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2/11/2003
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Posted on 02/11/2003 8:58:10 AM PST by Utah Girl
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To: Utah Girl
My best friend's husband was in the Army. They hauled their food storage to Germany with them. Better safe than sorry, but Germany has plenty of good food!
I was stationed in Bulgaria for two years with my family a while back and I was warned to ship at least 2,000 pounds of "consummables". We did, and I didn't need any of it. All we had to do was adapt. Bulgarians at that time were much leaner than Americans, but still strong and healthy. We became frequent visitors to the local farmers market.
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posted on
02/11/2003 9:46:24 AM PST
by
arm958
To: Utah Girl
Another stupid question: once we seal off our house, how do we get air into it? (I feel like I should know the answer to this one.)
To: El Sordo
Good idea. I usually go through my kit during October's General conference, once a year. Since I live alone, I figure that I should be OK doing that. I used to go through twice a year, but now just once...
To: Xenalyte
Another stupid question: once we seal off our house, how do we get air into it? You're thinking beyond your paygrade. That is prohibited, so stop it.
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posted on
02/11/2003 9:48:17 AM PST
by
arm958
To: Xenalyte
Uh, I don't know... From what I have read, you would seal off one room, ideally in the center of the house, without windows. Never thought about the air issue.
To: Utah Girl
i have enough stuff in my house to send each freeper some needlework to do in case of an attack, bet you do too!
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posted on
02/11/2003 9:50:41 AM PST
by
xsmommy
To: DAnconia55
right on! Guinness rules
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posted on
02/11/2003 9:52:59 AM PST
by
ezo4
To: Utah Girl
bump to read later........
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posted on
02/11/2003 9:53:06 AM PST
by
Faith65
To: RobFromGa; Utah Girl
need to add laptop with Internet connection to that 72 hour kit. Otherwise how will we stay informed?In all seriousness, a small shortwave radio and solar panel and/or large battery is a good thing to have. The FEMA lists include a battery-operated AM/FM radio, but I think that having a SW radio which can pick up broadcasts from the BBC, Deutsche Welle, or even Radio Canada International, would be a stress-reliever.
Places like Amateur Electronic Supply and Universal Radio are good sources of both radio equipment and books regarding communications issues. (Amateur radio licensing, shortwave antennas, etc.)
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posted on
02/11/2003 9:53:30 AM PST
by
Chemist_Geek
("Drill, R&D, and conserve" should be our watchwords! Energy independence for America!)
To: xsmommy; Utah Girl
Count me in on that - I've been stockpiling cross-stitch and needlepoint kits for YEARS! (Not to mention charts, patterns, every DMC color ever, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera . . .)
To: neutrino
lockpicks...
Too subtle....
I have one of these in my truck kit.
To: ezoeni
Guinness rules It's not the same Guiness Stout that it used to be before Guiness was bought out by a MNC, but it's still quite good. Formerly, you had to quit after one or two, now you can drink it all night.
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posted on
02/11/2003 9:55:29 AM PST
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arm958
To: Xenalyte; Utah Girl
how many tens of thousands of freepers are there? i think we got them covered....i poked around in my 'stitch room' this past weekend. it is positively shameless what i have in there.
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posted on
02/11/2003 9:56:19 AM PST
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xsmommy
To: El Sordo
I just used one of those to rip out an old floor and it was very effective. It would make a heck of a close-quarters combat weapon.
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posted on
02/11/2003 9:57:02 AM PST
by
arm958
To: ez
Could be, but the Rockies might serve as a buffer to some extent....
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posted on
02/11/2003 9:57:28 AM PST
by
tracer
(/b>)
To: arm958
I just used one of those to rip out an old floor and it was very effective. It would make a heck of a close-quarters combat weapon.
I like the way you think!
To: geege
- Water
- Iodine Tablets (for water purification)
- Magnifying Glass
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posted on
02/11/2003 9:59:10 AM PST
by
semaj
To: Utah Girl
Thank you very much!
To: tracer
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posted on
02/11/2003 9:59:21 AM PST
by
Area51
To: drjimmy
I can go 200+ miles on a full tank of gas, there are a dozen different cities, a chunk of another state, and even part of another country in that radius. I don't think they're taking out the electricity for that far.
One must also remember that I live someplace that has no natural disasters. Tucson doesn't have earthquakes, run-away fires, snow, or volcanoes. In the 25+ years I've lived here we've had 2 tornadoes with a combined time on the ground of about 90 seconds, the worst flood we ever had shut down some parts of the city or a whopping 4 or 5 hours. One really nasty storm took out electricity on the extreme north-west side of town for almost 2 days, but the rest of the city was basically unaffected (my neighborhood had no power for a couple of hours). We're a very spread out city (modern Tucson was actually multiple cities in the 1800's that eventually grew together and incorporated as mostly 1 city) was actually and most of the vital parts of city life are highly decentralized because of it, and there are a lot of roads out of town so the only way to cut us off is via military occupation by a rather large force. This gives me the freedom to be rather snooty about emergency supplies.
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02/11/2003 9:59:28 AM PST
by
discostu
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