s/o How long could you survive in your car, stranded?

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Anonymous wrote:The huge I-95 disaster made me wonder:

- how long can most DMV folks survive on just what’s in their car right now? Could you make it the whole 30 hours without help?

Most of us are government workers and we already get bombarded with the Ready.gov emails for survival tips. But I confess, most of the .gov survivalist plans we have yet to follow in my house (and car).

30 year Fed...never heard of Ready.gov. I have a blanket but no food. Maybe I should pack of box of granola bars?

Interesting! We get these reminders from our security office all the time; just assumed all feds did. Guess I was wrong.

Besides ready.gov, there are also state gov offices for survivalist info in every state.

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Anonymous wrote:My dad used to have an hour+ commute in central Ohio. My mom made him keep flashlights, blankets and water in his trunk. My biggest concern, as a woman, would be using the bathroom…without a bathroom.

Read on the internet the bathroom thing actually was a major issue. So embarrassing!

I was once stuck on a rural highway that closed down after an accident. We were only stuck for about 90 minutes, but I was already on that “let’s do one more stretch and then stop for a bathroom” part of the drive. After what felt like endless, increasing agony, I finally had to get out of the car and just go. Luckily we were right next to a wooded area so there was privacy — that stretch of road in VA seemed awfully bare!

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Right now? Not long. A few bottles of water, maybe no food at all.

But I would never have taken a road trip during that storm. And if for some reason I HAD to, I would have loaded my car up with blankets, food, water, extra, gas. I’m not sure the bathroom thing would have occurred to me though.

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Anonymous wrote:My dad used to have an hour+ commute in central Ohio. My mom made him keep flashlights, blankets and water in his trunk. My biggest concern, as a woman, would be using the bathroom…without a bathroom.

Read on the internet the bathroom thing actually was a major issue. So embarrassing!

They didn’t establish a men’s woods and a ladies woods?

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Anonymous wrote:I couldn't survive for very long! I keep nothing in my car at all - I like having it completely clean and clutter-free. So.. I guess I'd be dead pretty quickly!

If I’m not specifically on a road trip, the only things in my car are a small first aid kit, tissues, the tire jack, an ice scraper if it’s winter, and a few reusable grocery bags. And whatever is in my purse which is never food or water.

You both should keep emergency food/water/blanket in your trunk. Have storage case if needed so it’s organized.

I mean…I don’t drive anywhere regularly. Once a week I drive one of my kids to and from an activity. We walk to the grocery store and used to commute via metro. If I’m driving to visit my parents then I have food, water, blankets, and clothing because that is a 6 hour drive, minimum. Otherwise, I don’t foresee a situation where I need to have food and water in my car for the 2.5 mile drive to dance class once a week.

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I always have a blanket. A well stocked first aid kit. Water. Snacks. Flashlight. Cat litter. A charger for my phone that does not require my car. And I never, ever allow my car to get below half full.

If we are traveling in rural areas, I carry more emergency supplies.

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I usually have a bottle of water, but not enough to last long. I don't store food in the car (even granola bars or something would get gross in the summer). I have a couple of small blankets in the car but they're the kids' and not very substantial. Definitely not very prepared.

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TBH, this situation made me rethink it (in the same way that the Texas power grid crashing made me rethink it about my house).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The huge I-95 disaster made me wonder:

- how long can most DMV folks survive on just what’s in their car right now? Could you make it the whole 30 hours without help?

Most of us are government workers and we already get bombarded with the Ready.gov emails for survival tips. But I confess, most of the .gov survivalist plans we have yet to follow in my house (and car).

I have all the safety things in my car. But I have four bottles of water. That's really not much for such a long period of time.

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This may be the one time that being a total slob would save me! I currently have a tent, two sleeping bags, a sleeping mat, and assorted other camping supplies that I never took out of my truck which I never took out of my trunk at the end of camping season. I also have the shovel and two sleds that I put in the truck as winter started. I always travel with water and snacks.

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Right now not long...although we usually leave coats in the car. But after that story I'm thinking next road trip we're going to be packing some basics: water, snacks (although I don't usually travel without either, not enough for hours), blanket, paper towels (bathroom issue) etc. And dog food....omg, if we had our dog during that long of a wait it would have been awful! But not worse than my dh...he even admits he would have had to get out and walk.

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I never leave the house or work w/o a bottle of water. I also usually have some juice boxes and snacks in my car because I have a T1D kid who sometimes needs one when we're out.

I didn't realize it until after seeing the 95 disaster but we have an emergency kit in the trunk that came with the car. It has flares, 2 emergency blankets, a flashlight, compass (ha), basic first aid kit w/ scissors, and a collapsible shovel! This is in addition to the jumper kit that I already knew was in the trunk.

I think one of the local news programs had an expert on that said that many people have kits in their cars and don't even know it. He lifted some panel in the trunk and when I checked ours, sure enough, we had one.

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You don’t need food. You can go without food for a couple of weeks and be ok. You can’t last long without water, probably several days.

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I have a white car and just found out that your car is not likely to be seen if trapped/covered in snow just FYI.

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My neat freak husband always cleans out our van so we would die right now. I normally would have some snacks, water, and a blanket. Oh, and I keep a car potty in the trunk for my little one and disposable bags. We would use that for the bathroom. But, I have horrible anxiety and my kids can really stress me out so it would likely not end well. We were stuck in bad traffic for 3 hours once driving to Florida and we did just fine but I had to pee in the woods. Lol!