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What if you don't have 30 seconds? What if its your apartment that is on fire and you can't get put your bedroom door or its your kitchen that is on fire and you must jump out the window in the middle of the night in the winter with no clothing on and then find out that after you went to bed a record blizard hit and the fire trucks can't come to your apartment for a few days.


Personally, if my house is on fire the last thing I am looking for is a lousy BOB. Getting my family and me out is my only priority.

I have stashed in my closet a large fire extinguisher, filter mask, goggles, gloves, crowbar, boots, and an emergency window ladder. I get the people out and let the fire dept. and insurance company worry about the rest. I have lived in this neighborhood for 20 years and would be taken in by several neighbors without hesitation.

There are hundreds of potential, by very unlikely scenarios, where my system would fail. There is no system that can cover all outcomes. How about, "During a blizzard, a dirty bomb attack by terrorists triggers a 9.0 earthquake. At the same time your BOB is the victim of spontaneous combustion (some bizarre cocktail of fire starter, waterproof matches, butane and your stale cotton skivvies). The bag torches your house, which then collapses on your car.” Now what?

Look to the most likely scenarios and prepare accordingly. The rest of it is likely out of your hands anyway.

TR