Build a survival kit

[puller]

Being in Tornado Alley...we have at least 2 weeks worth of water, food, spare camping gear (fire starters and the like plus tents) spare clothes (the wife laughs when I wont throw away clothes because I say I can trade them in catastrophe) old boots and shoes, spare fishing gear, ammo....all of these things are in our shelter....so the house get blown away...we set up camp in the ruins and continue on...

People who do not prep for any type of disaster be it earthquake, tornado, volcano, or the off chance that solar flare or EMP could take out the grid...are fooling themselves...

The zombie apocalypse that they speak of is when disaster strikes and the unprepared masses wander the streets looking for food and shelter because they were not prepared and thought they could rely on some type of gubermint entity to take care of them...

For me and mine...let the F5 come...let it wipe out my home and my town...I'm ready...and ready to help those that decided to not help themselves...

Oh and also...I watched a small tornado pass north of my house last Tuesday night...in all I think 7 tornadoes did damage within 50 miles of me that night...most of them were within 25 miles......Am I a crazy prepper????

[GScholz]

No. You're crazy for living where you do!

[morfiend]

Puller,

  I live in tornado alley too!  I dont think people are crazy to prep it's their choice!  I just dont waste time or energy on things I have little or no control over.

  I have plenty of bottled water and a pantry full of assorted foods,bought in bulk to save costs and not for any other reason.There is camping gear and fishing gear in the house also,again bought for another purpose but still all usable in the event it's needed.

  The difference is I havent done anything to prep,as I said I'm not sure I would want to live in such a world and lucky for me I dont have all that much more time so I never sweat the small stuff,like the zombies or evil commies.....


 Of course I have the advantage of living in The Great White North,we build igloos that are hardened from any EMP,solar flairs or Tornadoes.We use dogsleds so no need for shielding from EMPs and I might add have you ever tasted seal meat?


  So while it's ok to be prepared,it think it's much ado about nothing!



   

[USRanger]

All you need is a pocket knife and a fat girl to eat if things get bad.

[Brooke]

Don't confuse your gear with your survival kit. A survival kit is what you have on your body all the time in case you get lost or seperated from your gear/pack/camp after a night of eating mushrooms or guatemalan insanity peppers. It's on you when you sleep or fall out of the boat, all the time.

Socks!

[Ripsnort]

My survival kit contains some string,a hook,a small knife,big bag of seeds I have collected over the years and my condenser!

  The seeds would take about 6 months work to become valuable but the condenser could be set up anytime and with in a couple hours I'd have an endless supply of a very trade able product! OR I could just drink myself to death and not have to worry about anything.......



  If whatever is going to happen,I hope it happens close by so I dont have to worry about survival,not sure I'd want to live in a world where it's dog eat dog,we're almost there now,luck for me I dont have all that much more time so I dont worry about such nonsense........



   

But...human instinct is to...survive. Whether it be Mother Nature Catastrophic or man made...it won't be "such nonsense" to your inner instinct if it happens. Don't you agree it's better to be prepared for say...1 week? Maybe 2? Maybe 2 months? Either way, your biggest regret is a life changing event (your survival) that you COULD have prevented and chose NOT to when you were fat and sassy!

[Ripsnort]

All you need is a pocket knife and a fat girl to eat if things get bad.

This opinion is strictly base on her diet. If fast food, you have to prep the meat so that it doesn't have the Ronald McDonald gamey taste to it.
If farm raised, farm fed, cook slowly and simmer in the fat for the finest flakiness of meat.

[DREDIOCK]

Been watching some vids about survival kits and I saw a lot of foowels giving dumb information, dumb arse tacticool/prepper types. Dudes that pack a fire steel (and that's good) a bunch of damn jumbo water proof matches, spend hours making some weird homemade tinder yet NO BIC LIGHTER IN THEIR KIT! One dude was like I don't pack water purification tabs because I'll just boil the water. Oh really? What are you going to boil it in dumb arse? Your altoids tin?

So. What would you put in your survival kit and what would you put it in?

While handy to have and couldnt hoit
Bic lighters arent that good of an item because they dont always perform well at higher elevations or windy conditions. Better off with a good old fashioned zippo and a magnesium fire starter as backup.

Beyond that. Firearms a good supply of ammo, Powder and a few house hold chemicals is about all I need.
I figure with that list. Folks like you will supply me with anything else I need or Better yet. Those prepper folks foolishly building those underground tombs and generously stocking my new warehouses for me.
 I thank you all in advance

[Brooke]

Firearms a good supply of ammo, Powder and a few house hold chemicals is about all I need.  I figure with that list. Folks like you will supply me with anything else I need

In that case, they definitely have what you need.

[morfiend]

But...human instinct is to...survive. Whether it be Mother Nature Catastrophic or man made...it won't be "such nonsense" to your inner instinct if it happens. Don't you agree it's better to be prepared for say...1 week? Maybe 2? Maybe 2 months? Either way, your biggest regret is a life changing event (your survival) that you COULD have prevented and chose NOT to when you were fat and sassy!

  Rip,

  I hear you but I'm afraid I've had 2,no 3 life changing events so far in my life!  There was no way to prepare for any of them and I somehow managed to survive.

  I grew up in the wilderness in Ontario,really,and not as some may claim.... I know how to survive I just dont think it's worth my time money or effort to plan for a WHAT IF type thing. Well maybe I'm wrong I did sort of prep,I got rid of my debt and even managed to save a few pennies.


  I just have a different take on it,if the grid goes down I'll find away around that,if the bomb drops I hope it's on my head,if the zombies come well I dont now,maybe I'd deal with that too.

  Life is just too short for me to worry about things out of my control,maybe if you had a life changing event or 2 you'd feel the same way too.



 Another thought I just had,I live where there are plenty of resourse and few people,there are relatively few guns so I think I have much less to worry about,if I lived somewhere else I might feel different. Also dont get me wrong if you want to expend the resourses and effort who am I to say it's wrong or silly?  It boils down to choices.

 Then again I do have family with a large working farm in the middle of nowhere and I know we could all gather there!



   

[zack1234]

I have 600 tins of beans

[LCADolby]

If Fallout taught me anything, a healthy selection of bottlecaps is all you need 

[FLOOB]

While handy to have and couldnt hoit
Bic lighters arent that good of an item because they dont always perform well at higher elevations or windy conditions.

This is what I'm talking about guys. This is an example of some of the bad info that propagates on the internet. Bic lighters do work at higher altitude. If you're at such elevation that your bic lighter is giving you trouble you're going to die of hypoxia. Everest climbers take bic lighters.

Ferro rods and magnesium are popular because they are tacticool. Bic lighter is practicool.

[GScholz]

If you're in cold or windy places you should consider getting a proper storm lighter, and a small bottle of gas for it.

[FLOOB]

That has a piezo igniter, more failure prone and won't work worth a damn if at all at high alt. A refill port is a potential weakness and it looks like it might not float. How many bics can you buy for the price of it? I'm surprised they are marketing it as a "high altitude" lighter. Just goes to show ya, got to be wary guys.

It's tacticool gear marketed to people who like to talk about their "EDC" toys.