I'll check out Tom Brown's guide, thanks for the reference. Actually I think it really depends on the scenario. During the Ice storm people in the suburbs who didn't want to leave their house had some trouble when the gas stations went empty and all that, many instead of going in a public shelter, they ended up in the hospital for hypothermia or CO poisonning. In this scenario it was more practical to just stuff you're favorite pillow into your BOB along with some ear plugs and personal items and get to a public shelter.

BTW, Buffalo pigeon wings with some tabasco sauce must not be so bad. I'll have to try it out.