It is very interesting, another dimension to the B.O.B. but many of us are here because we believe bad things can happen and we'd like to be prepared, hurricanes in the south east, earthquakes and tsunami's in the west, tornado's in the mid west, black outs in the east, a flood, fire, or a skunk in or under the house! Last year thousands of people near me (St Louis) were without power for weeks because of storms, and a B.O.B. would have been nice.

I need to be prepared as much as I can, to have the things I may never need (I hope) like a gun a policeman never uses in his career. I do believe it is best to stay at home in most emergencies, if you can but sometimes you may not be able to, and the odds of that may not be high but having a B.O.B. for leaving and for using at home, and having the things I May need and could use.

For me, thinking bad things or the unexpected won't happen to me is foolish. At the very least I'll have good camping and hiking stuff!