If I ain't said it yet, thanks a lot for all the great tips! And if I have, then I'll say it again!

Yea, I've gotten stuck before (in my old Escort) - luckily my great uncle was on hand with a tow chain.

I have a bottle of Potable Aqua in the bag in the trunk of my car for treatment needs. I'm thinking about getting one of the filter bottles too, I think I saw them in a Cabelas catalog.

I don't know if anyone could tell for sure they'd kill in self defense unless they were 'on the spot.' Just as the man said he thinks his wife COULD kill if she had to, despite her thinking otherwise - maybe I couldn't, despite my conviction that I could. If I have to take a life in self-defense, or ESPECIALLY defense of my loved ones, I think I'm mentally prepared.

I'm not worried about the medicine for me - the tablets are so small I can keep probably up to a months worth on my person at almost no weight. I'm grateful that Grandma is on nothing 'stronger' (DEA-wise) than an occasional Tramadol (Ultram) for pain. Having a shelter kit is a good idea, and with the weather here (unbearably hot in summer, with tree-downing storms - and cold in winter with ice) being prepped for blackouts is high on the priority list.

Working in a drugstore has it's perks, one of them being I know exactly how early I can refill prescriptions to make sure we have some medicine 'ahead.' For those working to supplement kits with Rx meds, I HIGHLY reccomend seeing your doctor first. Even if you have a 'running prescription' for something like Vicodin for pain, you won't get very far in most places trying to get early refills on it. Even if you tell them what you want it for. Even if someone came and told ME, then I'd still have to get an o-k from the doctor first.

I'm off work this week, so I got plenty of time, and no excuses not to check and re-stock my kits as needed. <img src="/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />