[Kartographer]

I would also suggest adding some food to snack on like hard candy, breakfast bars, but nothing real salty. If you are worred about shelflife Lifeboat Rations can be purchsed from places like Ebay and Amazon they have a 5 year Shelf Life, Non-Thirst Provoking and Withstands Temperatures of -40° F to 300°F (-40°C to 149°. I would also place a litter or two of water in the front of the vehicle before I left the house.

I myself use to have a couple packs of vacuum pack Ritz crackers and a jar of peanut butter in trunk during winter months as well as candy and some snack bars.

A few weeks ago when Atlanta got shut down by a storm I suggested such a kit and was not so much surprised as disappointed by how many FReepers thought that carry such a kit was foolish. Just goes to show that there are even some FReeppers who rather depend of FEMA or the National Guard to bring them a bottle of water, a MRE, a warm blanket and a kiss for thier boo-boo and maybe even get thier picture on the national news rather then to take any precautions themselves.

[Kartographer]

Preppers’ PING!!

[1rudeboy]

And don’t ever forget, no one will bring you booze, unless you are very very lucky.

[diverteach]

[Red in Blue PA]

My Car SHTF kit:

Black & Decker START IT VEC012CBD 450 Amp Jump Starter/Inflator
Garmin Nuvi GPS
72 hour Energy Bar
Adventure Medical Kits/Tender Corporation QuikClot Travel hemostatic clotting bag
Emergency LED Light Beacon
Life Hammer Original Emergency Hammer
Etón FR160R Microlink Self-Powered AM/FM/NOAA Weather Radio with Flashlight, Solar Power and Cell Phone Charger
Aspirin
Victorinox Swiss Army Swisscard (Tweezers etc)
Adventure Medical Kits Emergency Bivy Sack
Splint
Bandaids
Gauze (Large & Small)
Wrap
Tape
Antibiotic ointment
Benadryl
Emergency Poncho
Emergency Reflective Blanket
Cabelas Fleece Blanket
Hand-Powered Flashlight
Toilet Paper
Compact Shovel for snow
Multi-Tool
Waterproof matches
“Light My Fire” Firestarter
Magnesium Fire Starter
Duct Tape
Duffel Bag
Sugar
Salt
Packets of Honey
Gloves
Sewing Kit
Potassium Iodide tablets
Emergency Reflective Sleeping Bag

[RetiredArmy]

I have had one in the back of my vehicle for 35 years. Ever since I was stationed in Germany in the 1970s. I keep it even now and we live in the COLD south!!!!! Freezing rain and snow in Alabama on the way tonight and tomorrow. Thus, I have always kept my emergency kit in the back of the vehicle. We stopped at a car wreck a few months back. Out I went, put on the screaming yellow vest and directed traffic till the police arrived, thanked me and took over.

[bgill]

I’d add a paper county map.

A kit shouldn’t be limited to snow.

[discostu]

My suggestion is don’t live where there are blizzards, and when nastiness is coming stay home.

[mad_as_he$$]

My minimun vehicle kit:

rope
2 MREs
multi-tools
matches
electrical tape
teflon tape
gorilla tape
zipties
extra pair of leather work boots
hand warmers
starting fluid
snatch block
wheel studs (6)
tire iron
baseball cap
a couple ratchet straps
air compressor and random assorted air compressor chucks
2x 30’ straps, 1x 20’ strap, 1x tree strap
half of a dozen 3/4 crosby screw pin bow shackles, 1x 7/8 crosby ...
tire plug and patch kit — with random bit of scrap welding wire for sewing a sidewall if possible, HF tire spoon
bailing wire, (roll of) surveying flagging
assorted fuses
assorted hand tools
assorted gloves — leather, snow, ...
road flares
bow saw, axe, hatchet, folding shovel, d handled shovel
misc. hardware and clamps
simple spare parts - tie rod end, u-joint, idler, belt
assorted fluids
adventure medical “hunter” kit
small ABC fire extinguisher
GPS
TP
beanies
bottled water
lighters, knives, flashlights, batteries
jumper cables
headlight bulb
Assorted screw clamps
Water filter

[Abathar]

What really drives me nuts is when my kids argue with me (they’re teenagers, so...) because I make them take a coat with them whenever they get in the car with me.

All I hear is “We have these things called cell phones now dad, if we break down or get in an accident we can just call someone... blah, blah, blah...”

Granted I’m an old fogy at 49 to them and ready to be put in a home, but I bet I’m not the only one seeing this dangerous trend either.

[Obadiah]

Nope, this is sage advice. Each of my vehicles has a “survival” kit of, in part, water, food, cash, first aid, lights, road markers, miscellaneous needs, etc., along with jumper cables, and towing straps.

[McGruff]

My blizzard preparedness plan. Stay home.

[Telepathic Intruder]

I have a box of trail bars and some nylon rope. A flashlight, a knife, flares, and a couple jugs of water.

[JoeProBono]

[Hawthorn]

If you get stuck in heavy traffic for hours and can’t get out of your vehicle, you might want something similar to what old-time aviators called a “pilot relief tube.”

[DuncanWaring]

I will say after the last discussion I tossed the 5-year-old Clif bars in mine and replaced them with something fresher and more amenable to cycling through the inventory.

[ansel12]

I carry extra food for trips, but I always keep 3 cans of tuna, and 2 cans of Pork and Beans deep in the wheel well, those do fine in temps and every three years I replace them and bring the old ones back into the kitchen.

The tuna especially is small, and even Starkist says that it is fine to keep in the car for many years.

For freepers who are chow hounds or have kids who find and eat their survival food, they can do what I had to do as a young man, I had to give up on keeping candy bars and Pork and Beans in my car, and I started storing good quality cat food in my trunk instead, something that I would not eat casually, but only if I was really hungry.

[gura]

[Mac n Jac]

Had my go bag with everything I needed in my F250 (including a new Katdyn water filter I had less than 2 weeks) when it was stolen in Nov. I don’t have to worry too much about snow/ice but still like to be prepared in case of an on road emergency. Now it’s back to piecing everything together again. Luckily no firearms in the bag just a box of ammo but I did lose the mil-spec lensatic compass I’d had since the Army.

[Hot Tabasco]

You want to know what an ultimate survival kit is for winter conditions?

TIRE CHAINS!

[ErnBatavia]

Don't leave home without it....and tuck a roll of TP inside.

I've carried this setup in both cars for 20 years, ever since the Northridge earthquake turned my normal one hour commute to as much as six...