My Tale of the Hurricane Rita Evacuation. August, 2005, by Dan G.

http://www.survivalblog.com/2009/03/my_tale_of_the_hurricane_rita.html

Read this tale about someone who bugged out to get away from hurricane rita.

Day without electricity

I challenge you to a day without electricity.

Kill the main power switch for 24 hours and see what you learn. You will be surprised.

Send me stories of what you learn to jasongbaird@gmail.com and I will post them here on the blog.

bad radio for bug out location

Eton Solarlink FR500 with american red cross logo.

It sounds good when you read the specs below, but it feels really cheap. The radio I got cost about $60 at radio shack. The one I got would not tune to AM or FM. The dial only took it to shortwave and weather channels, on which I heard nothing. It just feels cheap as well. Stay away from this radio, I am removing it from the bug out guy store.



wind up, battery(3 AA batteries) or solar charging
cell phone charging
am fm shortwave and NOAA weather
flashlight and distress alarm
even has a wake up alarm

too big for the bug out bag but good for home or permanent bug out location.

winding up a radio gets old the solar charging sounds cool

I will test soon in the sun, too overcast today

good radio for bug out bag

Black & Decker Stormtracker.

I used it for a few days, about the size of a medium sized flash light. Works good, sounds good.
Cranked up fine, I say it is a keeper.

you can buy it in the store here.

features:
wind up for power or batteries(3 AAA batteries)
am fm weather band, alerts
leds to use like flash light
cell phone charger
has antenna and sounds good

the trigger effect movie review

this movie with elizabeth shue is based on power going out in a small
town in the USA.

it illustrates very realisticlly the types of problems that can pop up
quickly once the power goes out.

this movie is very realistic and not a movie that is overblown and
over the top. the power went out is all but it illustrates problems
that pop up as in how do you know what is happening when you don't
have power to turn on the radio and tv...how do you get a prescription
for yor baby when the computer at the pharmacy is down.. how do you
buy things when the ATM and credit card machines are down.. won't the
grocery store close down if they can't ring up your grocerirpes with
their scanner?

they eventually bug out but they don't do so war. if you find total
disaster or nuclear emergency movies too hard to swallow then this
movie is one you can imagine happening to you and get you thinking
about being prepared

you can buy it in the bugout guy store

http://astore.amazon.com/thebugoutguy-20/detail/B00000IQW8