It took me a while to come up with something to be proud of - I made a 72 hour kit for my daughter who is starting at the local university across the lake (which will be 24+ hours from home if a disaster takes out the floating bridges). We moved her in, and the University gave her an Emergency Kit (good) - on examination it consisted of glow sticks and a Mayday lost at sea food ration brick in a red backpack. So, not so good. I went home, and assembled from spares a complete 72 hour kit, including a good Kelty daypack (with rain cover), poncho, wool cap and gloves, AMK bivvy bag, work gloves, radio, flashlights (2), crow bar (for extraction), some food, and First Aid Kit (actual kit contents is longer, but you get the point). I included some additional things for her imediate roommate too (building her her own 72 hour bag would have seemed a little weird on day one). It should easily get both of them away from their dorm to either my mom's house 30 blocks to the north or to my sister's house 20 blocks to the east.

My daughter is used to my preparedness ways (last Easter her candy came in an upside down hard hat), but she is doubtful about the crow bar, she thinks the administration will see a weapon there - I told her if there's any questions, I'll take it up with the Dean. The university actually gives out these kits and expects the kids to return them at the end of the year. Space is an issue, I told Emma to tell her Resident Advisor she was ready to return the issued kit immediately, that apparently has caught them short, they haven't had anyone want to return one before...

Sad thing is (or horn tooting, take your pick), I built the kit from existing stock, without pillaging my own supplies, right down to the First Aid Kit. From memory. So I'm not sure whether I'm prepared or have a Problem...