Thank you Sue! I'll have to try to think of something to ask. I would like to hear how the women here are preparing for emergencies, both immediate and long term. I am interested in both.

I mostly keep my small EDC emergency stuff in my purse or a bag. I try to keep a first aid kit close by at all times. I have different size first aid kits for different things, like for a small purse, a larger bag, and for the car. I have 2 small Leatherman's on key chains and a medium size one for my purse. It is too heavy and large to carry on me.

I keep emergency stuff in my car for all kinds of situations. I make sure I have enough stuff so that I can stay anywhere, at any time, for any reason and be fairly comfortable. I still have a lot I need to do for our cars though. I am not as prepared for leaving my car in a large scale widespread emergency. My pack is too small, so I would have to also hand carry some stuff. I have an AMK heatsheets bag, but would like to get the Bivy 2 and some other setup for sleeping in. I need to get lighter more compact stuff. I have lists of things I want to get, and have been saving links in favorites of things I have read about here on ETS.

My husband isn't as interested in being as prepared as I am, so I have more stuff in my car then he does. I put together a bag for his car and he has used a few things in it already - but not for an emergency.

Someday I hope to get nice packs to put everything in for hiking out of a city if we ever need to. It is more important for him to have a setup for that purpose then for me, since he works in a city and I am in the mountains.

Heat is a problem for me in my car, so I have to cover food, water and things that I worry about with pads, coats and anything else I have - to keep them cool. That works for me. Like others here I have had candles melt and food go bad because of hot temps. I used to keep a large ccoler in my trunk. That worked great, but my husband complained that my car was too heavy with all my 'stuff' so I had to take some things out and that was one of them.

So over the next year or so I have to work on cutting down on weight and making a setup for abandoning my car if I ever have too. I know what I want to get and do, but it will take time and money.

I am also interested in long term preparedness for whatever may come down the road. I have some food and water stored. I am always working on improving and adding to what we have.

Right now I am not working on my garden because I have other things that I have to work on and I can't spread myself too thin because of health problems. My duaghter is getting married in Sept., which is coming up fast!

I would love to hear how any of you other woman are prepared and what you are working on, etc. Thanks!

Joy