Posted on 09/05/2005 8:21:34 PM PDT by Jeff Head
I do hope I have been example enough to my own to allow then the chance to be good solid citizens...here in the United States in life, and ultimtely in God's Kingdom for which it is that I really strive to prepare them above all else.
A well stocked but light medi-kit will cost about $250: with bandages(san-pads), ~20x30" moisture barriers for seating and bedding and temp. wound/rash/bleeding protection and wind-proof scarf/muffler, tapes and elasti-wraps, all kinds of ointments and goos for all itches, lice, cuts and bumps, pills of all kinds plus 2-4 weeks of your own meds(get samples &/or get an extra month and rotate), douche/enema kits/bulbs (the child bulb makes for a great eye wash tool using distilled water only then sterile eye wash, medical needle and thread kits(I have yet to get mine), 1 quart peroxide(rotate), same for isopropyl, lots of DEET, Raid Flying Insect Spray, 2-5 yars of mosquito/no-see-um netting with para-cord and 100 mph duct tape(I like olive), 2-3shower curtails plus 2 clear liners, for water capture mainly, sharp scissors, Swiss Army kinf, Petzl Plus headlamp, serrated combat knife such a Gerber's LMF II, Gerber's sitch-blade hand saw kit with bone (Can you pictrure amputating someone's limb?) and wood blades, very sharp felling ax for shelter and canes and slints and crutches, eye protection - swim goggles small and large, masks - P95 and N100, on and on and on. Include 4 liters of water with a 1 liter straw-filter bottle rated up to ~20 gallons This water and filter bottle adds 10#. Always carry bottled water in any medi-kit because dehydration is assured; saving a life with a timely pint or two of water is really cool. I also carry 1/2 pound of granulated sugar and 1/2# Swiss Miss to give "starving" kids and others a bit of energy.
I have in emergency orange and hand-carry 8x10x16" bag with shoulder strap as my cool stuff first reponder kit ~$400, and a 36x18x16" bag in which I keep all bulk bandaging, gauzes, bulk gloves, shower curtains, handpump water filter, jerky, fruit cans, tools, and a 10x12'tarp with alum tent pegs and gimlet with screw eyes for tieing to trees ~$300, and in a medium frameless backpack my emergency medi-kit, ~$250.
You'll need a dry spot on which to sit/recline and shade/rain/snow/wind protection. 55 gallon trash bags allow for storing wet/muddy "tarps.
Folks, act now, this week, this month, this years, because we can be nuked this afternoon. Always, plan on sharing with a deserving person with nothing, not even hope, and plan on killing a predetor or 10, with hardly a soul among them.
I can fill my Suburban and trailer with all my homesteading bugout gear or I can run on foot, but with planned and practiced redundancies, I know that I can likely live for 2 weeks with any bugout bag I grab.
If you're lucky, you can find a trained medical professional to supply.
Thought you two may be interested in this.
Thank you for the ping. I read it earlier, thought it wa excellent, and did not feel I could post anything that would benefit the post.
My wife would go nuts if she knew there were guns in the house.
I did forward it to my dad and uncles, too. (with due credit, of course)
Thanks!
Our kids are well trained and respect the weapons. We have weapons loaded (but not chambered) and ready in the home. Within reqach where they can do us good if needed.
Starting to train a whole set of grandkids now. Libs just hate it.
You are welcome.
I updated that one with several good suggestions from this thread and with a critical seventh lesson.
Best Fregards.
What can we do to embed more of the yaruki attitude into the USA? I am quite serious about it. I strongly believe that if we do not, we are going to be in a world of hurt within my own life time.
Welcome to Free Republic Gov. Blanco!
Signed up Sept.5. Lots of snitty petty arguing on fine points, overall trying to smear the Feds and absolve local and state. I am highly suspicious.
Perhaps instead of classic reading material, people should pack something like the Boy Scout Handbook, or a military wilderness survival manual or similar.
I'm planning on getting more wilderness survival training because sometimes you just can't haul enough stuff to provide food and water for everyone.
"Give a man a fish, you feed him for today. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime"
Otherwise a great list (should have put that in my post above)! Learned a lot reading through the thread too.
Wrong. I suspect you to be a troll. My last comment to you. Good luck.
Amen! Add to, or replace the classics with one or more of those handbooks...but keep the BIble. AT least, I will.
Over an extended time, experience will show whether that particular poster's suspicion is warranted or not...that is all. I hope it is not.
But otherwise, to talk down his suspicion, could appear to be practicing a kind of "group think" in reverse. I don't think you intend that.
I agree. The Bible is a necessity.
Wow! Thorough List. My thought runs along the line of ... do you suppose 1 in 100 will actually have such a preparedness kit and supplies? More likely 1 in 1000.
Totally excellent idea. Just how are we going to have enough for our block or neighborhood? No way to not share and then it is gone in a day ... It is a corundom. We want to help our fellow man; resulting in none of us have survival supplies. Best to organize a group if possible; maybe 10 or 12.
Jeff was essentially preparing for 3 -5- 7 days with protection, and shelter capabilities. You are more in the nuclear bomb or total power failure (long term) mode, which is smarter and actually necessary, if we are serious about preparedness. The part about others attempting to take it away from the ones that do have it, is the part, I haven't got worked through in my mind. A hideaway is needed.
Maybe I've seen too many dooms day movies to believe that the mass won't overpower the few who are prepared.
All your suggestions are good ... vital even, thanks.
There are people who say ... I would rather die quick than fight for another two weeks or month and die anyway. Family member ... throws me for a loop.
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