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What Do You Prep For: Common Personal Disasters*
Market-Ticker ^ | 3/17/15 | Karl Denninger

Posted on 03/18/2015 7:43:37 PM PDT by Kartographer

How many times have you seen someone who survived with nothing more than their underwear? They had no "go bag" sitting inside their sleeping area they could grab that had a few basics in it -- like some sort of lightweight but effective means of preserving body heat. Now consider that if this occurs while in a place not so-populated in the winter time you might well be in serious trouble or even die of exposure!

The other place that such disasters commonly happen is in our vehicles. Do you have a small, easily-toted "get me the F out of here" bag in your car? If so, what's in it?

In today's world of cellphones most people blow this sort of thing off. That's a serious mistake; not only is there no guarantee of a signal but cellphones require battery power and can be damaged in a crash or other incident. Water exposure, in particular, can render your phone instantly useless and in many (but not all) cases a fractured screen renders the phone unable to be used as well.

Never mind a reasonable med kit, which most people simply do not have. Why not, given how cheap this is?

If you broke down -- or had a serious mechanical failure and crashed as a result -- 20 miles from nowhere, how serious would this be? What if you find yourself somewhere that forces you to abandon your vehicle for some reason (e.g. it's mechanically broken beyond your ability to fix it) without assistance? It gets even worse if you are on required prescription medication or are injured and have nothing to deal with your injuries.

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To: Kartographer

I live in South Oklahoma City. I’m a mile north of where the Moore tornado went through a couple of years ago. We have a nice concrete cellar with food, clothes etc. Also have a generator and a fuel pump. Swimming pool with lots of water in it. We’d be good for a few months.


41 posted on 03/19/2015 4:52:57 AM PDT by kjam22 (my music video "If My People" at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74b20RjILy4)
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To: Kartographer

I’ve got a kit in my car that I could go for three days on. But it just needs to get me home. Then at home I have the “big” kit. At my alternate location I have much more....


42 posted on 03/19/2015 5:10:17 AM PDT by rfreedom4u (Do you know who Barry Soetoro is?)
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To: Kartographer

The ultimate trivialness of Y2K was a literal miracle; big software projects DO NOT GET DONE ON TIME.

It was the biggest of all.


43 posted on 03/19/2015 5:14:49 AM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: matt1234

One vehicles it depends on lots of factors, many would be effected, but not all. The truly devastating damage would be the power grid, which is the most vulnerable to such attacks.

That is if you believe in EMPs there is a small, but
stalwart group of FReepers who argue that there is no such thing as EMP one who insist that lighten proves it.


44 posted on 03/19/2015 5:17:22 AM PDT by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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To: DuncanWaring
"big software projects DO NOT GET DONE ON TIME."

Could it be it got done because it wasn't Government ordered, mandated, controlled, regulated..... ;-)
45 posted on 03/19/2015 5:24:16 AM PDT by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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To: Marcella
My life hammer is a 1911 in 45acp. Windows surrender immediately.
46 posted on 03/19/2015 5:27:03 AM PDT by mad_as_he$$
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To: Lazamataz
I prep for being so screwed.

...as you should. 😃

47 posted on 03/19/2015 5:30:19 AM PDT by TADSLOS (The Event Horizon has come and gone. Buckle up and hang on.)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear
Don’t get the pre-lubed ones. They make the water taste funny. :)

Or the used ones

48 posted on 03/19/2015 5:38:13 AM PDT by piroque ("In times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act")
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To: PA Engineer

Too many people believe that once the SHTF they can ride it out for the first few days, let the majority of people leave the cities, then once it clears out jump in their car and drive to a safe place.

Not going to happen.

Look at what happened with hurricane Rita.

Millions tried to leave all at the same time.

Roads were solid cars for about 100 miles.

Thousands of cars ran out of gas and were pushed to the side of the road. Others were left in the middle of the road.

All of the gas stations were out of gas.

People were on the road for over 24 hours and didn’t get 100 miles before they ran out of gas.

If you live in a major or even moderate size city once the SHTF your car is pretty much useless.


49 posted on 03/19/2015 5:39:43 AM PDT by IMR 4350
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To: WinMod70; PA Engineer
the dreaded varnished windings...

Enameled magnet wire, used for many years for alternator windings, starter motors, lighting and starting relays.

Short out one loop with a high current pulse and the rest of the windings are useless in that device.

50 posted on 03/19/2015 5:44:48 AM PDT by whodathunkit
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To: ThomasThomas; Kartographer

“It is how I survived Y2K”

Y2K? You forgot the /s tag... :)


51 posted on 03/19/2015 5:54:06 AM PDT by GGpaX4DumpedTea (I am a Tea Party descendant...steeped in the Constitutional Republic given to us by the Founders)
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To: Marcella

Who in the hell is Bob?

Should I know? lol


52 posted on 03/19/2015 6:29:00 AM PDT by KoRn (Department of Homeland Security, Certified - "Right Wing Extremist")
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To: Kartographer

Ice/snow storms are pretty common around here. Actually, it’s been fairly mild for years now but that is how I first started thinking about prepping. How would I keep my family warm? How would I cook their food?

One of the first things we did when we moved into this house last summer was to get the fireplaces up and running with new liners. They are gas/wood so we are prepared to use them either way. They would keep a large section of the house warm with a few strategically hung blankets to block off the two rooms.

We finally have space for food/water storage and have been working on that, too. We have four rain barrels that my husband hopes to get up and running before summer. They would help with the flushing of toilets (septic so will hopefully just continue to run) and to keep the animals watered. I wish our baby steps were bigger!

One of the biggest challenges in our house right now is keeping the three year old out of all the stuff. There is no cabinet high enough, no lock strong enough, etc. to keep that child out of stuff! I found some of my seed storage all over the basement floor, pudding cups all lined up in a row (these are super important with kids- ha), and just this morning she had managed to put bandaides on her back. I don’t know how she does it. Quiet, sneaky, curious, and thankfully, really cute. I need to put bells around her neck.


53 posted on 03/19/2015 6:40:57 AM PDT by samiam1972 ("It is a poverty to decide that a child must die so that you may live as you wish."-Mother Teresa)
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To: Secret Agent Man

For sure. LOL


54 posted on 03/19/2015 7:05:05 AM PDT by laplata ( Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: PA Engineer; matt1234
I keep an Army duffel bag in my trunk that contains a good blanket and my BOB with essentials.

The only thing I have problems with is water. Or rather potable liquid storage. I live (for now) in the Northeast. Temps are at or below freezing for 1/3 of the year. I have settled on Gatorade which has a lower freeze temp but it still freezes. Sometimes it damages the bottle. most times not.

How do y'all keep potables stored in a trunk when it gets friggin' cold? Any suggestions?

55 posted on 03/19/2015 8:28:48 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (Where am I to go now that I've gone too far?)
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To: WinMod70
Varnished windings? I’ve been tinkering with cars/trucks for close to 40 years. Never came across the dreaded varnished windings in that time.

Then you were not tinkering with cars with generators, alternators, and starters.
56 posted on 03/19/2015 8:36:31 AM PDT by PA Engineer (Liberate America from the Occupation Media.)
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To: greeneyes; Kartographer; All
“Most of this sort of stuff wasn’t called prepping, it was considered common sense, and everyone I knew did it.”

You and I grew up in a time when “things” weren't so available and there was no “911” to call when someone got hurt or had an emergency illness hit suddenly. It wasn't easy to get to a grocery store as there wasn't one on every corner. People had to be self sufficient, store what they needed from one season to another, can their own homegrown food, and be prepared with supplies, from medical to food to water.

What happened is, by the time our kids grew up, there was gobs of food in multiple grocery stores and there were drug stores everywhere and even gas stations sold food and bottles of water and first aid supplies. Supplies everywhere, easy to get to, so why bother to store anything - just go to the store when they need it.

We now have a whole country with that mindset. Those of us who prepare for emergencies are now considered “nut cases” by that generation and the next one, to store anything when it is so near to get it - and, nothing bad could happen anyway and if it did, the government will send people (FEMA) to give them what they need.

I knew most people in this country wouldn't do jack to help themselves, when Hurricane Ike went through Houston and where I lived north of Houston, and people in Houston started begging for water as soon as Ike departed Houston and water in the tap stopped. All these people begging for water, had not stored ANY water at all!

Power had gone out, but I had a portable TV running on batteries and saw this happen in Houston. I couldn't believe it, these people had stored NOTHING, no water and no food. Well, FEMA can't get immediately to a place after a hurricane goes through. They have to get there first and that took time to get MREs and water to places to pass these items out.

These types of people are going to die if the emergency is so bad FEMA can't get there.

Back in 1998, I thought about how I could survive if trucks stopped for whatever reason. Then, I considered what would happen if there was no power. These are connected, as trucks would stop if there was no power and water would also stop as it takes power to run water plants and send water through pipes. I decided I had to provide for my survival and I wouldn't trust my survival to FEMA or any power company or any water provider - they didn't know me and I didn't know them. So, I made a plan and began to store what I needed to live on my own, not needing other people to save me.

I went back in my mind to the time of our parents and grandparents who had to live independently, providing for themselves. I put together my plan to do what they did and it was easier with modern methods I had to do that.

My advice to others is for them to put together a plan to survive on their own - don't depend on others to save their life.

57 posted on 03/19/2015 9:37:01 AM PDT by Marcella (Prepping can save your life today. Going Galt is freedom.)
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To: Lurker

“Take a look at the Swiss Army Rescue Tool. It’s a nice piece of gear.”

I have a Leatherman and a Swiss Army knife, but I’ll look at the one you mention to see if it has capabilities I don’t have on the two items I have. Can’t have enough tools like this.


58 posted on 03/19/2015 9:44:01 AM PDT by Marcella (Prepping can save your life today. Going Galt is freedom.)
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To: Marcella
Like I posted so many times:

"It is your choice you can prep or you can stand around on a bridge waiting for FEMA to bring you a bottle of water, a MRE, a warm blanket and a kiss for your boo-boo and maybe you can even get your picture as you stand there on the national news."

God help FEMA when they hand a anti-prepper FReeper a warm bottle of water! ;-)
59 posted on 03/19/2015 9:47:47 AM PDT by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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To: Marcella

I think you’ll like it. I got one as a gift from a vendor. I liked it so much I bought another one for my wife. Not inexpensive but it’s a solid piece of kit and really handy to have. Check out the video on the Swiss Army website or YouTube.

Best,

L


60 posted on 03/19/2015 9:55:28 AM PDT by Lurker (Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
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