What a fabulous thread Nae, thanks for starting it. I have been wondering about all this stuff too, but it's been a little overwhelming to do anything about it, but have copied all these great ideas into a word doc and will go through and start investigating and highlighting what I think I need.

One question - Where did you guys keep your bags? I'm wondering if I should keep it in the car in case I'm out when things start to happen and I don't want/can't get home first. Does anyone have any thoughts on that?

OK - so I have two questions. When did you start to pack your bags. Nae is obviously super organised (and I thought I was an anal, organised, list-keeping person), but I was thinking around 4-6 weeks out? What do you think?