Ebbie, you can keep food, etc. in pretty near anything. Those barrels they sell to protect food from bears -- I think I saw some at Fred Meyer up there. Or, at home, a metal or plastic garbage can would work. The stuff we keep in our cars are in smallish zipper duffles I got on sale -- about the size of what we used to use to carry our gym clothes and stuff to high school.

I'm concerned here about 1) snowstorms, 2) earthquake, 3) wildfires in the hills west of town, and 4) industrial/transportation accidents (we're at the intersection of 2 Interstates, one of which is a major Canada to Mexico route, and we have an EXTENSIVE railroad yard).