Lake Elsinore residents Mike and Kristen Kim prepare a family “go bag” using guidance from http://jw.org. Valley News/Courtesy photo
LAKE ELSINORE – Water bottles, a first aid kit and canned food line the living room coffee table. The Kim family is not going camping; they are preparing for disaster by putting together a “go bag.”Preparing in advance with a disaster-ready kit has helped families nationwide through extreme and abnormal weather events, which experts warn are on the rise.After 14 years as a firefighter in the Southern California area, Mike Kim of Lake Elsinore said he is all too familiar with seeing families caught unprepared.“I’ve had to evacuate people, and I see them run out of their homes with nothing. No water, food or emergency supplies,” Kim said.Kim and his wife Kristen, with the help of their four children, have prepared a family “go bag” for such an emergency. They
