B.O.B. or "Go" bag-maintenance reminder
Posted: Thu Dec 25, 2008 5:46 pm
Although there are conflicting schools of thought about sheltering in place during a disaster or bailing and heading for some safer locale I do keep what I refer to as my emergency bags. I actually have two of them. One is a rather extensive ruck with literally a complete campsite and related gear. The other more likely bag is kept in my truck and would enable me to make it from wherever I am to any point within a three day drive in relative comfort and safety.
Being that it was a slow day round the old homestead today I took the bags apart to review their contents. I was surprised at how many things had expiration dates long since past.
This included batteries and meds and emergency foodstuffs.
I must discipline myself to change out these date perishable items on some regular schedule. Perhaps I'll tie that date to the change of batteries in my home fire detectors.
Just as a data point , I re-assembled these kits/bags in 1994. They were originally put together after 9/11/01. Time goes by...
Perhaps you should check your emergency gear as well.
Being that it was a slow day round the old homestead today I took the bags apart to review their contents. I was surprised at how many things had expiration dates long since past.
This included batteries and meds and emergency foodstuffs.
I must discipline myself to change out these date perishable items on some regular schedule. Perhaps I'll tie that date to the change of batteries in my home fire detectors.
Just as a data point , I re-assembled these kits/bags in 1994. They were originally put together after 9/11/01. Time goes by...
Perhaps you should check your emergency gear as well.
