While some schools in Texas will be closing indefinitely, due to Swine Flu in Fort Worth outbreak, and the Mexican government is shutting down a whole bunch of activities for a week or so, the rest of the world is watching with bated breath to see what will come of it and where the next outbreak will be.

The World Health Organization has raised its alert level for swine flu to Phase 5, indicating a pandemic could be imminent.

President Obama says that although the outbreak is cause for concern , it is not a cause for panic. So far there has been one death reported in the US that has been confirmed to be Swine Flu and that was in Texas close to the Mexican border.

Fort Worth is taking a lot of precautions, though and not taking any chances. They are closing their schools this weekend for an indefinite period of time after a case of Swine flu was discovered at the school.

While we are waiting and watching, here are a few things we can do to prepare for any kind of flu pandemic:

* Take extra care to wash hands and keep sanitary hand cleaner on hand
* Stock up on food - have several weeks worth of groceries on hand
* Invest in a small 72 hour Emergency kit
* Keep a half tank of fuel in the car - in case of having to leave the area for awhile

These are just a few small measures one can take to make life a little easier if there should actually be a quarantine. For some people it may mean preparing a lot more, in ways such as stockpiling all kinds of emergency supplies.

If you are needing to stockpile some emergency items there are several companies that handle large emergency food units. Viola Bontrager is the author of Emergency-Survival-Skills.com where she talks about a variety of survival skills needed to survive in ANY kind of emergency whether that be a Swine Flu Outbreak or economic collapse.

She also lists some resources for emergency kits and survival food units at her website.

Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Viola_Bontrager

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