You know the drill. Maybe you’ve even participated in it once or twice. As a natural disaster looms, everyone in town makes a mad dash for the grocery stores, home improvement stores, and gas stations. Demand overruns stock in a capitalist’s nightmare, and most people leave empty handed, without enough flashlights, batteries, or cookware to ride out the approaching hurricane, blizzard, or wildfire. It’s better to stock up in advance and avoid the battle royale. We’ve rounded up all the essentials for your emergency kit.
Updated June 2022: We added the Coway Airmega 200M air purifier, Garage Boss 5-gallon gas can, N95 and KN95 face masks for wildfires, Mountain House Adventure Dehydrated Meal Kit, and Petzl Actik headlamp.
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