If Hurricane Sandy taught the rest of the country anything it’s that no matter how tough a city’s residents are, Mother Nature will beat us to our knees if we take her lightly. Now not all of us have a jacked up 4×4 Jeep that can survive the apocalypse but with a few purchases you can make any vehicle a formidable evacuation survivor.

When my family evacuated for Rita the roads were a disaster, people were running out of gas and walking in gridlock traffic for miles, gas stations were sold out and the situation turned desperate very quickly. Here are five things we decided we would never leave without again.

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