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Personal Survival Emergency Pack

An emergency evacuation situation can cause a lot of confusion without adequate preparation.  There is no reason for confusion if an emergency survival pack is handy and well-stocked.

  While everyone else is frantically searching for what they might need for several days away from home with minimal comforts, the person who has a ready-made survival pack can just pick it up and walk out the door, confident in having everything necessary to survive the harsh conditions of a forced evacuation.

   There are just about as many names for a survival pack as there are varieties of the equipment they contain.  There are survival kits, disaster kits, emergency survival bags, bug out bags, emergency packs, disaster survival bags, emergency medical kits, and so on.

  A Survival Pack of any kind should be personal and not just something picked out of an advertisement, paid for then stored somewhere "to keep it out of the way."

Your pack should reflect what you need in an emergency  survival situation. It is perfectly okay to buy a survival pack  pre-made, but open it up and personalize the contents.
 There is always extra room in any survival pack that you might buy.  This is done purposely because everybody has their own personal equipment to add to any stock kit.

  For instance, you might have found a really good deal on a name-brand survival pack, even though it was intended for winter activities and you live in L.A., you buy it anyway.  So, chuck the earmuffs and galoshes and stock it with shorts and sunscreen.

 That's a rather severe example, mostly people want extra clothing in their own size, certain prescriptions, special foods if they have allergies or are diabetic, favorite treats, personal memoirs, etc,,,,

 With all the various types of survival packs out there to choose from a person might have trouble  deciding on what to buy if they don't follow this easy to remember advice.

• When making up your pack, think about  the most likely situation it will be used for.  An earthquake kit is different from a blizzard pack, for instance.
• A pack for escaping the city or surviving there in will be different than a pack for evacuation ahead of a forest fire
• Remember that the object is to survive until you find help or a safe place. This might involve leaving  your immediate vicinity and hiking somewhere that could be relatively far away. You don't want your pack full of heavy, awkward objects like your golf clubs or drum set.   
• Remember to account for taking water with you or having a means of filtering, sanitizing or dis-infecting it. Water weighs around 8 pounds per gallon, I think.  Normal people need at least two quarts a day to survive.  Counting washing and sanitary uses figure on a gallon a day.  Even if it's only 5 pounds per gallon, for 3 days that's 15 extra pounds you might have to carry for miles.
• Take extra socks!  Take care of your feet and your feet will take care of you! If you have no other clothing in your pack, be sure to pack moleskin for blisters!
• Pick out something that is easy to carry, is easy to store, and will provide the necessities for life for at least 3 days (72 hours)

All in all, buying a survival pack and picking out the different components can be very educating and also a lot of fun, just remember that you will have to carry it somewhere, keep it stocked with your personal necessities, and keep it handy because you never know when an emergency situation might force you to leave quickly, with no time to pack!