Build a car kit

by Paul
(United States)

After being stranded in a car for 18 hrs in the Buffalo, NY winter I have a car kit with me at all times. Including:

Extra pants,shirts, long undies top and bottom, boots, socks, jacket, winter gloves& hats, flashlight with many spare batteries, battery radio(AM/FM/CB), sleeping bag, pillow, emergency blanket, toilet paper, candles, matches, lighter, trash bags, bottled water, hand sanitizer, granola bars, rope, duct tape, swiss army knife, compass, signal mirror, signal whistle, snap light stick, hand warmer pads, empty coffee can w/lid, tooth brush/paste, asprin, imodium, band aids, gauze pads, medical tape, deoderant and a deck of playing cards.

I keep most of this in a five gallon plastic bucket with lid. I took the approach as the vehicle is only a shelter and I will need to survive in it for a long time with only what I have with me.


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