the phone but I did learn!