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Use for improvised shelter outside your car, if needed or privacy when nature calls. If it is just cold, wear garbage bag between your shirt and coat tucked into your pants. If it is wet or snowing, put it on over all of your clothes to stay dry. Extra clothes: Old coat- put work gloves, socks in pockets. Pants that have a belt attached. A long sleeved shirt over existing shirt for layered warmth, underwear, and a t-shirt. Keep all clothes in zippered bag, or wrap in garbage bag so they are kept dry. Wool items are best. Spare walking shoes and/or boots (if you are wearing high heels when there is a problem you d be really glad to have them). Small garbage bags or bread sacks - wear two pairs of socks, put the bags between the socks. When wearing 2 pairs - After 12 hours, replace the inner socks. 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Run the motor with the heater on for 10 minutes once every hour, leaving one window open slightly -- but first make sure the exhaust pipe is not blocked. You will die much more quickly from exposure and hypothermia than dehydration, and hunger is way down on the list. Food/water: Bottled water (get the kind in the harder plastic containers rather than the milk jug types) and non-perishable high energy foods, such as granola bars, breakfast bars, energy power bars and gels, raisins, jerky, trail mix, peanut butter, crackers, dried fruits, nuts, wheat kernels, dehydrated refried beans (can be eaten dry), dry cereal, instant oatmeal packages, any food that will store relatively well in the heat and cold extremes we have here. Keep a plastic jar filled with hard candy (5 ounces of hard candy is a minimum and will keep you going for 1-2 days.) Life savers type candy and gum in your purse, always. Zip-loc bags or oven bags, which stands up to heat better than a zip-loc, with 1 quart marked on it, to melt snow in and have purification tablets. Metal cup, some plastic spoons. Save up all thosrmal under garment. Heat/fire: Cigarette lighter and a magnesium fire starter with steel striker Waterproof/ windproof matches (make sure any matches you have are  strike anywhere NOT the kind that are  strike on box only). Store matches in a prescription drug bottle to keep dry- water proof your own by dipping the strike end 1/3 of the way down the match stick in melted wax. 4 emergency candles or 8 fuel tabs - metal can to contain them - one candle lit inside a car will provide enough heat to keep you from freezing - remember to have the window open just a bit (not on the side that the wind is blowing towards) for ventilation when burning a candle or anything else inside the car . Petroleum jelly and cotton swabs. Put petroleum on cotton, use your hubcap for a base, start fire on swabs and then add needles to it. Hand sanitizer and some lip balms are also flammable. Peanuts can be a kindling starter - one peanut will stay on fire for around 30 seconds - peanuts will stay lit long enough for you to burn smaller twigs - (small breeze put mine out). trick birthday candles work well for fire starting as they don't blow out. Fresnel Lens Magnifier - 2 x 3 inches in protective sleeve - can use to read small type print in survival instructions if glasses lost, start fire using sun Sterno can - liquid candle Signal: (things to have and know) MUST have a WHISTLE in the glove box or other area easy to get to - 3 whistle blasts with a 2 second pause between each is the universal distress signal - repeat every 5 minutes - if you hear an answering whistle or shout, whistle 3 blasts again, listen for response and repeat. The sound of a whistle will carry for 1/2 to 2 miles, where as your voice may only carry for a few hundred yards. The new high tech whistles are super loud. You will also be able to signal for much longer periods of time, whereas your vocal cords will give out very quickly. You should never leave home without a whistle. Spare tire covered in a couple quarts of engine oil will make a signal fire (especially if its mounted on a magnesium rim). If you practically smother a large fire with green leaves, moss, or a little water, the fire will produce white smoke. If you add rubber or oil-soaked rags to a fire, you will get black smoke. Think about which would be most visible. Rear view mirror can be removed for a signal mirror or use a CD - look though the hole at the object you are trying to signal as the sun shines on the CD. This takes practice. Orange and red balloons and dental floss. Blow up the balloons and tie them to bushes In snow-covered areas, tramp the snow to form letters or symbols and fill the depression with contrasting material (twigs or branches). The symbol V means you need help - X means you need medical help. Morse code - S.O.S. (- - - ) Lightsticks can last for 12 hours They are visible up to one mile away, and they are non-toxic and non-flammable. Fold up window sun shield that says HELP call 911 on one side - foil ones are very visible If you decide you must leave you car have paper cards and pen/pencil to tell those who find your car where you have gone and how you are . hazard triangles - placed 50 yards behind your car in slow traffic, 100-150 yards in fast. Emergency road flares Heavy Aluminum foil (make container to boil water, reflect fire heat, signal and much more) Bright colored cloth to tie to the antenna or have it long enough to cross over the top or hood of your car. Have a full size car cover that is bright colored. Mylar blanket - Any large piece of brightly colored material that will stand out from the natural terrain. Placing your signal in a vertical position rather than flat on the ground, such as with a tarp set into an "A-frame", greatly increases the visibility from a distance, especially in un-forested terrain. Florescent spray paint: paint a huge message on the road or in the snow At night, keep the dome light on inside your car, if possible. It only uses a small amount of electricity and will make it easier for rescuers to find you. Cell phone: Rename important people in your phone, so the relationship is listed first (example: husband - John) If you are ever in an accident and unable to speak, they can locate emergency contacts in your phone under the number listing. (ICE - In Case of Emergency) Sometimes when a regular call will not go through a text message will. Make a paper list of emergency contact names, numbers, severe allergy list - keep with your car registration papers Cell phone charger that plugs into cigarette lighter, a hand crank one and/or a battery operated booster charger Change for a pay phone - if you can find on - also extra cash hidden away You can buy pre-paid cell phones for emergency use only, old cell phones that are not under a contract will still call out to 911 (think twice before you give a child an old phone to have as a  toy - they may call 911!!) Remember even in an  old phone the battery needs to be charged. Tools: Duct or Gorilla tape - new clear kind is much stronger, also have electric tape Maps - compass Dust masks A nylon stocking - Tied tightly on the belts pulleys it can substitute for a broken fan belt for a short period of time. Roll of Paper Towels (thick, industrial, disposable rags work best) Ice Scraper and Brush - make sure they are strong spray can of penetrating oil for loosening stuck lug nuts Bag of Sand, Salt or Kitty Litter (for traction under your tires) Booster cables Fire extinguisher (5 lb., A-B-C type) Flashlight and battery powered Radio - extra batteries (do NOT store batteries inside the flashlight - lithium batteries will last MUCH longer and function well in the cold - also LED lights use hardly any power from the battery - hand crank or shake types do not require batteries) Large screwdrivers (Phillips & flat) Adjustable Pliers - adjustable Wrench - other basic tools Rubber hammer Short-handled shovel or spade - collapsible shovel Tow rope and several yards of nylon string (if you can find parachute rope it is very strong) Fluorescent safety vest wrecking bar bungeed under the seat to bash your way out, or into someone else's car that has become a trap. Multi tool knife - Swiss army knife Exacto knife (razor blade retractable knife) can cut through a seat belt survival cable saw - hatchet Safety pins A funnel Anti-freeze/coolant (one gallon) mixed with water as instructed 2 quarts of regular oil (if your car uses synthetic oil do not mix the 2 kinds in your car) Windshield wiper fluid - if you don t want the whole gallon place it in a smaller bottle clearly labeled - spare wipers Empty gas can (a clean one can be used to haul water for a radiator too) Sealant for small leaks in tires - (some sealants ruin the tire when used) ** Be sure to have your spare tire checked each time you have your tires rotated. Towel - old shower curtain or vinyl flannel backed table cloth (ground cover - use to lay on as you work on your car and for warmth; bright colored ones can be a signal) Small piece of glue cut off a glue-gun stick - also super glue-can be used to seal a wound/cut Siphon hose kit - if you can siphon out a little gas you can light a fire A big piece of old carpet, cut to fit the trunk or an old throw rug methyl hydrate (for fuel line and windshield de-icing) Other possible supplies: Baby with you? diapers, plastic bags, baby wipes, old pj s for a clothing change and food Pets? Consider their needs and have supplies a deck of cards, a book or a couple of magazines always carry three #10 size cans - one as a toilet and one to melt snow in, and one to hold an emergency candle. (a tack super glued to the inside bottom of can will hold candle in place) Fishing Kit - 4 x medium Fish Hooks, 2 x Split Shot and 1 x Snap Swivel, in a clear plastic vial Toilet paper and/or a box of Kleenex Baby wipes - hand sanitizer Sun screen Sunglasses Survival instruction cards or manual - first aid manual Zip ties - plastic coated spool of wire Feminine hygiene items (these can also be used as bandages if needed) Spare set of glasses or contacts with supplies Spare car and house key Basic First aid: Small packet of antibiotic ointment - Soap 2 butterfly closures - Band-Aids - 2x2 bandages Pain relievers - benadryl for allergy - diarrhea medicine tablets Ace bandage Adhesive tape Tweezers A 2 to 5 days worth of any medication you must have each day How to store it - The key to a survival kit is to have it within reach. You must be able to access your survival kit from inside your car or quickly from the trunk. Incidents of persons being trapped in their car are rare, stranded snowbound motorists are more common. If your entire kit is in the trunk and you haul things often it might get removed to make room and not be put back in. It might be better to break things up into small packages and put them where they won't be in the way and hence, removed. You can store things individually: jackknife and matches in the main ashtray, compass and extra batteries in another ashtray, soft gloves and hats in the flexible saddle bags on the back of many front seats, space blankets or bags in the map compartment in the doors. Put extra socks on your water bottles, cram individual soft things in between stuff in your cubby holes. You can lay a blanket out flat in your trunk inside a flat garbage bag or in the back of your van, perhaps covered by a piece of carpet to keep it clean and in place. Hang hammocks of things under your seats with bungees or cord tied to the springs so they won't be kicked out. 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