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For starter wow! You’ve given this a lot of thought! As a wife and woman this is what I see missing, but you might already have it somewhere.

I don’t see anything for children, as in younger children that are fully dependent on their family. If that is a possibility you have to look into the aspect of diapers, cloth vs plastic. If they get colds, as kids love to do, will you have an area set up for sick children, esp., if more than one gets sick, that can go for adults too. What about formula vs. breast feeding?

And speaking of adults, something that has been on my mind lately, mostly since I am a woman, is menstruation. That is an issue that men and women have to deal with and in a SHTF situation, bleeding could be a potentially dangerous situation. It smells, you have to dispose of products that you uses if they are disposable or clean the ones that are reusable (which leave the issue of old blood and its smell). For a lot of women it comes with a lot of discomfort and problems. My daughter is nearly bedridden somedays from the pain she goes through. We both have to take iron pills occasionally to counteract the effects of it.

I am a firm believer in reusable cloth products but they come with a price because you have to clean them and sanitize them well to remove germs and bacteria that come from use. In a SHTF situation that will involve extra water, extra heating materials and extra time.

If you got women coming to your home and they are of age, or coming of age, that is a huge issue you need to consider now.

Another thing to consider is pregnancy, if someone is or become pregnant, they are going to need more food/water/etc., than a non pregnant person.

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