My parents live in central FL, I've visited the Keys a lot over my life.
The Florida Keys, and State of Florida don't mess around, if a storm track even looks like it will remotely affect South FL, the Key's are evacuated.
They take it seriuously (unlike another place did).
They do truly "Bug Out". It's mandatory.
If you refuse, the State of Florida (typically a State Police officer) asks you to sign a Waiver stating that you are aware it may be days or weeks before they could get there to save you , should you even survive.
This results in 90% of those who say their staying to decide otherwise and Bug Out, also.
Now, in terms of a Kit. I am guessing that for those who live in the Keys, they are prepared for a Bug Out.
They know where they will go (Aunt Sallie's in Orlando?).
They know to top off their gas tanks.
They gather pesonal belongings, pets, drinking water , etc and they say goodbye to their home, which may not be there when they get back.
They are very much realists in my estimation.
After the last evacuation of the Keys last summer (05 Wilma?) It was a near miss, striking elsewhere in Florida. The media interviewed returning residents to ask them what they thought about leaving when the storm didn't even hit?
(muckrakers)
The residents told reporters it is part of life in the Keys, its the price they pay for living in such a great place the other 364 days a year.
They just need to survive the journey northward by auto. It's slow and methodical. A full tank of gas and Drinking Water are probably the two most needed things.
Oh, and of course your favorite blade, a big chopper, 10" plus.
