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Fire or water...water or fire...kind of depends on the individual circumstance. If you are stuck in the mountains of Idaho, water won't do you any good if you die of hypothermia. But I know exactly what you are saying. Water is definitely essential for any long term survival, so you have to either have it, or be able to find it. And if you have to find it, you have to be able to make it drinkable.
As far as what is needed in an emergency kit, it all depends on where you think you will be needing it, and for how long you expect to need it for. The needs are very different between wilderness survival if you are lost, injured, or broke down, and suburban survival in case of a natural disaster.
As I kind of mentioned in my first post, my emergency preparations are more geared toward survival in the mountains and deserts of Idaho and eastern Oregon in case my ATV should break down on a long ride (about half of our rides are 60 miles or more), so I'm always looking at different equipment and methods suitable to those circumstances "just in case".
Point taken. I cut my teeth on wilderness survival in the Wasatch Mountains and West Desert of Utah, so I can appreciate where you're coming from there. We were cautioned on fire because of the wildfire risk more than anything, which is why I put it down at #2 or #3, but it's still important. And you raise another point about those ready made "bug-out bags" that are sold. There is no one-size-fits-all solution. Sure, they'll give you the basics like a knife, a flashlight, and a means to make fire, but like everything else in life, people will have different needs to meet.
You do your thing in the boonies, so your kit is tailored for the situations you may reasonable expect to find there. My kit is tailored for a mixed urban and rural situation, usually revolving around winter weather, so my kit is far different. Most of what I consider important would be dead weight for you and vice-versa. For example, how much use does a lockpick set have in the mountains? Or a prybar (yeah, my kit could reasonably be considered 'burglar's tools, but I digress)? The point is, we've both had experiences that shaped what we decided to carry with us to deal with stuff we've either already had issues with or foresaw might have issues with.
Where you might get stuck overnight in God's country, I might have to scurry about through a darkened urban wasteland or the surrounding rural areas here, which aren't as lonely as they are out West. I've foreseen the need that I might have to get into a shed or a trailer, for shelter if nothing else, therefore, I have a lockpick set and prybar to deal with that. (by the way, I'm not condoning breaking and entering for anything less than a life or death emergency or for when you have to get out of the elements). I don't know exactly what's in your kit, but it probably fits nicely in the environment you move through.
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