Emergency Preparedness IV: Car
January 24th, 2012 at 6:00
As I mentioned before, my emergency bag for the car is more of an inconvenience bag. As in: “Let’s go for a hike! I need some sunscreen!” Or: “UGH, I am SO THIRSTY after this particularly sweaty riding lesson. I wish I had flip flops and some water!”
The car kit would solve each of those problems.
Stored in a little tote bag behind the driver’s seat (where I also store reusable grocery bags), it contains the following:
*Hooded sweatshirt
*Hat
*Sunscreen
*2 Liters of water
*Soup with pop-top lid
*Emergency poncho and emergency foil blanket
*Granola bars and fruit snacks
*Canned fruit
*Spoon and fork
*Old flip-flops
Voila! Now that I have some minimal emergency prep, I can gradually do a bit more. For example, I am now the proud owner of four food-grade five-gallon buckets, and enough rice and beans to fill two of them. But that is a story for later!
January 24th, 2012 at 11:34 AM
Did you have a horribly traumatic incident involving lack of preparedness at some point? Are you dating a FEMA agent? Did you earn every badge when you were a Girl Scout?
or Do you know something the rest of us don’t?
Honestly, I think they would put you on the Emergency Preparedness website. I’m not sure anyone else in America is as prepared as you are. Including the White House. Especially the White House.
This is yet another reason beyond the kale and fresh garden goodness for me to move into the ‘hood though. Then, L-Dog and I would only have to make to your house if there was a disaster.
January 24th, 2012 at 6:20 PM
Dude, over the holidays, I got sucked into reading survivalist and serious-preparedness websites (plus a 250 page manual from the Mormon church on survival and food storage), and so I feel like even with this stuff, I am the least prepared person in the world. I don’t even have a shotgun! Or a water purifier! Or a designated spot in the woods to go live! It is a little bit addictive. Since I plan to revisit every 6 months, I can plot and plan away about what else I need to hoard…..