No plan - what's in the bug out bag?

[cosermann]

Interesting insight from the Canadian wildfire this week into what people pack to bug out when they have no plan.

Albertans Packed Some Hilariously Odd Stuff During Stressful Fort McMurray Evacuation

 

[The Bubba Effect]

I like the 11 year old who packed his hockey gear and a few flannel shirts. How Canadian.

 

[SmileDocHill]

Nice! That is pretty cool that someone thought to get people to stop and post about the silly things they ended up grabbing. 3 days later and the life stress of getting back home would have resulted in nobody remembering what they actually took.

 

[tc556guy]

Stuff like this is why I keep several duffle bags packed with some basic stuff in addition to a BOB. There's a packing list taped to the outside of each bag listing contents
Grab and go. One less thing to worry about thinking through under stress.
I suppose you could use totes or other containers as alternatives; I used duffles because I had several laying around the house after my years in the military, and I figured that if I am tossing stuff in the car space will be a premium and duffles have more "give" to them than a hard container.

 

[KittySlayer]

BOBs are packed but I have tiered checklist depending on how much time and type of evacuation. Eliminates thinking and allows me to delegate, "gather the stuff on this list".

I too too planned on duffle bags because I had a bunch. Thanks for the logical reason TC556GUY.