[strela]

Great information, all. Thank you.

I spent quite a few hours this past weekend refilling/refreshing my 72-hour kit. I even constructed an additional extension kit in a big plastic tool chest on rollers with some additional comfort items, camping stuff, etc. Gas tank is full, batteries are all checked and charged or new, water supply topped off ...

[strela]

Usenet has some darned good information available on general survival skills as well. alt.survival and misc.survivalism both contain copious amounts of info.

Another good source is here.