If you have a Go Bag packed, where do you expext to go with it?

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Is it really for very localised things that mean you need to leave home quickly, but the rest of the area is fine?

Because I'm struggling to think where we'd go or how we'd get there, if everyone was in the same boat.

I had one for each of us if a trip to A&E was needed. I used it. Kept me sane while I waited

I like the sound of Percy Bigs. Is he related to Ronnie? I'm imagining a very large Percy sweet in a bag dressed as Burglar Bill.

No I meant Percy PIGS
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Not necessarily email, more and more often you need to open an app with three types of identity check. If the worst happens and it's your partner who had the insurance in their name (so all electric records are in their account/ app) and they are seriously injured or worse, a piece of paper or photo of the paper would be one less headache!

I guess access is what matters, not whether it's digital or analogue though!

Digital ID tends not to be accepted for much IMO - keeping your physical passport and driving licence where you can get them quickly is definitely worthwhile. Some other certificates such as evidence of qualifications from decades ago can also be hard to replace.

I think you're right that anything much over a week is outside most of our control. Also if any serious issue was over a wider area than a small town and lasted more than a day there would undoubtedly be public order issues.

Honestly I think private prepping is useful for localised power outages, not full scale crises.

If you look at what people live with in Ukraine, it's actually intermittent power outages and intermittent shortages of specific consumables and medication that need preparing for.

Nuclear war or the zombie apocalypse aren't really survivable for most of us, but the power being out for three days including at local shops probably is.

Those of us who had to physically go to work in the pandemic lockdowns would still have to go to work in most of these crises too, unless they only impacted a single street/ a few households and unaffected colleagues could cover.

I think that besides a go-bag, or a go-list, it's good to keep documents and cash in a fireproof and waterproof bag.
That way you can grab it if you get the chance, but it has a chance of survival if there is a fire or flood in your absence.