Your glove box may be your first line of defense in a car related Emergency.
The Key is to plan ahead. I'll assume you already have a 72 Hour Survival Kit in your vehicle but you can't reach it yet. Perhaps your belt won't release, or you are hanging upside down.
The first item is gloves. In a crisis, you want to protect to hands from the weather and cuts. You may be about to use a knife to get free.
The Second Items is a knife or multifunction tool - IF you don't wear one or as a back up.
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Emergency Survival Blankets are in my glove box for three reasons:
* If I'm unable to reach my 72 hour bag, I can reach the one in the glove box.
* If I'm sharing the car with a guest, we would each have a blanket.
* If there are people in front and back seats, each area would have a blanket to share.
Mylar blankets are light weight and inexpensive but they retain 90% of your body heat in a good situation.
BEWARE around fire. This is for a last resort Survival Blanket, sun or rain protection, but mostly to save your heat. Even Deserts are cold at night.
* If I'm unable to reach my 72 hour bag, I can reach the one in the glove box.
* If I'm sharing the car with a guest, we would each have a blanket.
* If there are people in front and back seats, each area would have a blanket to share.
Mylar blankets are light weight and inexpensive but they retain 90% of your body heat in a good situation.
BEWARE around fire. This is for a last resort Survival Blanket, sun or rain protection, but mostly to save your heat. Even Deserts are cold at night.
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We have a couple of these at home and I really need to get some more.
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Wind it up for 30s and you get a decent amount of light out of them.
Lucky we only are like 6km away from home so walking around shouldn't be much of a problem if need be. Which is why I generally don't have an emergency kit. But adding some stuff to the car would definitely be a good idea no matter what.
The most extreme this winter was the man in North Europe who was buried in his car for one month. Scientists believe he went into a hibernation state for part of the time. Nature is Amazing.
For the rest of us. let's rethink how we stock our cars - and Offices. Imagine being snowed in 'at work' for a week. A Case of water, sanitation supplies & 72 Hours bags for each person can make a major difference in comfort.
I realise most people wont want to go to the lengths I/we do but it does pay....a couple of years ago in a sudden blizzard,over 200 cars were caught between two accidents on the high moor nearby our farm in cornwall,UK.Those people had to spend a minimum 7 hours before they could move,some were there overnight.My old folks were amongst them and after that stopped mocking my be-prepared kit thats a permanent fixture of my vehicles and got some of their own.They were only 4 miles from home and helpless.For the effort and money involved....why risk it ?Everyone has room for a large tupperware or small plastic storage crate.They dont have to go the whole hog but the basics in this instructable make sense. Thanks Jack ! Keep 'em coming !
I have covered the length & breadth of the country in all kinds of weather & being a former boy scout I was always a great believer in being prepared.
I find it hard to believe that more people don't carry an emergency kit; I guess it is the "things like that always happen to someone else" mentality that leads people to think they are immune to emergencies.
The joke is most of the items you have listed can be bought in places like Poundland (Dollar World) so it's not like it costs the earth to do.
I for one would add a good small LED torch & spare button cells along with a firelighter & waxed matches or a small firesteel but as long as you have the basic kit it is easy to customise it to suit the needs & climate of the individual.