Emergency Preparedness - Stuff you might wish you had or knew about.

Wow... you yanks are mad

I will have to stay where I am.Wish I had other options but I dont so me and the kids will get by as long as we can at home.
We dont have any family so we are on our own and pretty much isolated.So I just take it a day at a time.I somewhat believe that regardless of what we might prepare for the one thing we forgot to prepare for will be what gets us.

Not mad just ready.
What about you?
What if mother nature delivers you a blow are you ready?

To me this thread is about being prepared for anything.

There are all sorts of things we might try to be prepared for.

I have had a couple of Bug-out/GOD (Get Out of Dodge) bags since about 1996.
One large (driving), one smallish (walking).

I think the most important part of a Bug Out Bag is the plan.
I have 2 plans shared with my people. Again, 1 walking, 1 driving.

There is a 3-tiered system in place depending upon the severity of disaster. Different locations.

Maps. I have detailed 'Gazateers' of many US States. As well as alternate routes already planned. This includes remote National border trails.

Anyway, this list doesn't include all things like proper footware, clothes, gloves, different license plates and ID's, fishing gear, large axe, shovel, chainsaw, bolt-cutters etc..

But it does include what I think are some very important items.

This stove is AWESOME, it can heat a medium-sized basement and you can burn practically anything in it. Dry wood, wet wood, kerosene, gasoline, Diesel, pellets, almost anything you can imagine. And you can still get them for about 150 or less.

A must for us Northerners.

Yukon-m1950
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Small animal trap
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Long range protection and meat provider
:30-06a:

Shorter range security
:Glock21-3:

Silent offensive security/ Reusable Meat provider
:CompundBow:

Sharpening stones, Electro-lite mix, wind-up lights and radio cord, etc.
:Tools-Stones:

It freezes up solid around here
:Auger:

Dog and canoe
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Small Gold
:GoldRand:

Small and Medium silver
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What else can we add to this list that folks might not have thought of?

About the only thing I see missing is Night Vision.
In an apocalypse scenario there is a need for round the clock security and night vision provides a great edge.
1st Gen. units with the IR illuminator can be had for about $100 on eBay.

dumb canadian!

Bleach for water purification, 22lr, remington 870, some web gear to carry the ammo, etc

Surviving in your house stuff:

There are a few things you can do at home to help your odds.

Water, water, and water. I rotate 15 purified gallons every six months, treated with colloidal silver.

Heat (if in cold climate) That stove is awesome and for $150, real peace of mind. If the room is too large, hang blankets to reduce the area to be heated.

Canned food and CAN OPENER. 1 word here: Aldi.

Propane Camp stove and propane cylinders. 30-40 bucks.

Duct tape and plastic sheets. Seriously. You can tape your windows to prevent shattering, and seal holes and broken windows with the plastic and duct tape.

Head-lamps, candles, oil lanterns, oil, batteries.

Depending on where you are and what's going down, it might be advisable to cover all windows with sheets and make it look like nobody is home.

ABOVE ALL- Attitude. You WILL survive.

870 all the way...nice choice

When eveyone bugs out and leaves the city, I think I'll head to NYC. I'll be the only one there. I'll Stay in a five star hotel. I'll live like king.

That is some of the stuff for the Bug Out Drive.

The Walking Bug Out is a subset and is included in the Driving Bug-out.

It is mostly my hiking/camping getup; tent, bag, plus weapons, ammo, gold, the small single-forged hatchet, Compass, folding saw, fire-starter, water-purifier, knives and headlamps. It is almost 60 pounds, I know- Its heavy, but I've practiced and think it will be OK.

Hand crank radio with light.

Oh we have this really cool hikers GPS, it lets you know how to get back where you started from and has a lot of other cool stuff.

Books ... first aid, garden, do-it-yourself repair, gun, basic survival, edible plants and mushrooms for your area are books we have or pdf's we downloaded.

Also we have a plan if tshtf while one of us is away.

Lot's of things to think about.

Get a good compass and learn how to use it. Don't rely on GPS...if satellites go down for any reason, it won't work.
Plus, a compass is lighter and smaller to carry.

Wow! after reading all this I feel lucky to already be living in a "bug out" location. The only problem is you wont really know where is the safe place to be...OR where will you be if it gets bad quick like the day of a major event... Look what happend the the mammoths they found in the arctic,flash frozen, it can happen fast...because this has all happend before. It for sure will happen again. My guess is pole shift..just because of all the evidence from the past. you might for sure think about cold weather gear- could see another ice age..BOOTS!!! for sure you can always layer but the feet and hands need lots of protection.
We have a large ranch in Texas to bug out to if interested...LOL its only 8 thousand acres.

Any idea how to procure water?