Thread: Bug Out/Survival bags. Anyone gottem?

Originally Posted by gssixgun

We are but Nine meals away from Anarchy....

Always been one of my favs


Always been a fan of "The Rule of Three" also


We have had this discussion on the forum in the past and it normally devolves along political lines

Just imagine flipping off the power for an extended period of time and you see how fast things get critical

I have said this a few times,

There is a fiction book that really lays out what happens when the lights go off, regardless of the reason if you haven't read it enjoy a good read with some good insight.. He has more in the series but I have not read them

https://www.amazon.com/Second-After-.../dp/0765356864

A different situation, but 2 storms back in '04, when I first moved into this 55 & over condo community, left us without power for 10 days, and another for 12 days. The community rose to the occasion and helped each other.

Of course this wasn't a situation where 'mere anarchy ruled' (Yeats) and the local gov was providing bottled water, food, for those who were ill prepared. Forget about cold water shaving, learning to take cold showers is an experience I'll never forget, but I don't remember it fondly ..

To be honest. I was really just being nosey.

Amazon has been giving me free books to read and a number are about making bug out bags and survival tins.

I do not have a ready bag. But when I go hill walking I do carry what Ill need if I'm stuck out. As getting caught on a hill in Scotland unprepared can and will kill you.

Geek


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Originally Posted by TheGeek

As getting caught on a hill in Scotland unprepared can and will kill you.

Really ? I would have figured that for Chicago, NYC, or Washington DC, but Scotland ?

Originally Posted by TheGeek

To be honest. I was really just being nosey.

Amazon has been giving me free books to read and a number are about making bug out bags and survival tins.

I do not have a ready bag. But when I go hill walking I do carry what Ill need if I'm stuck out. As getting caught on a hill in Scotland unprepared can and will kill you.

Geek


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Your "get out" or "get home" bag should be constructed based upon your own situation. You can get some good ideas from online and some of the items will be common in all bags.

But,,,

What I carry in December, here in South Florida, is going to be a bit different that what I would carry in Idaho or Scotland in December.

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

Really ? I would have figured that for Chicago, NYC, or Washington DC, but Scotland ?

Definitely - when I biked through England, we were in and around Pangbourne I believe, when for a hike up the side of a mountain, beautiful rivers and streams, came out onto flat plains, covered in Moors. Very deceptive, looks flat, but filled with dips and crevices.

We were there around 430pm, suddenly it started getting dark, we realized we had no idea where we were, we were lost on a featureless black landscape, and it started getting very cold and a huge fog descended on the entire area. Thankfully we had parked our biked at, "The Hiker's Bar", where we'd met a few locals over a pint of Theakson's Old Peculiar, and when we hadn't shown up by 7pm, they were about to send out a party to look for us.

We were both in shorts and t-shirts, but being very much used to the cold, and in good shape, we gave up trying to find our way back and just started jogging down the side of the mountain, we hit cow fields, then finally hit a road. Another 7km jog and we walked back into the bar....

There was much amusement, and then some stern warning, lots and lots of people had died on the Moors we were told...we had nothing with us, we were stupid, and as a result, almost won ourselves a Darwin Award.

O.K. Phrank ,, who were you guys running from ??

Originally Posted by Hirlau

O.K. Phrank ,, who were you guys running from ??

Our stupidity, fear, and werewolves....

Also the thought of being exhumed from some Moor 5000 years in the future and being revived by Aliens....other than that, all good.

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

Really ? I would have figured that for Chicago, NYC, or Washington DC, but Scotland ?

Hill walking in Scotland can be *really* deceptive. Loads of walkers start out at the base in shorts, t-shirt, and runners, and then they die on the hill. The problem is exactly like Phrank described. What starts out as a beautiful warm sunny day at the base turns into a deadly combination of wet and cold (many are lost to hypothermia) along with terrible visibility (many others get turned around and step off a cliff in the fog).

My solution? Go to Ben Nevis, look up the hill, turn left to the Ben Nevis Inn, grab a table, a pint, and some lunch, and enjoy the view.

Originally Posted by Hirlau

O.K. Phrank ,, who were you guys running from ??

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJP6Pi07AUw

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