If you’re piecing together your car kit, please see my last post about storing water in your car. That should be your first item to include. Today we’re going over a few other basics for your car kit….
Blanket: It doesn’t have to be fancy, but have a blanket or two in your car for emergencies. Especially if you live in cold weather, will be driving through cold weather, or to a destination that has….cold weather. This can be life saving if something happens to your vehicle and your stranded until help arrives. If you have multiple members of your home that travel regularly with you, then I would definitely include more than one.
Depending on the circumstances, even if your engine is working, it may not be safe to run it (ex. after an accident). So even if your car is in tip-top shape, there’s always a possibility you’ll be stuck without heat. Even if cold weather isn’t a factor, a blanket can provide comfort, shade, absorption for messes, emergency bandages etc. The possibilities are endless.
Emergency blankets are easy to come by, and are relatively inexpensive. You can buy them at superstores, online or at specialty camping stores. If you’re assembling your home emergency kit at the same time, just buy multiple of what you plan on storing in your home kit.
And if your lucky, you won’t have to buy Shammies at a Nevada gas station for your toddler girls at 2 am because you forgot to bring blankets for them to sleep with on your 16 hour road trip…such as my brother in law had to do.
Stay warm out there friends!
With all of these variables, it’s easy to believe that you will have to get your car jumped at least a few times in your life. Even if you have never had a car battery die on you, you could always make someone’s day by being the good Samaritan that has the jumper cables and is ready to lend power.