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What are some important items to pack in a backpack or suitcase , if doom strikes?

 
CigarTigher

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What are some important items to pack in a backpack or suitcase , if doom strikes?
Let's say your town is nuked or a hurricane hits it. What are some important dooms day items?
I think :
flashlight
batteries
first aid kit
baby wipes
underwear
t shirts and shorts
long sleeves in case of a nuclear or biological attack

What would you use to cover up your mouth? I know there aren't Hazmat suits available to the public.
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Re: What are some important items to pack in a backpack or suitcase , if doom strikes?
One rope is all you will need
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Re: What are some important items to pack in a backpack or suitcase , if doom strikes?
Chocolate ....
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Re: What are some important items to pack in a backpack or suitcase , if doom strikes?
lighter... people can't make fire for shit.
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Re: What are some important items to pack in a backpack or suitcase , if doom strikes?
A rope may be important. A gun will be important. Oh and chocolate too! Yummy.
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Re: What are some important items to pack in a backpack or suitcase , if doom strikes?
A good knife or leather-man.
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Re: What are some important items to pack in a backpack or suitcase , if doom strikes?
lighter... people can't make fire for shit.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 12877294


That's true. Matches too. Oh and I forgot about gas and food. I think a bike may be more important than a car.
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Re: What are some important items to pack in a backpack or suitcase , if doom strikes?
extra things you can trade to people in case they have something you need.
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Re: What are some important items to pack in a backpack or suitcase , if doom strikes?
a map with someplace to go in case of doom , that would be a good start
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Re: What are some important items to pack in a backpack or suitcase , if doom strikes?
Tampons. And not just because you are female. Tampons are great for survival, use the cotton padding to stop bleeding of a flesh wound, use all the cotton as a nest for a spark to get a flame going, use the cotton and the plastic tube as a makeshift water filter/straw (obviously not going to filter bacteria but atleast you won't suck in dirt, if you find a decent looking water source.
Also tampons come individually wrapped in waterproof packs, so your cotton for fire starting will stay dry even when your back pack gets soaked.





Among many other things, water purification tablets, a wire saw, knife sharpener, plastic garbage bags (to make solar stills, water traps, or to wrap around foliage and extract water from leaves) paracord, matches, magnesium bar (for making sparks to start fire)

So many, but try to think outside the box, be resourceful. Try to make everything have dual uses or more. If something doesn't help you in many ways, it might not be worth taking.

I mainly am talking about your lightweight bug out bag. You need to be able to carry it for miles, hundreds of miles even. So think light weight. And start learning outdoor craft.

Last Edited by JustinSider on 06/27/2013 12:23 PM
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Re: What are some important items to pack in a backpack or suitcase , if doom strikes?
A rope may be important. A gun will be important. Oh and chocolate too! Yummy.
 Quoting: CigarTigher


You may want to sling a medium caliber rifle, small caliber may be good for small game but thats it, and too large a caliber will destroy small game, and weighs too much as do the cartridges.

Last Edited by M*walk on 06/27/2013 12:28 PM
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Just put in da fuckin internet mate
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Re: What are some important items to pack in a backpack or suitcase , if doom strikes?
long sleeves in case of a nuclear or biological attack

 Quoting: CigarTigher


dude.
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Re: What are some important items to pack in a backpack or suitcase , if doom strikes?
Get one of these. Tyvek suit, breathable only one way, so it is good against chemicals, its durable. Just find a mask..

And for 12 dollars its better than nothing.
[link to www.homedepot.com]
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Re: What are some important items to pack in a backpack or suitcase , if doom strikes?
fatigues and a fake badge

that way you can blend in with the army patrolling the streets and taking people to FEMA camps
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fatigues and a fake badge

that way you can blend in with the army patrolling the streets and taking people to FEMA camps
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 27895741


Yep. I have ACU and Marpat just in case I need to blend in.
In no other circumstances would I impersonate being in the military. My bdus have no rank or patches, just my name.
Guilty: is what our graves will read, no year no family. We did nothing, to stop the murder of people just like us..
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Re: What are some important items to pack in a backpack or suitcase , if doom strikes?
One quality knife, one quality piece of cordage. Anything else should be considered a bonus.
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Re: What are some important items to pack in a backpack or suitcase , if doom strikes?
A good knife or leather-man.
 Quoting: Lazy_Dog


I also have a camping axe in mine, got to be able to chop down those branches for the fire.
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Re: What are some important items to pack in a backpack or suitcase , if doom strikes?
One quality knife, one quality piece of cordage. Anything else should be considered a bonus.
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No sharpener? After your first week of cutting up firewood, hunting, skinning, and possibly defending yourself and that knife will be as dull as a pork sword.
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Re: What are some important items to pack in a backpack or suitcase , if doom strikes?
A good knife or leather-man.
 Quoting: Lazy_Dog


I also have a camping axe in mine, got to be able to chop down those branches for the fire.
 Quoting: chuckles 2417276


Wire saw = ultra lightweight, and does not take up room in your bag. Attach it to a stick like a bow, and boom you have a bow saw.
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Re: What are some important items to pack in a backpack or suitcase , if doom strikes?
A rope may be important. A gun will be important. Oh and chocolate too! Yummy.
 Quoting: CigarTigher


You may want to sling a medium caliber rifle, small caliber may be good for small game but thats it, and too large a caliber will destroy small game, and weighs too much as do the cartridges.
 Quoting: M*walk


AR's are import along with a small handgun. I am qualified to use an AR. I just need to buy me one and take it to the range. What is the best handgun to buy?
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I forgot about duck tape.
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Re: What are some important items to pack in a backpack or suitcase , if doom strikes?
fatigues and a fake badge

that way you can blend in with the army patrolling the streets and taking people to FEMA camps
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 27895741


Yep. I have ACU and Marpat just in case I need to blend in.
In no other circumstances would I impersonate being in the military. My bdus have no rank or patches, just my name.
 Quoting: JustinSider


Were you in the military ? Also, I Can carry a heavy rucksack for likes. Aslong as it is comfortable .
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Re: What are some important items to pack in a backpack or suitcase , if doom strikes?
Water, water, and some more water. Seriously a nuke attack? Gasmask maybe....
Soak a rag in your WATER and breath through it for any situation that causes stuff to be in the air that ought not be.
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Re: What are some important items to pack in a backpack or suitcase , if doom strikes?
Let's say your town is nuked or a hurricane hits it. What are some important dooms day items?
I think :
flashlight
batteries
first aid kit
baby wipes
underwear
t shirts and shorts
long sleeves in case of a nuclear or biological attack

What would you use to cover up your mouth? I know there aren't Hazmat suits available to the public.
 Quoting: CigarTigher


nothing. if doom strikes you ain't surviving it.
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Re: What are some important items to pack in a backpack or suitcase , if doom strikes?
From Blackadders' court martial in Blackadder goes fourth:

Baldrick: Do not despair, sir. All my talk of food was just a dead herring. In fact, I have a cunning plan. This is not food, but an escape kit.
Cpt. Blackadder: Good Lord! A saw, a hammer, a chisel, a gun, a change of clothes, a Swiss passport, and a huge false moustache, I may just stand a chance.
Baldrick: Ah....
Cpt. Blackadder: Let's see, what have we here? A small painted wooden duck.
Baldrick: Yeah, I thought if you get caught near water, you can balance it on the top of your head as a brilliant disguise.
Cpt. Blackadder: Yeeeesss, I would, of course, have to escape first. Ah, but what's this, unless I'm much mistaken, a hammer and a chisel?
Baldrick: You are much mistaken!
Cpt. Blackadder: A pencil and a miniature trumpet.
Baldrick: Yes, a pencil so you can drop me a postcard to tell me how the break out went and a small little tiny miniature trumpet in case during your escape, you have to win favour with a difficult child.
Cpt. Blackadder: A change of clothes?
Baldrick: Yes sir, of course I wouldn't forget a change of clothes.
Cpt. Blackadder: Ah, now that's something, let's see.....a Robin Hood costume.
Baldrick: I put in a French peasant's outfit first, but then I thought 'What if you arrive in a French peasant's village and they're in the middle of a fancy dress party?'
Cpt. Blackadder: And what if I arrive in a French peasant village, dressed in a Robin Hood costume and there isn't a fancy dress party?
Baldrick: Well, to be quite frank sir, I didn't consider that eventuality, because if you did, you'd stick out like a....
Cpt. Blackadder: [interrupting] Like a man standing in a lake with a small painted wooden duck on his head?
Baldrick: Exactly!
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fleshlight
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Re: What are some important items to pack in a backpack or suitcase , if doom strikes?
Booze, your PS3, endless supply of sandwiches.
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Re: What are some important items to pack in a backpack or suitcase , if doom strikes?
rope, knife, cooking utensils, painkillers. (i have loads. getting them every time we shop. good for bartering and using ourselves), waterproof gear

water you'll have to filter and purify on the go. you'll never carry around enough to make it even for a few days

[link to www.survivaloutdoorskills.com]

know where high spots are too, as I'm convinced doom will involve water

lots of water. figure out your safe spots here..

[link to www.floodmap.net]

shelter building..

[link to www.wilderness-survival.net]

trapping..

[link to www.wilderness-survival-skills.com]
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Re: What are some important items to pack in a backpack or suitcase , if doom strikes?
fatigues and a fake badge

that way you can blend in with the army patrolling the streets and taking people to FEMA camps
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 27895741


Yep. I have ACU and Marpat just in case I need to blend in.
In no other circumstances would I impersonate being in the military. My bdus have no rank or patches, just my name.
 Quoting: JustinSider


Were you in the military ? Also, I Can carry a heavy rucksack for likes. Aslong as it is comfortable .
 Quoting: CigarTigher


No, but I am surrounded by active duty USMC, Army and Air Force. Nearly everyone I know is in, and I have been studying all things military since I was a young lad. I'd like to think of myself as educated enough to hang tough with the majority. I train constantly, I hike with my bug out bag multiple times a week, I am very familiar with all military tactics and strategy.
I'm in no way shape or form saying I am better than or belittling our military servicemen. Just saying I can hang.

Another thing I have done is got my hands on an industrial bag sealer and heavy duty poly bags, and sealed all my critical gear in bags. You don't want matches getting wet, you don't want your first aid kit getting wet.


As far as your hand gun question, there is no "best" as there are multiple factors to consider.
Caliber- you want higher mag capacity because you will have a better chance of surviving a firefight, you want something that is common and easy to come by. This leads me to say 9mm - internationally one of the easiest found rounds.

Also 9mm guns will have higher magazine capacity than .45
More bullets equals more chances of survival.
Don't be fooled by people who say you need a .45 because 9mm are for squirls. You can kill anyone with anything. .22 cal can kill its all about how you use it. Obviously. Also .45 is only 2mm bigger than 9mm so people who say .45 is the hammer of god and 9mm can't kill are stupid.

It all comes down to training, muscle memory, and harnessing adrenaline.
When you get into a threatening situation, you are going to shoot until the threat is gone, meaning you will let rounds fly until they are dead. How many rounds, no one knows, but its best to have a 15-17 round magazine in your 9mm, rather than a 8-10 round mag in your .45


"One thing I learned quickly is that when you are under stress and shooting, you tend to fire more rounds. In fact, many people forced to defend themselves with a gun empty their first mag in the initial exchange"
[link to joebarrett.wordpress.com]
Good article

I used to have a better article printed out that proved all the points so well, that 9mm high capacity is better than .45 low cap, it was written by an international badass who had worked in Interpol and has been in a lot of shootings. Can't find it. :/

Last Edited by JustinSider on 06/27/2013 02:11 PM
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