The point of the bugout bag, from my understanding, is to assist in an unexpected and sudden departure from home. Earthquakes certainly fit the bill, I hadn't c

The point of the bugout bag, from my understanding, is to assist in an unexpected and sudden departure from home. Earthquakes certainly fit the bill, I hadn't considered tornadoes but sure I can see that. I don't know how many of the other ones realistically call for a bugout bag. Big storms have days advance warning - you don't need to be ready to leave at a moments notice, you need to decide days beforehand whether you're evacuating or boarding up your windows. Most civil unrest does not warrant evacuation in the United States, and if it got to that point, it would probably not be a sudden and unexpected departure. Maybe I should clarify: In my previous post I wasn't so much against the idea that someone should need to possibly evacuate, as that you need to prepare to make a sudden and unexpected evacuation from society as a whole (like a "take the bugout bag and make a run to the woods" situation)