Life, Interrupted

It's an emergency, you have to leave fast--what would you take? Being in an urban situation, I tend to think of things I'm responsible for--SO, kids, cats, that sort of thing--and things that can't be replaced or are negotiable, such as photos and jewelry/cash. I keep my passport in a bank box, so it doesn't enter into things. I do have jugs of water and a boom box with 8 new batteries strapped to it, back in the room where I'd go hide from a tornado.

I got nervous and bought a small first aid kit when I got a cat scratch longer than any bandage I'd ever owned. Even then, I can tell I should add to it--but I'm one of the few people I know who even has one.

Here's someone who thinks about these things ahead of time. Jim MacDOnald is an SF writer, among other things, but he's also a Nationally Registered Wilderness EMT-I. He has a little list, and he's got one for Urban survival, Wilderness Survival, and basic First Aid.

http://www.sff.net/people/doylemacdonald/emerg_kit.htm

I think it's time to update my medical stuff, and build an Urban kit. Obviously we can't count on our government to send in help until all hell has broken loose.