The 7-Day "Aku" Kit is more robust than the 72-Hour "Ahi" Kit but is still easily portable. It comes in a equally tough load-out type bag about as large as a small foot-locker but can still be carried on the back as a backpack by an adult. It has all the basic essentials of the 72-Hour “Ahi” Kit has but allows for at least a week of survival vs. about 72 hours. It also contains more comfort items on top of all the basics and has enough survival food for a family of 4, 5, 6, or 7 to survive on for a week.

It contains a desalinization kit similar to the one in the 72-Hour “Ahi” Kit so salt-water can be purified into drinking water or water from muddy areas or sewage polluted areas can be consumed with no pathogen, biological, or viral contamination. It has many of the same systems used by some of the most elite forces in the military and by NASA in the astronaut’s survival kits.

At best, we can expect the first viable help to arrive in about 3 days after a disaster subsides and that is truly the best case scenario meaning the first responders were all pre-packed and on call ready to move into our area.

I’d expect it to take more like 5-7 days or even longer. A common survival rule of thumb is called “The Rule of Three’s” which means three minutes without air, three days without water, and three weeks without food. Keep that in mind and greatly reduce the rule for a baby, elderly, or a special needs person.

Again, the important part of this system is not the material objects but the personal consultation that tailors the kit to your needs. A person who needs oxygen assistance has different needs than a marathon runner, so the kit shouldn’t be the same for both should it?

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