I didn't set out to build a bug-out bag, but I won an 'Earthquake Kit' as a shitty secondary prize when playing the Millionaire's Lottery here, which is kind of a private lottery here set up to help fund hospitals and shit. Main prize is a choice of different luxury homes and cash. It's an expensive lottery to play.
Anyhow, I go to claim my prize. Some of the shit in there was useless for Earthquake Emergencies (like a car window breaker, in case you drive into a lake), so I removed that shit.
I realized that a proper Earthquake kit is essentially the same as a bug-out kit. I added a few extra things, like spare lighters, toilet paper, water (don't really need to carry much water here, as there are enough natural sources of water that's good enough to drink should one need to).
This kit would also be useful if one became stranded in a vehicle on a mountain highway in the winter also, for instance. Shit like candles, thermal blankets, normal thin blanket, plastic rain poncho, plastic sheet to for makeshift tent, basic first aid kit... shit like that is in there.
This kit would easily fit into my larger MEC backpack, which I would then throw in a handgun and ammo, change of clothing, and a few other small odds and ends like Swiss Army Knife, a hunting knife, couple cans of Cambpell's Chunky soup, a few basic toiletries, and I'd be completely ready to bug out with just one stuffed full backpack, leaving my hands free for running to a safe spot where I shall stake my claim and commence rebuilding a white utopia.
What's in yer bug-out bag?
Why no water again? ac_wot
Let me rephrase. Why not much water?
I have a small amount of water, but water is all around here, both summer and winter. It may not be ideal to drink it if you don't have to, but it's fine to drink out of all the creeks and rivers here should one really have to do so in a bug-out type situation...
I know what you mean though, Dinky... Clean water is a rarity in many parts of the world. Where I live, it flows freely all around me.
Well, clean enough water to risk a bit of diarrhea if you had to drink it, but even then that might be a rare occurrence...
You're not far from Yellowstone, if it were to go off. Imagine the toxicity of that. Then consider fires, mudslides, floods, biological and chemical acts, even radiation.
Fresh water can be quickly turned into toxic water.
Not here! Where I live, potable water is everywhere... Trust me.
People forget about water when they need to bug out. Three days without and you're dead.
Here it is clean, and in unlimited supply.
Dinky, you live in a desert... If I were you, my bug-out bag would contain a couple gallons of water. Of course there is a limit as to how much we can carry/store...
Your best bet would be to plan on traveling to an area with water, and going directly there. You should be able to boil any water once there, if you have the right shit with you...
I don't live anywhere near a desert. In fact, it rains here a good portion of the year and gets quite cold.
I don't believe you've thought your potable water situation thru thoroughly, or your emergency bag.
Dude, water is not a problem here...
It is if it can't be drunk.
PM me if you want to discuss this further.
My bug-out bag will have my Canadian passport, one way plane tickets, shorts, sunscreen and sandals. And that day is less than six years away.
I've been wanting to create a bug out bag, I have 2 backpacks, so one would be ideal. I know what I pack when I backpack, which is fairly close to what I would have if I "bugged out". Would like to have one with me in my Jeep, since I live so far from work, and my bug out bag I would like to be able to get back home with anyway.
This is what I pack when I backpack, but I could omit some for the bug out bag....
Small sleeping bag
Small 2 man tent (One and gear)
Light jacket
Water purifier
Small flashlight
Small first aid kit
Knife
TP
Bladder bag
Tiny military can opener
Dehydrated meals
Tuna packs
Granola bars
Newspaper for fire starting
Map and compass
Hatchet
Also my pistol goes on my hip, saves weight off the pack.
Think that was it. Like I said, some can be omitted for the actual bug out bag.
i don't have a bug-out bag.... i just make sure i have lots of marshmallows on hand. in case of an impending nuclear attack, i'm gonna stuff myself full of marshmallows.... hopefully the radiation will swell me up to 20 times my original size like a Peep in a microwave.... of course i'll die but i'm gonna lol as i watch all the spectators gasping in horror.... :D
We believe it wise to prepare for the worst, but we don't do bug out bags..
Which is ironic because we were forced to evacuate our home about five years ago due to flooding.
After the last events, I think it's imperative to be prepared.
One thing to consider, some sort of gas tank.
Right now, gas is worth gold.
What do emergency survivalists plan to go?
Into nearby forests or in iron horse jockey's case, abroad?
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Into nearby forests or in iron horse jockey's case, abroad?
If the shit hit the fan, going far abroad would be difficult. Planes would not fly, and any kind of transit would be down.
Best to know a good place to go to locally.
Here I'm lucky... The mountains are very close. Could walk to them in a day. The mountains would provide me with a bit of elevation, fresh water, and food... berries, game such as deer, etc.
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Into nearby forests or in iron horse jockey's case, abroad?
If the shit hit the fan, going far abroad would be difficult. Planes would not fly, and any kind of transit would be down.
Best to know a good place to go to locally.
Here I'm lucky... The mountains are very close. Could walk to them in a day. The mountains would provide me with a bit of elevation, fresh water, and food... berries, game such as deer, etc.
How bad would things have to get?
I live near a lot of rivers and lakes too. And plenty of forests also.
But many people would have the same ideas
If the worst happens. I'd imagine the people living up north in the Amazon or west in the pantanal mato-grossense would be better off
But where I am, definitely way better than the ones in Rio or Sao Paulo
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Of course, this is imagining an imaginary situation which will most likely never happen, like when the zombies attack. :laugh:
However, more importantly and realistic, is for when people do any kind of back country travel... This is when having a bug out bag may come in handy. You know, getting stranded out in the middle of nowhere. This scenario actually does happen to people.
When my ex used to visit me, she had to travel over the Coquihalla Hwy, which can be a notoriously shitty highway depending on weather conditions, especially in the winter (Highway Thru Hell, Jamie Davis Motor Truck)...
I thought a bug-out bag would be something handy for her to keep in the trunk, just in case something happened on that shitty highway.
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But many people would have the same ideas
If the worst happens. I'd imagine the people living up north in the Amazon or west in the pantanal mato-grossense would be better off
But where I am, definitely way better than the ones in Rio or Sao Paulo
I live in a major city, but we are about an hour from alpine forests.
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That's where you'd want to go then. Find hiding there, to escape the zombies.
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Of course, this is imagining an imaginary situation which will most likely never happen, like when the zombies attack. :laugh:
Are you serious? Do you not watch the Walking Dead?
The zombie apocalypse WILL happen...make your preparations now, people.
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My first smile of the day, thank ya sir lol. This vision was a funny one :laugh:
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Into nearby forests or in iron horse jockey's case, abroad?
Honestly, I use to think if SHTF I would flee for a certain forestry area I know of. But, if the government were to seek out survivalists for reeducation camps or worse, they would deploy heat sensitive drones to find them. Guess I need to find a cave lol.
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Into nearby forests or in iron horse jockey's case, abroad?
Honestly, I use to think if SHTF I would flee for a certain forestry area I know of. But, if the government were to seek out survivalists for reeducation camps or worse, they would deploy heat sensitive drones to find them. Guess I need to find a cave lol.
Its easy to evade heat-cameras..
Zombie apocalypse cannot happen in real-life...
We now know how to kill them so they dont have enough zombies to take over the world.
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Into nearby forests or in iron horse jockey's case, abroad?
Honestly, I use to think if SHTF I would flee for a certain forestry area I know of. But, if the government were to seek out survivalists for reeducation camps or worse, they would deploy heat sensitive drones to find them. Guess I need to find a cave lol.
Do you think a tyrannical regime could take over the American government from within or perhaps an enemy invasion?
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Do you think a tyrannical regime could take over the American government from within or perhaps an enemy invasion?
I believe its already been taken over from within.
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Do you think a tyrannical regime could take over the American government from within or perhaps an enemy invasion?
I believe its already been taken over from within.
Deep state?