I'm going to go through my book collection, put a couple with outdoors survival information in ziplock bags and put them in the car with the spare tire.

May as well store them there as in the house. If nothing else, a book is fire fuel.

Have culled one choice from the pile:


"Camping & Wilderness Survival" by Paul Tawrell

A veritable encyclopedia. If nothing else it will give me something to read while I slowly perish with the car. This is definitely going in. It's a thick book (1.5" thick) -- over 1000 pages, densely-packed with information in tiny print.

Another good reason to pack a magnifying glass....