metatron wrote:I tend to think some of the more likely things to happen to someone is house fires, chemical leaks from local businesses, being kick out of your house, riots, loss of power and gas, so needing to stay at a community centre or other place, that also tends to happen when roads get shutdown with heavy snow.
Use the current example in America as a good basis to plan your bags. You know a storm is coming, your house/town is going to be hit so you are going to leave before problems start and head for a cheap hotel in a safe area. What will you need for a few days? You have use of your car.
Or due to financial constraints or locality you need to go to the local emergency shelter. What will you need to make your time there comfortable?
feegle wrote:If somthing bad happens ,that has forced u and your family to leave a static location and walk around all loaded up ,.. like a camping trip ,.. it must be bad ?? ,my advice as a family man and 23 year army vet is don't ? belive me its a total nitemare ... i know easy said than done ,one of my many preps ,.. is a van ,it dont have to be road legal ,remember the world/local area has gone to pot ,example i used a mechical perfect escort van for a bit ,kids and wife warm and safe in the back ,.. roof box ,me in the front ,... it just a short term thing ... ,...
Thats a good point, the ogher thing it reminds me is that its great having all this stuff, but if like me you tend to drive or sit behind a laptop all day the one thing you cant put in your bag is some fitness!
I need to sort that out and cut down on the biscuits
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