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Living near a strategic military target (San Diego) and being subject to earthquakes, mudslides and wild fires = NO SHIT!
We have a big chest (pretty crush proof in case the house falls down) that has non perishable canned and dry food, water & drink mixes (in case the water tastes skunky), water purification tablets, foul weather gear, blankets, flashlights, batteries, crank powered radio and a certain amount of cash, contact list of our out of state relatives and our emergency contact / reunion sites (in case we get separated), a mini Glock & 4 clips (locked in a childproof gun case with combo lock!!!!). Food stuffs get replaced every 6 months, water & batteries every other month. So there!!!
P.S. and yes, I am married to the most anally retentive, conservative lesbian on the face of the planet. Thank you!
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I don't have a survival kit. But I can't envisage a disaster that would require evacuation.
But our family does have an invasion/it's all gone to hell plan. It is firmly based on this property and our ability to feed ourselves off it and defend it. We provide the land and shelter; brother provides the defense - his plan includes methods of getting here if the roads are unusable.
But our family does have an invasion/it's all gone to hell plan. It is firmly based on this property and our ability to feed ourselves off it and defend it. We provide the land and shelter; brother provides the defense - his plan includes methods of getting here if the roads are unusable.
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I have most of the stuff SAFE-BET has, but I'd like to have a supply of penicillin tabs for unexpected infections, maybe some Tylenol 3, too.
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For the joys of wintertime travel in the northland I have a winter survival kit in my car during the winter months.
Dried food (granola bars and such)
Water
Sleeping bag
extra hats, gloves, scarves and heavy winter boots
Coffee can (empty)
roll of toilet paper
bottle of isopropal alcohol
lighter
(you can make a 'heater with the last three items)
most of the time the trunk is full enough it is hard to get anything else in there.
Oh the joys of -60 degree F windchills.
Dried food (granola bars and such)
Water
Sleeping bag
extra hats, gloves, scarves and heavy winter boots
Coffee can (empty)
roll of toilet paper
bottle of isopropal alcohol
lighter
(you can make a 'heater with the last three items)
most of the time the trunk is full enough it is hard to get anything else in there.
Oh the joys of -60 degree F windchills.
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I don't ever want to have to bring 44,000 lbs of water into an area like that again....
Please pack water and water purification tablets.
Please pack water and water purification tablets.
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I live in Cold Country, too. I have a lot of the same things ED does, except I also have candles in that coffee can. They put out a lot of heat. I have a first aid kit in there with extra Tylenol and such as well as a space blanket and heat packs (the ones that heat up when exposed to air). I have a couple of jugs of water that I leave by the door and carry back and forth in the wintertime because I don't want to have just ice!
Cat? Can I get those instructions,too? For the stove? It would sure come in handy if need be. Hubby and I are members of our local search and rescue and something that can be packed easily would be nice. Thanks!
Cat? Can I get those instructions,too? For the stove? It would sure come in handy if need be. Hubby and I are members of our local search and rescue and something that can be packed easily would be nice. Thanks!
OhMissScarlett
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Since we live in the rural midwest, we mostly have to be prepared for storms and earthquakes. We've got a storm kit we keep in the basement, with flashlights, oil lamps, a crank radio, waterproof matches, extra batteries, several cases of bottled water, candles, a can opener, non-perishable food, etc. I also keep a lot of ice in our deep freeze and we have a generator for it. I probably have enough dry goods in my cupboards to feed the whole neighborhood for a few months.
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I used to be better prepared than I am now. Winters are lighter here anymore and it's rare for the power to go out. We have summer storms that I'm used to, I guess. If the weather is bad I don't go out so my car doesn't have things in it, either. Not the way it should be but the way it is right now.
Lisa Denton
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Guns, food and water. Toilet tissue and aspirins. Band-aids and flare guns. Oil lamps and camp stoves.
All of this stuff you need, one thing you don't, but is like a luxury in a desperate situation. I found a olden tymey coffee pot thing, for like camping out I guess. Its metal and you just put in coffee grounds in the metal basket part and heat it up on a camp fire or camp stove. The water percolates up and then drips through the coffee grounds back down.
Its part of my survival stuff in case of tornadoes and all. Priorities.
All of this stuff you need, one thing you don't, but is like a luxury in a desperate situation. I found a olden tymey coffee pot thing, for like camping out I guess. Its metal and you just put in coffee grounds in the metal basket part and heat it up on a camp fire or camp stove. The water percolates up and then drips through the coffee grounds back down.
Its part of my survival stuff in case of tornadoes and all. Priorities.
Lisa Denton
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There's a book, think its called "The Art of Survival" and is great. Lots of books have the same name so get the right one.
It talkes about how people can suddenly get into a life and death situation. If they use thier heads, and don't depend on immediate rescue they can live. When you read the book you see how you can think and live if something happens to you.
For instance an old couple got into a freak storm while driving. The car slid off the road into a ditch and got stuck. The exaust started coming into the car from the snow getting high and blocking the exhaust pipe. They went to an old abandoned shack they could see. Cut firewood was outside but covered with ice and snow and they didn't have any matches. They expected rescue, curled up in some old blankets and was found froze to death two days later when the roads cleared.
Looking at thier situation the book discussed what they could have done, and thought.
Freak storm? Could last days, nobody knows. In the car was an empty soft drink bottle, a pair of pliers and a screwdriver in the glove compartment.
The old guy could have punched a hole in the gas tank with the screwdriver, by tapping on it he could have made it up high where there was still gas but not all would leak out, saving some for later in case they need to re-start the fire. With the soft drink bottle full of gas to pour on the ice and snow covered firewood it would have started burning.
No matches? Take the pliers and remove the battery, clip any two wires and carry to the shack, tie the wires around the posts and touch the free ends together for instant homemade matches.
By not counting on immediate rescue they would have lived two days with heat, but didn't THINK about that, or how to do it.
I thought it was a cool book, lots of stories like that for examples, good and bad endings, people thinking and not thinking.
If you get in trouble, don't count on GWB and FEMA to come save you immediately, it might not happen.
It talkes about how people can suddenly get into a life and death situation. If they use thier heads, and don't depend on immediate rescue they can live. When you read the book you see how you can think and live if something happens to you.
For instance an old couple got into a freak storm while driving. The car slid off the road into a ditch and got stuck. The exaust started coming into the car from the snow getting high and blocking the exhaust pipe. They went to an old abandoned shack they could see. Cut firewood was outside but covered with ice and snow and they didn't have any matches. They expected rescue, curled up in some old blankets and was found froze to death two days later when the roads cleared.
Looking at thier situation the book discussed what they could have done, and thought.
Freak storm? Could last days, nobody knows. In the car was an empty soft drink bottle, a pair of pliers and a screwdriver in the glove compartment.
The old guy could have punched a hole in the gas tank with the screwdriver, by tapping on it he could have made it up high where there was still gas but not all would leak out, saving some for later in case they need to re-start the fire. With the soft drink bottle full of gas to pour on the ice and snow covered firewood it would have started burning.
No matches? Take the pliers and remove the battery, clip any two wires and carry to the shack, tie the wires around the posts and touch the free ends together for instant homemade matches.
By not counting on immediate rescue they would have lived two days with heat, but didn't THINK about that, or how to do it.
I thought it was a cool book, lots of stories like that for examples, good and bad endings, people thinking and not thinking.
If you get in trouble, don't count on GWB and FEMA to come save you immediately, it might not happen.
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oggbashan
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Og, is the credit card to buy steaks if you can't catch any fishes?
No. It's to open front-door locks on abandoned properties if a piece of the wire doesn't work...
I survived for a week in an Australian undeveloped area with that kit plus a first aid kit and a notebook and pencil. I used the wire to trap small mammals.
Next time I took a rifle...
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For a temporary emergency kit I have my camping gear, including multi-fuel backpacker stove that can burn unleaded gas, some freeze dried food, flashlights with lots of batteries (including some rechargeables and a little solar recharger) and the usual camping stuff, plus a zero-degree sleeping bag and pads.
This is more in the nature of survivalist whacko stuff:
Water. I keep a bunch of half-gallon pop bottles filled with it in the basement (the gallon milk jugs and some commercial 6 gal. containers eventually leak). I also have a First Need filter with spare cartridge in my camping gear. A water bed is the best thing.
Food. Forget freeze dried, etc. Just get some 5 gallon pickle buckets or equivalent and fill them with packages of rice, beans, flour, vegetable oil (olive oil may be best for long storage), sugar, salt, etc. In Leningrad people peeled wallpaper because they thought the paste had potato starch. The also ate long-pork. A couple hundred pounds of the products I listed are dirt cheap now, but would be priceless in a real hunger situation. (BTW, don't come to my house if the Germans invade - I don't really take my own advice, but do have a couple such buckets full.)
Guns and ammo. Beyond a certain point this is over-rated. I mean really - if you "need" 1,000 rounds you must be out looking for trouble, not hunkering down. An intimidating assault rifle is comforting, as is a Glock loaded with hollowpoints, and a 12 guage with buckshot.
My gas grill has a regular stove-burner on the side. I keep and extra gas thing in the basement (which also means I can run the attached one right out during barbecues and know I have a spare).
Kerosene and lamps. Extra wicks.
I heated with wood for 7 years in the 1980s. It sucks - too dirty, and a pain in the neck. But for survivalist whackos it's pretty neat.
ETA: A long-past survival expert, Mel Tappan, said forget that run away to the hills stuff - you'll just starve. The true survivalist whacko locates in a small town more than one gas tank away from a major population area. Such towns have lots of know-how and a balance of skills and resources including plumbers, farmers, mechanics, carpenters, etc. A really neat series of novels, Eric Flint's 1632, illustrates this concept in a weird and wonderful way.
This is more in the nature of survivalist whacko stuff:
Water. I keep a bunch of half-gallon pop bottles filled with it in the basement (the gallon milk jugs and some commercial 6 gal. containers eventually leak). I also have a First Need filter with spare cartridge in my camping gear. A water bed is the best thing.
Food. Forget freeze dried, etc. Just get some 5 gallon pickle buckets or equivalent and fill them with packages of rice, beans, flour, vegetable oil (olive oil may be best for long storage), sugar, salt, etc. In Leningrad people peeled wallpaper because they thought the paste had potato starch. The also ate long-pork. A couple hundred pounds of the products I listed are dirt cheap now, but would be priceless in a real hunger situation. (BTW, don't come to my house if the Germans invade - I don't really take my own advice, but do have a couple such buckets full.)
Guns and ammo. Beyond a certain point this is over-rated. I mean really - if you "need" 1,000 rounds you must be out looking for trouble, not hunkering down. An intimidating assault rifle is comforting, as is a Glock loaded with hollowpoints, and a 12 guage with buckshot.
My gas grill has a regular stove-burner on the side. I keep and extra gas thing in the basement (which also means I can run the attached one right out during barbecues and know I have a spare).
Kerosene and lamps. Extra wicks.
I heated with wood for 7 years in the 1980s. It sucks - too dirty, and a pain in the neck. But for survivalist whackos it's pretty neat.
ETA: A long-past survival expert, Mel Tappan, said forget that run away to the hills stuff - you'll just starve. The true survivalist whacko locates in a small town more than one gas tank away from a major population area. Such towns have lots of know-how and a balance of skills and resources including plumbers, farmers, mechanics, carpenters, etc. A really neat series of novels, Eric Flint's 1632, illustrates this concept in a weird and wonderful way.
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OhMissScarlett
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That's pretty brilliant advice. I always keep enough gas to get back to my podunk hometown, just in case the people here in town start eating each other.
Roxanne Appleby
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That's pretty brilliant advice. I always keep enough gas to get back to my podunk hometown, just in case the people here in town start eating each other.
I hear ya. It gob-smacked me when I first read in back in 1978 or so, when "survivalism" was all the rage. I wouldn't be surprised to see another rash of that, BTW, now that state and federal governments are rushing to re-adopt the failed public policies of the 1970s (witness all the calls for "more regulation," "windfall profits taxes" and "alternative" energy subsidies these days).
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OKay, this is my survival kit as it stands right now. Remember this is for two people and five cats and comes in two parts.
Part one is what I call the Basic Kit and fits into a couple of Totes that slide nicely into the back of the car. (As well as into a cargo container on the top of the car. I have also created emergency Bags for on the bike in which I can stash a lot more stuff.)
2 Cases M.R.E.'s (Each case contains ten meals.)
10 cans Spam. (Hey not only does it last forever but I happen to like it.)
4 five gallon water Blivets
Water Filter
Water Purification Tabs
Drink Mixes
First Aid Kit, including extra medications
Can Opener
Lighters and Matches
Camp Stove with extra fuel
Tent
Blankets
Tarp
100 feet of Parachute Cord
Bucket with lid
Trash Bags
1 Gallon Bleach
2 sets of clothing for each person
Boots and leather gloves for each person
Ax and Camp Saw
Mini Maul
Ziploc with important papers
Money
Toilet Paper
Fry Pan
Coffee Pot
Cook Pot
Paper Plates and Cups
Coffee
Flashlight
Lantern
Hand Crank Radio
Power Inverter for the car
.22 cal rifle with 100 rounds
9 mm handgun with ammo
20 pounds Cat Food
20 pounds Kitty Litter
5 Cat Carriers
2 bottles Tequila
1 box Cigars
4 five gallon Gas Cans with handpump
For the house/trailer
Another five cases of MRE's
Dried Soups
20 pounds Dry Cured Bacon
10 pounds dried Beans
10 pounds Rice
Several pounds of coffee
6 five gallon water containers
More Water Purification Tabs
2 buckets with lids
4 Gallons Bleach
2 twenty pound bags Cat Food
4 thirty pound cannisters Kitty Litter
More Can Openers
Generator (1800 watt)
10 six gallon gas cans
Stabil
Chain Saw
Two Stroke Motor Oil
4 Tarps
More Rope
2 cases Tequila
1 case Wine (For the wife)
6 cases Beer
4 boxes Cigars
another First Aid Kit
Whatever happens to be in the Fridge and Freezers
.223 Rifle with 100 rounds ammo
4 twenty five pound cannisters of Propane, filled
Tape, both Electrical and Duct.
My tool box
4 Oil Lamps and fuel for same
Spam!!!!!!!
Toilet Paper
Paper Towels and Wet Wipes
Sealer, three tubes
Self Tapping Sheet Metal Screws
Whatever else happens to be laying around the place.
Okay so some might say I'm over prepared but I don't think so having gone through more storms than I care to think about. (Hurricanes and Nor'Easters)
So what do you have?
Cat
Part one is what I call the Basic Kit and fits into a couple of Totes that slide nicely into the back of the car. (As well as into a cargo container on the top of the car. I have also created emergency Bags for on the bike in which I can stash a lot more stuff.)
2 Cases M.R.E.'s (Each case contains ten meals.)
10 cans Spam. (Hey not only does it last forever but I happen to like it.)
4 five gallon water Blivets
Water Filter
Water Purification Tabs
Drink Mixes
First Aid Kit, including extra medications
Can Opener
Lighters and Matches
Camp Stove with extra fuel
Tent
Blankets
Tarp
100 feet of Parachute Cord
Bucket with lid
Trash Bags
1 Gallon Bleach
2 sets of clothing for each person
Boots and leather gloves for each person
Ax and Camp Saw
Mini Maul
Ziploc with important papers
Money
Toilet Paper
Fry Pan
Coffee Pot
Cook Pot
Paper Plates and Cups
Coffee
Flashlight
Lantern
Hand Crank Radio
Power Inverter for the car
.22 cal rifle with 100 rounds
9 mm handgun with ammo
20 pounds Cat Food
20 pounds Kitty Litter
5 Cat Carriers
2 bottles Tequila
1 box Cigars
4 five gallon Gas Cans with handpump
For the house/trailer
Another five cases of MRE's
Dried Soups
20 pounds Dry Cured Bacon
10 pounds dried Beans
10 pounds Rice
Several pounds of coffee
6 five gallon water containers
More Water Purification Tabs
2 buckets with lids
4 Gallons Bleach
2 twenty pound bags Cat Food
4 thirty pound cannisters Kitty Litter
More Can Openers
Generator (1800 watt)
10 six gallon gas cans
Stabil
Chain Saw
Two Stroke Motor Oil
4 Tarps
More Rope
2 cases Tequila
1 case Wine (For the wife)
6 cases Beer
4 boxes Cigars
another First Aid Kit
Whatever happens to be in the Fridge and Freezers
.223 Rifle with 100 rounds ammo
4 twenty five pound cannisters of Propane, filled
Tape, both Electrical and Duct.
My tool box
4 Oil Lamps and fuel for same
Spam!!!!!!!
Toilet Paper
Paper Towels and Wet Wipes
Sealer, three tubes
Self Tapping Sheet Metal Screws
Whatever else happens to be laying around the place.
Okay so some might say I'm over prepared but I don't think so having gone through more storms than I care to think about. (Hurricanes and Nor'Easters)
So what do you have?
Cat
Lisa Denton
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Guns, tequila, wine, beer, cigars, more guns.
Sounds like some parties I've been to, you know how to "survive."
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My husband flatly refuses to allow a gun in the house -- if I bring one in, he's moving out. I've read enough Heinlein to want to learn how to use a gun, but if I don't have access to one, it's kinda beside the point.
My husband has a lot more trust in the basic goodness of his fellow man than I do. I can pollyanna with the best of 'em, much of the time, but when I'm planning for the Worst Case Scenario, I can think of a lot worse than he can.
Repeat to self: "Marriage requires compromise. Marriage requires compromise. Marriage requires compromise."
My husband has a lot more trust in the basic goodness of his fellow man than I do. I can pollyanna with the best of 'em, much of the time, but when I'm planning for the Worst Case Scenario, I can think of a lot worse than he can.
Repeat to self: "Marriage requires compromise. Marriage requires compromise. Marriage requires compromise."
SeaCat
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Now the funny thing is most people see this list and start thinking I'm getting ready for protection against looters and rapists. This is far from the truth.
The rifles are for defense of a kind. I'm talking defence against lack of food in extreme cases. Plus defence against certain kinds of animals that tend to get stirred up after large storms.
The 9mm? Well let's just say better to have and not need than need and not have.
Cat
