Truck is extended cab and I keep a lot of equipment stashed in the cab already under seats and such so there is some room. I'm looking around local junk yards for a sliding rear window so swap out my non sliding to make it easier to pass gear from the fron to the back. And even then the cap is a worst case where its not safe to pitch our tent.
I forgot to mention I did get the whole trailering package so I can add that on too. Problem I ran into now is the city passed a law forbidding trailers from being parked by your house so I won't be able to get one until we can move outside the city limits but than I plan to either buy an old one and rebuild it or build a modified teardrop trailer (I plan to stretch it to the same height as the top of the truck cap so it will hatch in height and give more space inside)

I've always wanted to do that my my wife doesn't like the idea of a hillbilly trailer. But my thought is if I get the bed from the same make and model of truck so it matches it would look nice.
Plus I'm thinking could have the same tires for spares and the gas tank for extra there as well.

Hey, that's a great idea!

-Blast

Why stop there, if it's the same make and model, you would have a spare axle, gear oil (over fill the trailer's pumpkin) brakes, tires, drive line (strap it under the trailer), spare springs, shocks, gas tank, tail gate, bumpers, etc. I have a friend who has actually done this for off-road use. Put the same lift kit, tires, etc on his trailer that he did on his rig. Hasn't had to cannibalize his trailer yet, but it sounds like a great idea

You may remember scenes from Houston when Hurricane Rita was barreling down on us. New Orleans had just been destroyed so over a million people tried leaving Houston. A quarter of those drove past our house just off I-45. We live about 25 miles from downtown Houston but even that close we had dozens of cars breaking down or running out of gas by us. At the time there were many emergency shelters popping up at churches/schools but neither the evacuees nor we knew where these shelters were.

After everything settled down I combed the internet and found all the places used as emergency shelters in a ten-mile radius and plotted them on a map. This map isn't for me/my family. It's to pass out to stranded people the next time something like this happens. I don't want them on my doorstep again!

-Blast

Well i don't know how shelters are setup in other country's, but in mine the supplies are NOT stored at the shelters. They have to be shipped in. Food and water are from primairy supplied by local suppliers, the local govermant should have pramade deals with the suppliers. Shelters are placed OUTSIDE directly effected area's.

Thats the thought. Only problem is its getting hard to find a decent truck bed, all that are out there are from the toyotas that had the weak frame so the trucks bent in the middle, anything else is either rusted away or messed up from the accident that totaled the truck, you find very few in tach truck parts in the junk yards.

If I have to go to a shelter, I plan on taking my 3 person dome tent for privacy inside the shelter. It's free standing and I could stash all my stuff out of sight of the others in the shelter.

Eugene:

Don't know where you live, but go on-line and order one from So. Calif or AZ. There are lots of good Large truck beds out here. Then have it trucked to your location. I bought a whole front end for my wifes car and had it trucked from OK. did't cost that much.

better check with the local shelter manager and see if they will let you set up a tent inside of the shelter.