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To: Conservababe
Around the 9/11, terrorist threat, sniper episode we endured here in the Washington area, many of us put together 72 hour kits for our families. Each member of my family now has a backpack filled as follows:

Day #1: 2280 calories $8.00
Breakfast - Poptart, Granola, Vienna sausage (730 calories $1.75)
Lunch - Mac & Cheese, Fruit Rollup, Apple Sauce, Raisins (500 calories $2.25)
Dinner - Canned Stew, P-nut butter crackers, Fruit Cup (450 calories $2.75)
Snacks - Salted Peanuts, hard candy, gum (600 calories $1.25)

Day #2: 2640 calories $8.50
Breakfast - Poptart, Granola, Fruit Cup (660 calories $1.35)
Lunch - Tuna/crackers, Fruit Rollup, Apple Sauce, Raisins (520 calories $2.90)
Dinner - Spam, P-nut butter crackers, Fruit Cup (1210 calories $2.75)
Snacks - Fruit Rollup, hard candy, gum (250 calories $1.50)

Day #3: 2130 calories $6.00
Breakfast - Poptart, Granola, Dried Fruit (660 calories $1.30)
Lunch - Spagettios, Fruit Rollup, Apple Sauce, Raisins (460 calories $2.00)
Dinner - Pork & Beans, P-nut butter crackers, Fruit Cup (410 calories $1.45)
Snacks - Sunflower Seeds, hard candy, gum (600 calories $1.25)

The proportions are in small individual servings with pull-top lids so that no can openers are necessary.

Also packed individual first aid kits in each backpack containing:

1 softpack bag
1 first aid guide
1 1/2" x 5 yd. first aid tape roll
1 scissors
1 medium safety pins
1 6" x 3/4" finger splints
10 3/4" x 3" adhesive plastic bandages
1 2" x 4" elbow & knee plastic bandages
5 3/8" x 1-1/2" junior plastic bandages
1 knuckle fabric bandages
1 large fingertip fabric bandages
1 large butterfly wound closures
6 alcohol cleansing wipes
6 antiseptic cleansing wipes (sting free)
1 insect sting relief pads
2 soap towelettes
2 antibiotic ointment packs
2 2" x 2" gauze dressing pads
2 4" x 4" gauze dressing pads
2 ibuprofen tablets
2 decongestant tablets
2 extra-strength non-aspirin tablets

Also packed a flashlight, pair of socks, poncho in each backpack as I remember... It's probably time to rotate. Fortunately, we never used them.

On another note -- the rain is now torrential.

1,860 posted on 09/18/2003 7:39:47 PM PDT by EverOnward
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To: EverOnward
Thanks so much. I have forgotten so much on my list.
1,869 posted on 09/18/2003 7:47:01 PM PDT by Conservababe
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To: EverOnward
And thanks for the weather report, too.

Once the cables go into evening mode, their coverage is a joke.
1,873 posted on 09/18/2003 7:50:43 PM PDT by Conservababe
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