What kind of food in your 72 hour kit?

[pam]

Originally Posted by Misshalfway

I honestly think mine are too heavy. I have a backpack for each family member and have packed everything from a change of clothing to portable tents. The little mini shovel and ax are heavy not to mention all the water. I don't know. I feel really prepared but only if I can though everything into the car. If not, I am gonna wish I had a wagon or a four wheeler to carry it all.

Actually Miss 1/2...the thought of a wagon (like one of the kid ones) is not a bad idea.

[Alana]

It is a pretty heavy. I have it in an army duffel bag and even with the water I can carry it, but nothing else.

I also have a blanket and clothes, diapers and wipes in it.

I'm thinking that since I have mostly high calorie things and so much sugar, and everything is fiberous, I'm going to replace some of the canned fruit with dried and some MRE. I don't have a tent or sleeping bags, but I keep putting it off because I don't have exactly what I want. I think I should just settle for less because in an emergency anything useful is better than nothing.

I also much admit that what I put in my kit is geared towards keeping the kids happy because I don't want extra stress from picky kids in a stressful situation, even though we know in an emergency their going to eat what they have or not eat.

[Generally_Me]

Ours are pretty heavy too, but nothing compared to some I've seen. Couple years ago, when we lived in Utah, we took our kits and hiked and lived out of them for 24 hours. Tell you what, the changes we made were swift and decisive! Those metal blankets are close to useless, and noisy to boot. Though since they are small and light, we still have a couple. Also, baby wipes are very useful; rather than bringing or worrying about cleaning/sanitizing water.
We should do this again, now that we live in New Mexico, there are probably some differences we should make.

[Alana]

I love eating the food out of our kit when it's time! The soup with the brown rice in it is yummy. Plus, the noodles and sauce kits are so delicious. They are from trader joes, and you heat them up in the box it come in, which I figure is perfect for an emergency. Plus, the kids love getting to eat the cliff bars and fruit leathers, because usually they don't get such 'fancy' food lol.

[rayhale]

Pam’s posts that is posts #9-10 are too long to quote, but they mention many items, like toiletries, that most people will forget about in a crisis. Pam also mentioned shoes to walk, I will add to that, and say, if you live in a cold place, with snow, make sure that the shoes are snow shoes/boots, also keep a spare coat, or jacket in your car. If you have caned food, make sure that they are the pop-open kind, or keep a can opener tethered to, taped to, or somehow secured to the 48-hour kit. If you are at home, check with local emergency preparedness agency(s), like the Red Cross, to see what the most common emergencies are, like hurricanes, tornados, and one of the most common flood. Check also with your local church, they may have emergency ideas, even lists of what to in an emergency.

I would also add, make a list of emergency numbers, like the Poison Control Center; police/fire/ambulance; personal doctor(s); friends, family, and other people to call in an emergency.

[FairChild]

I need to make a care kit for my car this winter. I know I will need clothes and blankets and other such things, but I draw a blank on what kind of food to put in there. I need something I don't have to worry about freezing or spoiling or full of liquid. All I can think of is granola bars. Any ideas would surely help.

[Alana]

I have a big variety of bars in our kit. Cliff bars, luna bars, promax bars. It's kind of fun picking them all out. On thing is that some of them last a long time and some do expire soonish (maybe ones with nuts) so do look at expiration dates. I also like them because when it's time to rotate, I have no problem with using those as snacks in kids lunches or eating them myself, they don't become wasted food.