Week 8 - 72 Crew

Morning, team,

Let there be light.

So now you have your food all in place either in your boxes that are serving as your temporary 72 hour kit carriers or in your 72 hour kit itself.

This week, use your $5 per every two people to get a good flashlight (equipped with working batteries) for your kit. Obviously, you may have an extra flashlight you can use or extra batteries in storage that you can pull out.

If you already have a working flashlight that you are putting or already keeping in your 72 hour kit and haven't purchased the carrier yet, put the money with the other that you are saving for this purchase.

You may have to have a family discussion as to if you want every individual to have a flashlight, every two people to have a flashlight, or simply that the family's kit have the one flashlight.

When we had kids at home with backpacks as part of our plan, the goal we aimed for was that every one would have a smaller flashlight for their backpack, and we would have a larger one for our family kit. We were never in a situation to put it to the test, so that might have been overkill. Those of you that are campers may be able to let the rest of us know what is reasonable for light needs.

De"light"edly,

Marie