Posted on 11/25/2012 3:37:35 PM PST by Indy Pendance
What's in your bug out bag? My eldest calls them Good bags, Get out of Dodge. My second daughter (see home page) calls it her apocalypse crate, a rubber maid container filled with all the stuff she'll need, and has it in her car. It has all her old army stuff that couldn't be returned. For example, gas masks, mre's etc.
Ours has the normal stuff, blankets, food, flashlights, water, clothes, fire, ammo, etc. It might be a good thread to have input, suggestions, what's good, what's frivolous.
If you’re going to have a bug-out bag, you better have a bug-out location as well as a good bug-out vehicle and travel route.
I have heard of folks renting houses in remote areas as a way of having an alternative location w/o the expense of buying a house.
Right now, I’m going to bug in. I live in a rural/suburban area where people have lots of 5-40 acres. And thanks to the 0-economy, there isn’t any new development. The major drawback, I suppose, is that the drones and zombies can still get here without too much gas. I’ll need to rely on guns and booby traps.
Nope, I was able to pack all of that into a small soft suitcase with wheels no less. The small items I first packed in a compartmentalized plastic case.
The larger stuff is in my bug out trunk toolkit and gear, things like bolt cutters, claw hammer & crowbar, wrenches & pliers, fire extinguishers & more baking soda, waterproof tarp & blanket & rope, yellow hazard tape, tow strap, jumper cables, kitty litter, emergency flares, tire foam, and one of my most used items, a folding chair. Still plenty of room.
So I figure toss my BOB in the trunk, and based upon how many other passengers, fill every spare inch of the interior with packaged food and water. I like food and water.
Add-in a Hershey’s Chocolate Bar, and you’re off to the races. LOL.
Nothing, we make our stand here.
The true BOB is for when you have to leave on extremely short notice. Others have posted pretty good lists, I'd include a compass and a paper map of the local area, money, mess kit, and a tarp/shelter, water containers, folding shovel, machete/axe... Yes, it must be limited to about 50 lbs. You can go a little heavy, and discard what may not be appropriate for the situation. The BOB is for when you have to go and should be viewed as the first part of your E&E plan. Like when Holder's peeps show up...
“Honey, will these city-grey-fatigues make my butt look too big, out in the forest? Or should I take the more muted woodland-camo pair?” LOL.
>>Are you hooked up with like minded people in your neighborhood?<<
Montgomery/Grimes county Texas area....any folks round these parts interested in having lunch?
I’m hoping to try to purchase my bug-out location (and then begin an immediate move-in) this week. Fortunately my work is portable, and the big city just has less-and-less to offer.
I’m hoping to try to purchase my bug-out location (and then begin an immediate move-in) this week. Fortunately my work is portable, and the big city just has less-and-less to offer.
Spot on Major Kong. Ride ‘er all the way down.
Heard of a van that is loaded with weapons
Packed up and ready to go . . .
Life During Wartime
http://www.guntheranderson.com/v/data/lifeduri.htm
http://youtu.be/xzORu1dqEE0
Ahead of his time.
Just bought a 72 hour survival kit from Costco online yessterday. It’s a start. We are going to research what we will need for at least 3 months bugging in for now.
Riiiiight. Yeah. That oughtta work out real well for ya. I'm sure the locals along those routes will believe ya when ya tell 'em yer "...just passin' through."......ROFLMAO
Did you forget a hand crank radio? Hmmmmm? :)
Don’t forget the toilet paper.
Same here. Don’t really have a place to bug out to, and there’s no way I’m taking my chances in a government-run emergency ‘shelter’.
The main artery for travel through the part of KY we live in is only US-75 - it’ll get clogged and jammed up in record time if something bad happens. Even the back roads and back-back roads will soon follow I’d imagine.
I sincerely believe we’re better off staying put as long as we can, and we’re preparing accordingly.
Nope, I specified AM/FM/SW and weather, hand cranked.
While TP is good, it is better to use the Asian method of pre-washing. An enema bag with warm water works fine, and removes the vast majority of waste, so you only use a little TP, or a washcloth, to dry off with.
Extra strengh Ora-gel.
Nothing worse than a toothache.
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