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.
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.