Your kids' vaccination records. There was a program on our local news the other day about trying to re-create kids' vaccination records for the evacuees who have ended up here in Tampa and want to get the kids back into school. Just a photo copy of the shots would work fine, I'm sure.

It's also a very good idea to get your kids fingerprinted so that they have those records on file. Especially vital for very small children who can't tell someone their name/birthdate/parents. I know that when you get their fingerprints done, they can give you a card with the prints that you can keep in case something happens to the police record.

If you have family members with specific needs, you should have your first aid kit reflect that. Babies' tylenol, mylicon drops, asthma inhalers (or inhaler refills), epinephrine (epi-pen), and the like are not included in regular first aid kits and may not come to mind as "medications" you need to take because they aren't always needed.

And personally, I would keep copies of any really vital stuff from the computer on CD's in there too. Things like pictures mostly, but any really important writing you're doing (thesis papers, dissertations, the like) and that sort of thing. Just your most vital back-ups. Pictures would be the big thing for me, because I take all of our pictures with a digital camera these days, so I don't even have a 'hard' copy of some of my faves.

Copies of marriage cert's and divorce papers, if applicable.

If you have pets, have a back of their food as well as some bottles of water and their vaccination records too. Once every few months swap the food out with a new bag and use the old bag, so you don't have to worry about it expiring. You should also have a picture of them in their bag, in case they go missing and you think it might be possible to retrieve them.

That's all I can think to add. You've got a really extensive list there.

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