Posted on 07/22/2011 5:36:50 PM PDT by reed13
On a seperate discussion the topic of bug-out bags came up and I thought it might be a good general topic for discussion. What everyone has in theirs, what is recommended, weights, why those items, more than one, differences for different family members, etc.
Yours have C batteries? D batteries are much better.
It would also be smarter to prepare for the natural disaster that you might get evacuated for. What are the critical items you would take with you. Wedding photos, hard drives, critical documents. You might not have much time to make that decision. Even a list of those items made now, would help in a time of crisis when you aren't thinking straight.
and my amplifiers go up to 11....
Not when you happen to BE the competition!
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A bugout tractor trailer may be a cute joke, but a bugout small travel trailer may be very useful. Much better than trying to get by in a school gym or other emergency shelter. Be sure to rotate stored food through your trailer regularly. They get hot, and food stores best if kept cool.
Who are you kidding?
Like we’re really going to “discuss” preps.
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I did the pre-bug out and moved to the middle of nowhere.
If the SHTF, I don’t think a safe exit from the Chicago burbs is feasible.
I feel gyped now!
Those aren’t 220V 3 phase?
Cloud computing really takes the strain off important documents, pictures, and info if you keep up with it.
I almost lost all our pictures and videos of China from when we got our daughter thanks to a cheap ass netbook.
Luckily, my wife had a single armored thumb drive with a backup on it.
Never Again!
Friday night is always interesting here on FR.
Seems silly to have a “Bug out bag” unless you live in some city then maybe. Wife and I live back in the mountains where we are 90% self sufficient. We go to the nearest town 22 miles away usually once a month for non essentials. If someone comes around they are promptly met by 5 Great Pyrenees dogs. We have adequate supply of things that go BOOM, so I advise anyone heading up this way to call first. We’re not going anywhere.
Seems silly to have a “Bug out bag” unless you live in some city then maybe. Wife and I live back in the mountains where we are 90% self sufficient. We go to the nearest town 22 miles away usually once a month for non essentials. If someone comes around they are promptly met by 5 Great Pyrenees dogs. We have adequate supply of things that go BOOM, so I advise anyone heading up this way to call first. We’re not going anywhere.
KelTec Sub 2000 in 40S&W Glock, and a Glock Model 22. As many twenty round or better mags as you can get. Both weapons use the same mags, and same ammo. Or, a Sub 2000 in Glock 17 and a Glock 17, same magazine dual use. The Sub 2000 folds up to 16 inches long, but is a carbine rifle.
Hurricane country.
It’s damn near de rigur here in Florida.
“Survival kit contents check. In them you’ll find:
- One forty-five caliber automatic
- Two boxes of ammunition
- Four days’ concentrated emergency rations
- One drug issue containing antibiotics, morphine,
vitamin pills, pep pills, sleeping pills, tranquilizer pills
- One miniature combination Russian phrase book and Bible
- One hundred dollars in rubles
- One hundred dollars in gold
- Nine packs of chewing gum
- One issue of prophylactics
- Three lipsticks
- Three pair of nylon stockings.
Shoot, a fella’ could have a pretty good weekend in Vegas with all that stuff.”
I have a Western Digital, My Worldbook II. Kind of overkill for my needs, but it has mirrored 1 TB drives. It thought I might need a media server in the near future and wanted the second drive for backup.
The first question is: what is it that would make you leave?
THEN where, then what to take.
But really....why?
It would seem that if you’re leaving, you’re also not planning on coming back any time soon because the situation is beyond dire.
FWIW, I used to have a bug out bag when working in Iraq. Clothes, food, caffeinated drinks/coffee, money in several currencies, pass port, yada yada yada, in case I ever got separated from a convoy, shot down, or in case any base I was at needed to evacuate.
The closest I have to that now is a bag of emergency items in the trunk of my car and one at my office.
But I don’t intend to leave home for anything less than an armed invasion.
Exactly. The issue that some of us rural / small town folk might face is that of returning to our place of safety. A lot of us have had to range farther to find work, so the return home may be a difficult one depending upon circumstances.
For example, I work approx 42-44 miles away from our place in rural north Idaho. Ideally, I'll just get up from my desk, excuse myself by pleading a 'family emergency' (which won't be far off the truth) and drive home. However - I'm quite prepared to walk and or fight my way home if I must. So I've constructed a Get Out Of Dodge kit that will easily sustain me for 3 days in the field, and for five days if I stretch it. It's designed for speed and mobility, but it still weighs about 60 pounds with a full load-out of food, water and ammunition. That weight includes everything right down to weapons, helmet and combat uniform.
I've completely re-written my original post, A High Mobility 72 Hour Kitand I plan to re-publish it complete with pictures.
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