Monday, February 22, 2010

Canned food storage and rotation



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Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Car specific bug out kit - stays in the car

this is incomplete, but working on it.

Car specific kit that stays with car
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items in Iris airtight container
1 maglite flashlight
1 johnson and johnson 170 item first aid kit
1 gas siphon pump
1 hunter orange vest
1 speed strip with .38 ammo
1 bag of trashbags
1 bag of napkins
1 small bottle of olive oil
1 pair work gloves
1 small gerber sports ax
1 cast iron skillet copper pan scrubber
1 chore boy
2 remington oil wipes gun oil
1 sleeping bag
1 roll of toilet paper
1 ace brand instant cold compress
1 bottle of coghlan's camp soap
Clothes
- 1 Columbia coat
- 1 Columbia brand long pants, convertible to shorts Performance fishing gear, Convertible pants
- pair of socks
-  tshirt
- underwear
- 1 baseball cap

in truck loose
5 gallon gas can
shovel
machete
bandoleer of shotgun shells
jumper cables
flashlight







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Beyond the bug out bag

Bug out bags are important, but you have to look at the bug out bag as just one aspect of the whole issue.

When our complex modern society breaks down, as it did during Katrina and other times, you have to be prepared to care for yourself.

The different "kits" you need are:

Your personal bugout bag.

Your significant others bug out bags. 
My wife's bug out bag will meet her specific needs and also carry items specifically for our child.
You may be away from home when the time to bug out happens. They should not have to wait for you to come back to bug out. My plan is to bug out with both cars.. that way if my car dies or if I die, they need not want for their supplies. If my car dies, I can throw my bug out bag in her car or vice versa. I can let her go ahead of me and I can "observe and deal with issues" that might occur. I might also get stuck in a ditch or have a flat.



A car bug out bag for each car you have.
Keeping stuff in car can ruin things over time. You need a bug out bag stored in a safe environment as well as a bug out bag stored in the car. You also may be far away from home when the time to bug out happens.

A home store of survival goods
if you don't bug out or if you have to return to home after an unsuccessful bugout.

A bug out location of survival goods
You may make it there with only the clothes on your back.

A cache of supplies.
Also recommended is a supply of survival good buried at some location. If your house burns down, your bugout is unsuccessful and you return to your home with the clothes on your back you need YET ANOTHER back up plan.

The huge, huge deal about a situation that requires bugging out is redundancy. It really sucks, since your wallet hurts even to think about it, but you need supplies for each person, for every situation and every place you might end up.







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Thursday, February 11, 2010

Jetboil stove - the perfect bugout stove for traveling light



--> Buy it here Jetboil Flash Personal Cooking System


Mountain House--The #1 Backpacking Food!


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my bugout bag









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Jetboil video review - a great bugout stove

For cooking on the go and traveling light, nothing beats a jetboil stove and mountain house freeze dried food.

Jetboil Flash Personal Cooking System


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Wednesday, February 10, 2010

actual bug out bag updated

the only way to have a good current bug out bag is to go thru it several times a year and do a complete inventory and re-think of everything.

Here is me taking my own advice. (I give such good advice so I very seldom take it)

Here is my own personal bug out bag.

Note:
My bug out bag is super heavy and I would also be carrying a rifle and ammo.. so the idea of the bugout bags is that they really go into the car for bugging out of the city. If things get really bad and we need to leave the cars then we can put them on our backs and walk for a short time. I don't think I could walk far with my super heavy pack nor could my wife. But then again after you start eating and drinking it gets lighter and you can always ditch things.

bottom strap on area
3 person tent

bottom compartment


1 alpine design mess (cooking) kit
2 match boxes
freeze dried food
- chilli mac with beef
- beef stew
- beef stroganoff(2 servings)
-2 serving size chicken cashew curry

1 animal snare
1 can chef boyardee jumbo spagetti and meatballs
1 can black beans
1 roll of toilet paper
jet boil stove and 2 fuel canisters
---> Buy it HereJetboil Flash Personal Cooking System
---> See it in action here Jetboil Video Review

1 chocolate soymilk
2 individual instant coffee packets
spoon fork knife
2 lighters
3- 3 oz chicken breast in water Swanson
smoked oysters
camp soap biodegradable by Coghlan's 2 fl.oz. (also good for hands, hair)
deck of cards(glowin the dark)



bottom outer pouch
1 texas map
birth certificates
deed to house
eyeglass prescriptions
$200 in $10 dollar bills
passports
medium size swiss army knife
pocket knife 3.5 inch
leatherman multi tool


side water pouches
2  1 liter bottles of Aquafina water

strapped on bottom area
Coleman Sundome Tent for 2

Top main compartment- stuff you shouldn't need in a hurry or on the move

1 roll campers toilet paper
1 Coghlan's survival kit in a can
1 50 foot rope by Coghlan's
1 sweetwater gaurdian microfilter for filtering water
1 animal snare
1 leg trap
1 rat trap (works for birds too)

adult clothes- camo pants long and short, 2 shirts, 2 socks, 2 underwear



hygiene kit- deodorant, shaving cream, razor blade, toothpaste, toothbrush, comb, soap
1 small first aid kit with loradine tablets
glow in the dark playing cards

1 small pine kindling stick
1 book

top strap on area
sleeping bag

upper left side small pocket

375 ml bottle of Bacardi Rum
100 .22 bullets
1 Ruger .22 pistol with 2 mags



upper right side small pocket

Brookstone wind up radio/flashlight
3 light sticks
2 temporary ponchos
Wet ones wipes
1 small chocolate soy milk

Need to add:
pen and paper(old technology for communications)
1 hard drive backup
para cord
1 roll of duct tape
more chili mac freeze dried food


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Cooking when the SHTF

Ok. Lights are out and it is TEOTWAWKI and it is time to cook.

Where I live everything is electric. How long will I last outside cooking up a bunch of food in my backyard where everyone can smell it? Probably not long.

I had the great idea of cooking inside my fireplace, but while talking to an expert he told me that would increase the chances of a chimney fire. All the grease gets all up in the chimney and sooner or later you have a fire all the way up your chimney. Not what you need when the fire department may not be working.

You may be able to use a dutch oven in the fireplace, but any frying, or grilling should be counted out.

Back to the bug out of the city idea.


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Thursday, February 4, 2010

tactical rx glasses

http://www.opticsplanet.net/wiley-x-airrage-sunglasses.html

http://www.opticsplanet.net/wileyx-sunglasses-sg-1.html

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