Okay, so you’ve got your house bolted down, you’ve got your month’s worth of emergency food and water, and you’ve got all your camping/survival gear together. You’re all set. Except what if disaster strikes when you’re away from home?
When I lived in California, some friends and I devised a template “doomsday box” for our cars. This was California, remember, so public transit didn’t figure into the picture much—everyone drove. So, if you weren’t home, you were probably near your car.
Even living in the Seattle area, I still think the odds are I’ll be near either my car of my home. So, I’m re-creating the doomsday box for our two cars:
- 2 liters of water
- 1 box of Balance bars (200 calories, balanced carbs/fat/protein)
- 2 changes of adult clothes (they’ll still cover kids in a pinch) including sneakers
- first-aid kit
- flares
- fire extinguisher
- jumper cables (why keep ‘em separate?)
- 50’ twine
- duct tape
The key, of course, is getting the smallest possible usable items since you likely want to put other items in your trunk from time to time.
