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To: SevenDaysInMay

Thank you, for this important addition to the list of necessary preparedness.


259 posted on 09/07/2005 10:36:09 AM PDT by Countyline
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To: Countyline
For starters: ALWAYS be creative. Laminate poison treaatment info in addition to other critical info, plus write thing on you arms and legs. When SHTF, the frantic brain is the first to fail.

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.

262 posted on 09/07/2005 12:45:07 PM PDT by SevenDaysInMay (Federal judges and justices serve for periods of good behavior, not life. Article III sec. 1)
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