Bug Out Bag....
Odd term, Right?
Wikipedia defines it as...
A portable kit that contains the items one would require to survive for seventy-two hours when evacuating from a disaster.
Basically, if you had get out NOW. YOU HAVE NO TIME TO PACK... Your Bug out Bag (BOB) is packed and ready to grab and run. Keep in mind each child and member of your house should have one full of their own essentials (if they are capable of carrying it, of course.)
We have decided to create a NEW AND IMPROVED Bug Out Bag this holiday break. Updating all our clothes and food.
Here's what a typical BOB might have in it...
Good Luck! And remember.....it doesnt all have to be bought and completed today... But it should be started, you never know when disaster may occur....
Odd term, Right?
Wikipedia defines it as...
A portable kit that contains the items one would require to survive for seventy-two hours when evacuating from a disaster.
Basically, if you had get out NOW. YOU HAVE NO TIME TO PACK... Your Bug out Bag (BOB) is packed and ready to grab and run. Keep in mind each child and member of your house should have one full of their own essentials (if they are capable of carrying it, of course.)
We have decided to create a NEW AND IMPROVED Bug Out Bag this holiday break. Updating all our clothes and food.
Here's what a typical BOB might have in it...
- Enough non perishable food for 72 hours (per person) MRE's or Meals Ready to Eat.....are light weight and easy to prepare! You can get these at Walmart for roughly $5 and most will last years!
- Enough water for 72 hours (per person) This will probably be the heaviest thing needed to carry.
- Remember to include water for washing, drinking and cooking. Here in the US it is recommended 1 gallon per person per day.
- I have these straws that you can go up to ANY water ANY where and drink it... From a puddle to a pool. They are $16.95 each.... but you can drink 25 gallons of nasty polluted puddle or lake water.. Because the straw has a filter built in it! Well worth it to have and just store for emergency.
- A first aid kit
- Fire starting tool
- A disaster plan including location of emergency centers, rallying points, possible evacuation routes, etc. Emergency Phone numbers.... If there's no cell phone's and your contact list is gone forever due to a solar flare... will you remember all important numbers and addresses????
- Professional emergency literature explaining what to do in various types of disaster, studied and understood before the actual disaster but kept for reference
- Maps and travel information
- Standard camping equipment, including bathroom supplies, If space is limited it could be as simple as a tarp for a tent. Carried in dad's bug out bag.... of course....lol
- Weather appropriate clothing , raincoats, hat gloves... Please remember to change the clothing as needed per season and/or growth.
- Bedtime Items such as sleeping bags and blankets
- Enough medicine to last an extended evacuation period
- Medical records, just a good idea to make copies and have them in here, in case your house is burning down, as your running out the door you grab your BOB... and all documents are in it.
- Pet, child, and elderly care needs *** remember a toy or snuggle*** the little ones will needs some sort of comfort, possibly a deck of cards.
- Battery or crank operated radio
- Lighting, battery or crank operated flashlights or glow sticks
- Gun and appropriate ammunition
- Cash and change, as electronic banking transactions may not be available during the initial period following an emergency or evacuation...small bills... you wouldn't want to have to buy a loaf of bread with a $100 dollar bill.
- Positive Identification, such as drivers license, state I.D. card, or social security card
- Fixed-blade and folding knife
- Rope, Duct Tape, Paracord
- Plastic tarps for shelter and water collection
- Slingshot, pellet gun, blowgun or other small game hunting equipment
- Wire for binding and animal traps
Good Luck! And remember.....it doesnt all have to be bought and completed today... But it should be started, you never know when disaster may occur....