Different needs for different situations / people. I'm in the Midwestern US and don't worry about earthquakes but do 'worry'. As I work for a major corrections agency, I've got a grab & go duty belt set up - pepper spray, baton, Surefire flashlight, flashlight ring for the big mag-light, IFAK, cuffs, holster... you get the idea. I can grab a uniform shirt/pants, stuff the pockets with EDC , duty belt and the side arm out of the safe. Bed to out the door in about ten minutes (I'm old now and not so fast).

However there is also the 'gray man' car bag always in the back end with civilian clothing and a lot of the "recommended" get-home gear, some high density food, etc. so I can get the 12 miles home from work as just another guy going down the road. I can grab that as I exit the house and I'm covered for a few days if I fill up the empty water bottles with it. Their are cold weather coats in the hall closet ready too.

With all that - we are working on a grab bag for my wife and a big factor is we're both seniors and she's retired (I get out in three years) so we also think about what the 65-70 year old person will also need. There are the pill bottles, medical info and the like that we need to have too. I'm lucky in that I don't have critical meds and can get along short term without them but the wife has daily meds that we can't miss. There are a couple of other health issues we have to also work with...

Thanks for the post as you have made me (well us as the wife is getting real vocal about it all) consider all this and get off the "thinking" stage into actually doing something.