YOUR EMERGENCY KIT

YOUR EMERGENCY KIT

If you have to evacuate your house & not come back for a couple days, what should you take with you?

Kim Du Toit has an excellent pictoral essay (found via Physics Geek) which covers the basics.

I'm just going to list the text for the sake of having a handy printable checklist for quick reference. Packed in a large Hefty tub, he has:

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-- four packets of pre-cooked shrink-wrapped ham- and turkey meals
-- coffee for The Mrs. and me, tea and drinking chocolate for the kids
-- powdered vegetable soup
-- pet food for the stupid dog (the cats get left behind with 14lbs. of dry cat food in a paper bag—they’ll get it out when they need it)
-- about a dozen Power Bars of various flavors
-- canned food of various types: chicken, tuna, pilchards, corned beef, sausages
-- canned milk
-- about 2lbs of jerky
-- peanut butter
-- sugar
-- salt, pepper and bouillon cubes
-- Kool-Aid.
-- water bottles with cooking/drinking cups
-- water purifying tablets
-- paper towels and wipes
-- emergency shortwave radio, with wind-up capability
-- small first-aid kit with bandages, sterile dressings, antiseptics and a suture kit
-- tin with analgesics and other medications, scissors, small knife, soap, mouthwash and toothbrushes
-- left out of the picture were a couple of open-carry holsters, because I forgot to put them in the pic (open-carry so that if the SHTF, we can be seen to be armed, if we want)
-- also not in the pic (because I forgot etc.) are six Sterno cans, and a small waterproof case containing matches, firestarters and a compass.
-- stakes for the tarpaulin (which is always in the Suburban)
-- 8-hour handwarmers, and thermal blankets for each family member
-- flashlights and a spare lantern battery
-- duct tape
-- a bush knife
-- walkie-talkies
-- a “bag o’ bags”: six 33gal. trash bags, and a few more Baggies
-- 100Â’ of nylon parachute cord
-- the NAA Mini and a bag of spare .22 ammo
-- mini-toolkit, with a Sharpie, folding saw, Swiss Army knife, Leatherman, tape and rubber bands.
***if youÂ’re on medication, donÂ’t forget to take that.

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Modify to suit your own taste, but this should be enough to keep you going for 3 days in the event of a breakdown of civil order.

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