Another view of prepping by "categories": the pyramid.

[hatidua]

While I have the necessities covered at home, I've begun to think that my approach is lopsided. Of the various events I've encountered in the past 50 years (tsunamis & earthquakes in the Philippines, vocanoes/earthquakes/tsunami's in Indonesia, hurricanes in NC/GA/FL, fires/floods in CO), I'm starting to think that a more realistic approach is utilizing the get-out-of-dodge kit vs the stay-&-hold approach. While I have contingencies for both, the more likely solution seems to be the less glamorous - LEAVE.

As I think back to each of the above situations, not a single one benefitted from paracord, an ESEE knife, Aimpoint T-1, or duct-tape.

Stored water and work gloves? -those were worth something!