Hi all,

I'm putting together a backpack for an earthquake scenario where my home is still inhabitable and none of the family is seriously injured. In this case, I'll be heading over to my local NERT/ERD staging area to help out with triage, light search-and-rescue and ham communications. Since I'l actually be working with my pack on, it needs to be light (~15lbs), but have everything essential. Almost all of the ERD staging areas are in safe open areas, like city parks. I can imagine a scenario where it's windy, rainy and only tarps to keep the wind and rain off.

San Francisco can be uncomfortably cold at times, all year around, so it's always necessary to keep (at least) a sweater and windbreaker around. Some items are obvously necessary: food, water, headlamp, knife... Other stuff that you might carry in your BOB may not be appropriate, like snares and a fishing kit.

I'm intentially *not* considering defense against hoards of crazed, mutant zombies . They'll be around, but considering them would complicate this discussion. <img src="/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

Any ideas? Remember the pack has to be light.