A machete? Really? |
I particularly take issue with his including a pistol. Now, don't get me wrong, I believe in carry conceal and all that. However, I've lived through enough natural disasters and even a couple of terrorist attacks to suspect that God has it in for me, but I've never been through one yet where my top-ten survival priorities in the first 24 hours involved packing iron. My general rule of thumb is that if you need a gun after a disaster, then you needed one before, so you'd have one anyway. In other words, if I need a gun after an earthquake, it's because I'm in Kandahar and not Seattle. QED.
I don't have an office survival kit now because my office is at home, but when I had to work for clients on site my get-home bag consisted of the gear I always carry on my person plus a small satchel that fit in the back of a drawer containing an energy bar, three water pouches, a pocket first aid kit, a space blanket, a torch, a face mask (I live near a volcano) and some matches. That was enough to get me back to my car where my 72-hour bag is, home if I have to hoof it or a relief station if I can't. The basic idea is to include the essentials while keeping the kit small enough that I won't feel tempted to not take it along or stuff it away somewhere so I need an emergency kit to get to my emergency kit.
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