Have your list of things, here's a sample of what's in mine.
~ Aristotle Sabouni
Created: 2022-05-10 |
All the below items are my car bag: a Molle Backpack w/many compartments and many containers (some preferably aluminum to cook in)
Batman utility belt items[edit | edit source]
- Gloves (work & surgical)
- Dust masks
- Duct Tape
- Wire Saw
- Knife
- Multitool - Gerber's is lots cheaper than leatherman
- Paracord
- Prybar - $1.00 (dollar store)
- Whistle/Compass - $3.00
- Spork/Bottleopener - $2.00
- Sharpies x2
- Flashlight (+spare batteries)
- Survival axe / Shovel
- Communications: Crank Radio/Charger - spare 911 cellphone
Convenience Bag[edit | edit source]
- Cash
- Sanitation: Moist towelettes, Toilet Paper
- Medications, including aspirin,
- Change of clothes (w spare jacket & shoes)
- Overnight supplies (toobrush, razor, brush)
- Reading/safety glasses
- Emergency contacts, copy of key information
Crisis kit[edit | edit source]
- Water: 1 gallon - they say 1 gallon per person-day, but that's heavy. I store more around hours, and rely on survival water (treatment) beyond day-1
- Food: Ration bars(3 days) = $12
- Pack of gatorade powder (makes treated water palatable)
Survival kit[edit | edit source]
- Water: Sawyer mini-lifestraw, Bleach (also hygine -- Unscented) (ratio =9:1 for disinfectant, 16 drops/gallon for drinking), Containers (collapsable water bottles)
- Fire: Safety Matches, Tea lights & Tinder (just vaseline soaked cotton balls), Disposable Lighters x 2, Flint (comes w/survival knives)
- Shelter: Large garbage bags (also sanitation, utility, etc), Mylar Emergency Blankets x5 = $3.00
- Food: and emergency fishing kit, or sometimes hunting supply & defense (slingshot, gun, bow, string for snares, etc)
Personal Defense Weapon (PDW)[edit | edit source]
This gets into a whole separate issues that are hotly debated, of how much do you trust your fellow man, and so on.
Lots of people carry around tools of defense. But if you live in a people's republic (like California) the State highly frowns on trusting civilians with anything that could harm their oligarchs (sticks, guns or sharp tools on their person). Only politicians and their state approved security force is allowed to carry those.
Since the odds of running into trouble with the law exceeds the odds of running into a catastrophe, I tend to stay on the legally safe side of the fence when in the Democratic Peoples Republic of Californistan. Others have the "tried by 12 is better than being carried by 6" philosophy. But I live in Texas now, so I tend to carry things that could protect me from no longer being the apex predator on the food chain.
I don't judge, either way. I figure even in a bad situation, I can probably make it to home. But YMMV.
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