Survival (hasty departure) kits:

[azurelunatic]

Needed:

Water (all)
Mirror (all) (until I can get some, failed burns of CDs will work...)
Personal care kit, mouth stuff, nose spray, hand sanitizer (Marx)
Knife (Master, votania, marxdarx)
Sunscreen (marxdarx, Little Fayoumis)
Socks & underwear (votania, LF, marxdarx)
Fire (marxdarx)
Granola bars (all)
sunglasses (all)
Umbrella (master)
Bandaids (Marx)
bra (V, me)
Emergency contact info sheet (all)
Scan good current photos of all concerned, make decent as b&w, print ("This is Mommy. Have you seen Mommy?")

Have:
Pants, tshirt, socks (one set fitting all adults) in master backpack
Blanket (small) master
female underpants in master
size 9 shoes (beat-up) master
matches, candles, pens, notepad in master
bungee cords
crackers

Comments

[sithjawa.livejournal.com]

No iodine?
also: If any long walks may be required, like they might in a car-travel survival kit or a hiking survival kit, moleskin or duct tape.

[azurelunatic]

Good plans, both.

...This is an ongoing project. ...I used to keep an alien abduction kit from around age 15 or so.

[sithjawa.livejournal.com]

I used to have an emergency kit but I gave it to my mom. She travels more than I do.

Mine tend to focus on wilderness survival, so I worry less about food (I know some about edible plants in California) and more on long-term water purification.

Now that I'm 21 I might also consider a small flask of everclear. It probably wouldn't completely replace the iodine (I wouldn't want to use something intoxicating to purify water) but one could also use it as a firestarter, or to aid skin cooling in some situations. It *could* be used to replace the hand sanitizer, in which case you *really* wouldn't want to drink it.

[sithjawa.livejournal.com]

Oh, and aloe gel, or something similar. For burns, sunburns, bug bites, other rashes.

[azurelunatic]

Yeah. Definitely.

[azurelunatic]

Or wound-cleaning.

[chorus-of-chaos.livejournal.com]

small container of honey..good to use as antiseptic on minor injuries and also to boost blood sugar levels, or to distract bears :P