Originally Posted By: martinfocazio
Let me tell you about "zero notice" situations - and I've been in a few of them. You don't grab anything that's not alive. You RUN. That's it. You just RUN. No kits. No packs. Nothing. Just you and what you're carrying at the moment.


We don't expect to grab anything other than the kids if a crane falls on our house.

I was in a hotel fire, and I still had the chance to grab my glasses, a flashlight and shoes. In a dorm fire I grabbed my keys, which had my ID and some money in it.

At home, if I'm in my bedroom I might be able to grab up wallet and keys. If I'm leaving through the garage, my wife's BOB is by the door.

If I get out bare butt naked but alive and with my family intact, that's good enough.