Who has put together a Major Emergency Kit and how did you stock it?
I’m not talking one of those wimpy weekend kits; I mean a real kit with 30 days survival gear for the whole family. Something I can throw in the back of the truck with some sleeping bags & tent and GTF out of town.
Do I buy al-a-cart canned foods or pony up for the MRE’s?
I have packed a huge first-aid kit, lighters, matches, knives, .38 revolver, radio flashlights & batteries, mess kits and Coleman burners. 16 oz bottles of water (96) & toilet paper.
What else makes sense??
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For an emergency kit rotate the stock. Its good to have a months worth of food but dont sit on it, use it as a store. Load it from the back and take from the front.
This way when our government finally pi$$es off the wrong country, you'll have fresh green beans!!
BTW, ya know something we dont, or have you been listening to "War of the Worlds" again?
All I know is that we're unprepared for much of anything in this house right now and I'd like to change that.
Add copies of all your important documents; ss cards, birth certificates, passports, drivers licenses, dog licenses, vaccination records, copies of property deeds, insurance, inventory & photos of home, medical insurance ID's, & if anybody in your family has a medical condition, copies of the case record from your MD.Most people from NOLA didn't have their paperwork, & it slowed down getting them help.Plenty of whatever medicines anybody needs. Sanitary supplies.
aAin't got no take out kit. I'm already there where people gonna go to!
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I do keep a couple day duffle ready
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gold coins, extra bullets....iodized salt. heat tabs for starting fires raingear, wool socks, small shovel, ....toilet paper...., red lenses for the flashlights...canned goods need a can opener and will not float if they fall in the lake, but they make good alarms when they're on a tripwire,
hatchet , eye drops, field guide to edible wild plants, compass, rope, extra everything, aspirin, sewing kit, lightstiks, oil of clove (toothaches), book of First Aid / CPR, 2-way radios, more bullets, waterless soap (no scent) a hand operated water filter for drinking water, gov't strength bug juice, duct tape, .....
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Dont take this the wrong way but I think your a little TOO prepaired! <G>
Doug
I've got crazies for friends .....and I stayed at a Holiday Inn last night..:).
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., wer ist jetzt der Idiot ?
I'm not at my big computer now but I'll try to find some pics of mine when I do get there.
For food just get MRES It's the easiest. I hace a couple ammo cans with some of those and life boat drinking water bags.
That will get me by until I can kill my local grocer.
There was a pretty good thread going on in the tavern after Katrina. You may be able to find it in a search.
Where you getting your MRE's? I need to find some for some camping/backpacking trips and no place local that I can find.
I was at Cabelas this weekend and they have a single dinner for about $17, hell I can have someone cater in for less.
Doug
Better ask the wife, too- mine made sure we had: moisturizer, sunscreen, LOTS of kleenex and TP, sanitariy napkins, plastic silverware, aspirin, etc.BIll
US MREs don't bother me, I've eaten plenty over the years. But I have to say the French MREs are way better than ours, and the Russian MREs are just horrid. Canadian ones are equivalent to the US ones.A few years ago I bought cases of MREs online. 12 meals per case, they were abour $50 a case.MREs have an advertised shelf life of about 5 years, but they do last longer. I've eaten them well beyond that advertised life.If you want longer, freeze-dried foods have a shelf life of about 30-35 years.Magnesium sticks are my favorite fire starting tool. Cotton balls with petroleum jelly mashed into them are fabulous as a fuel. Soaking wet or bone dry, desert arid or rain forest humid, you'll have a fire.Mongo
So I should try to get the French ones if I can huh!
What the hell, they wont be using them, maybe I can score some cheap.
Doug
I get them from a surplus store over by Ft. Knox. It's been ahile I can't even tell you what I paid for a case of them. I'm thinking around $40.00 to $50.00.
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What else makes sense??
BEER
Magnesium stick, zip-ties, a tarp or two, bungees, thick mil garbage bags, sunglasses, fishing line, needle nose pliers, dryer lint (lightweight fire starter), couple long hacksaw blades, extra clothes sealed in big ziplock bags, whistle, duct tape, hatchet, iodine tablets, gloves, handful of ziplocks, screen or mesh material, length of wire.
Stan Foster has the only bug out kit. The rest of us is just sitting in traffic or hiding under our school desks.
Kate has the most sensible advice so far.
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I have some experience in living with small packable goods for food.
What I learned was cheap , readily available, safe for long term storage, healthy and take little to prepare are the old standby's.
Pastas, dried beans , grains.
Packed in airtight containers they will last a long, long time without any worries. Archiologists have cooked ancient beans and grains found stored in ruins in the mid-east and found that they were still edible.
Hand crank flashlight and radio.
30 days is a long time. a case of mre has twenty meals. so family of four that 2 1/2 days. and they taste like sh%^.
I would plan a kit for two week instead.
But number one item from hurricane refugee living is "Cold Cash"
with cash you can buy what ever you need. 30 days, you need about 500 gallon of gasoline, 1000 lbs of propane. a trailer full of food, shelter, ammo, some place to go.
During the storm the cities told everybody to leave. I think it be safer if everybody had their own stock shelters.
Along with what others have said, I'd include a radio that needs no batteries.
Ghrundig makes one that has am/fm, tv, shortwave, national weather service, flashlight, red flashing light, siren, and can charge your cell phone!
And it all works off a built in hand crank generator with battery storage!
At $50 it's a hard to beat item for an emergency bag. I have two and have given three others to family.
Another big item to me is a water bottle that purifies any water run thru it. They have ones that remove dirt, chemicals, germs, and bacteria. It's better then trying to carry huge amounts of water with you. buic
case of beer ...
bag of chips ...
and two fists of steel!
dammit.
Jeff
Buck Construction
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Pittsburgh Pa