Certainly something to spend some time considering that most often in an unexpected night outside shelter is the most important survival need. Get some type of shelter in your kit and upgrade as budget allows. Might be the one thing that saves you (and your tart). <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

By the way, in my EDC bag, I carry the AMK HeetSheet and a TMR Storm Shelter. In my bigger bag (EDC when I need my laptop) I plan on something more substantial, or at least some back ups. Probably going to get some WalMart tarps for the cars...enough to shelter the whole family.

Speaking of which, if weight is not much of a concern, would I benefit from medium to heavy weight plastic tarps as opposed to the light weight? I figure that they will both keep the wind and weather off, but I wonder if in a strong wind falling debris, from a tree perhaps, would tear the lighter weight tarp. Then again, as was said before, if in an area with trees, wind is not as much of a factor.

What do y'all think?