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I travel to see my girlfriend a couple times a month. She goes to college about 200 miles away from where I live. A few weeks ago I completed what some might call a Bug out Bag (BOB) or a Get Home Bag (GHB). This bag contains the necessary items I would need to keep myself alive in the event of a breakdown on a cold winter night, or a hot summer day. Many times I drive back late at night where if I had to call my parents or someone to get me it would take a couple hours depending on where I was at. I don’t plan on bugging out in the event of a disaster; taking off into the woods with my BOB would not last very long. I plan on digging in at my home, but if I’m not home I need a plan to get back home, and get my girlfriend back home. This is where your BOB comes in. I keep a fully stocked BOB that contains food, water, shelter, and the necessary supplies to keep me going for at least a week. My girlfriend also keeps a stocked BOB in her car that includes food and water for 3 days, and an extra fuel tank. If SHTF while she was up at school, she has the means to make it back home where the bulk of our supplies are.
My BOB would also be helpful in the event of a local emergency where everyone had to be evacuated. It contains everything I would need in the event I had to evacuate quickly, I can grab it and go. Food and water are the most important items in a BOB, but some other important items are: a spare change of clothes, some cash, first aid kit, hygiene kit, flashlights, and a good multi-tool are other important items to keep in the bag. I keep a road map of Kentucky, and on top of the drinkable water I carry around 250 water purification tablets that will purify 1L of water per tablet.
http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pTTmeBxuzRty37lxocb64Hw&gid=0
That link is the full list of my Bug out Bag items, along with a list of the items I keep in my car at all times. Feel free to use this list as a guide when preparing your own BOB.
I travel to see my girlfriend a couple times a month. She goes to college about 200 miles away from where I live. A few weeks ago I completed what some might call a Bug out Bag (BOB) or a Get Home Bag (GHB). This bag contains the necessary items I would need to keep myself alive in the event of a breakdown on a cold winter night, or a hot summer day. Many times I drive back late at night where if I had to call my parents or someone to get me it would take a couple hours depending on where I was at. I don’t plan on bugging out in the event of a disaster; taking off into the woods with my BOB would not last very long. I plan on digging in at my home, but if I’m not home I need a plan to get back home, and get my girlfriend back home. This is where your BOB comes in. I keep a fully stocked BOB that contains food, water, shelter, and the necessary supplies to keep me going for at least a week. My girlfriend also keeps a stocked BOB in her car that includes food and water for 3 days, and an extra fuel tank. If SHTF while she was up at school, she has the means to make it back home where the bulk of our supplies are.
My BOB would also be helpful in the event of a local emergency where everyone had to be evacuated. It contains everything I would need in the event I had to evacuate quickly, I can grab it and go. Food and water are the most important items in a BOB, but some other important items are: a spare change of clothes, some cash, first aid kit, hygiene kit, flashlights, and a good multi-tool are other important items to keep in the bag. I keep a road map of Kentucky, and on top of the drinkable water I carry around 250 water purification tablets that will purify 1L of water per tablet.
http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pTTmeBxuzRty37lxocb64Hw&gid=0
That link is the full list of my Bug out Bag items, along with a list of the items I keep in my car at all times. Feel free to use this list as a guide when preparing your own BOB.
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