35 Essential Items Your Ultimate Bug-Out Bag Should Have

35 Essential Items Your Ultimate Bug-Out Bag Should Have

The past two and a half years have taught us a lot of hard lessons. One of them is something we probably should have already known: it’s never too soon to prep for emergency scenarios, where survival could depend on having the right gear ready to go at a moment’s notice.

After all, there are many situations that could result in a temporary lack of services and utilities and require you to look after yourself for a while. Depending on where you live there could be an earthquake, tornado, hurricane, tropical storm, forest fire or flood which might mean you’re left, briefly, surviving on your own. So it’s not a terrible idea to have a bag prepared that you can grab and go if the ground starts shaking.

We don’t have to get into doomsday prepper territory here, but you should imagine the scenario most likely to impact you and

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Essential Items for Your Car’s Winter Survival Kit-Autoweek

Essential Items for Your Car’s Winter Survival Kit-Autoweek

A massive snowstorm buried the East Coast during the holidays in 2021, stranding hundreds of motorists along the I-95 corridor in freezing temperatures. Many were stuck for 24 hours or more, without food or water. If you were driving through Virginia that day, would you have been among them? If you’re unsure, the answer is probably “yes.”

We all need to have a car survival kit. That’s a given. But your kit needs to be flexible. It needs to grow and change depending on where your vehicle will be at any given moment. And if you’re traveling? You need to review it before you hit the road. Many of those stranded motorists in Virginia were families from the Northeast who had driven down to Florida for the holidays.

That’s why we’ve put together this list of stuff you may want to consider stashing in your vehicle if you’re driving in

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