72 Hour Kit

With today's uncertainty with weather and natural disasters not to mention other situations such as a household fire.  or any other reason that can come up for having a kit. This you can make up and keep in a car trunk or a closet for that uncertain just in case problem.
Here is how you do it.. I first took my milk jug and with a hack saw. ( a knife will do ) cut down through the cap threads. then across the sides leaving approximately three inches in the front as a connecting point.
For the supplies.

1 Emergency solar sleeping bag. you can get this at your local camping supply store or from Amazon
http://www.amazon.com/Emergency-Sleeping-Bag-Preserves-Body/dp/B001MGS67A/ref=sr_1_1?s=miscellaneous&ie=UTF8&qid=1311962272&sr=1-1
They are small and lightweight and necessary.

1 Permanent match Fire steel. These are extremely resonable How I set this up is I take one paper towel to use as tender fold it and then roll the match and the paper towel together.
 http://www.amazon.com/Generic-Permanent-Match-Lighter/dp/B003C4UK06/ref=sr_1_1?s=miscellaneous&ie=UTF8&qid=1311963108&sr=1-1

then I take one flexible bowl cover  these can be gotten at amazon as well
http://www.amazon.com/Reusable-Elastic-Bowl-Plate-Covers/dp/B000RCHF40/ref=sr_1_2?s=miscellaneous&ie=UTF8&qid=1311963171&sr=1-2
This is to be used as a Solar water still then cut 24 inches of 1/4 inch nylon tubing print off a set of instructions on how to make a solar still. I will create another blog on how to do this..
fold the paper with the bowl cover  roll up the solar still with the lighter and tender on the inside after this is rolled into a nice compact set then take one gallon sized zip lock bag. fold it so that it is the same size as the solar still and match and roll that up to. the complete size should be approximately two and a half inches by one inch in diameter after it is all rolled up put a rubber band around this. You fold the tubing around this as well.
get one multi tool also known as a hobo tool this can be gotten at your local camping store and also on Amazon
http://www.amazon.com/Knife-Kingdom-BK697-Classic-Hobo-Tool/dp/B000MMXBIE/ref=sr_1_1?s=miscellaneous&ie=UTF8&qid=1311963541&sr=1-1

The next item is a mini wistle and signal mirror kit you can get them on amazon as well

http://www.amazon.com/Outdoors-Survival-Whistle-Magnifier-Flashlight/dp/B001C31AGC/ref=sr_1_1?s=miscellaneous&ie=UTF8&qid=1311963904&sr=1-1

Now that you have your equipment you need the food. 

Day 1   Breakfast    1 Tank packet

                               1 Oatmeal
            Lunch          1 beanie weenies
                               1 fruit roll up
                               1 fruit roll up
            Supper        1 granola bar
                               1 Beef Jerky
                               1 Hot cocoa mix
            Snack          3 pieces of gum
                               3 pieces of hard candy
Day 2    Breakfast   1  Hot Cocoa mix
                               1 Granola bar
             Lunch         1 Lipton Soup mix
                               1 Individual Raisin pack
            Supper        1 Canned pasta meal
                               1 Hot cocoa mix

Day 3   Breakfast    1 tang mix
                               1 Oatmeal
            Lunch          1 Lipton Soup mix
            Dinner         1 Beef Jerky
            Snack          4 hard candies
1 Aquamira Frontier Emergency water filter

This can be altered to your needs. I also around the jug take 100 feet of Para cord and 25 feet of fine steel cable. you can get both of these in your sporting goods store. the fine cable I add a small packet of cable clamps. they are used in sport fishing and really small and cheap you can also tie the ends but the clamps are a lot easier. The small cable should be  cut in six foot lenths this will be used as a way to snare game if need be.
one sheet of papter telling how to set up a snare
around the outside of the bottle you wrape the steel cable and fold it into a cheap blue plastic tarp wrap this around the outside of the jug then lace the para cord around. The tarp can be used as an emergency shelter and the paracord has an unlimited amount of uses. I will have a post later on showing how to take para cord and your multi tool ( swiss army knife or folding saw. I also feel everyone should have one of those in the kit as well to cut and make a compound bow if need be.
A good place to begin you plan is on the Government website.
http://www.ready.gov/america/getakit/index.html
This kit I am telling you how to make is a simple kit small compact and can be carried in almost any car or camper.. you can use any amount of different containers and alter the kit to suit your needs.
enjoy..