Thread: Bug Out/Survival bags. Anyone gottem?

Originally Posted by MattCB

We aren't equipped to bug out somewhere else, but we do have supplies for an extended period of time. Emergency kit in the cars that should be enough to get us through anything (short term) and get us home. Wife has a kit she keeps at work I made up for her that would allow her to make it home if a disaster struck while she was at work (or stay the night if she had to.) We do have a piece of land we are developing that might give Glemn a run for his money, but that's still a few years off.

Home kit currently has a 55 gal drum of water, an ever growing first aid kit, freeze dried/canned/dry stored provisions. Misc lights, generator, hand and power tools and a few cans full of stabilized gas.

I know this is a bit off topic, but what is everyone preparing for? In my case I am looking to prepare for an extended outage of public services for a month or so. Something along the lines of a natural disaster (mudslides, earthquakes, tsunami..... all things we worry about in Washington). I am NOT preparing for a SHTF scenario. Where I live in Washington state would most likely be taken out by a Nuclear warhead if WW3 went down due to the proximity of the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard (One of 3 certified nuclear repair facilities for Navy subs/carriers), Subase Bangor (home port for west coast ballistic missle subs and a large "dark area" where missles go to be refurbished), Naval Base Everett is just north of Seattle ..... the list goes on. Having a background in the nuclear field I honestly hope the nuke would kill me and my family as I wouldn't wish that hell on anyone.

A SHTF scenario would more likely come from a "extended outage of public services for a month or so" than it would from a nuclear problem. The human element is the biggest threat.

In hurricane Andrew the SHTF scenario started in less than 3 days. Police from different jurisdictions banned to together to protect the properties in remote areas. Our department spent 12 hours shifts, groups of 40 men, four to a car in residential areas as far as 40 miles from our own city. Looters shot at us , we shot back, we hit a few. The National Guard had patrols at night, platoon size,, some of the best equipment I had seen, especially their night vision. But they had no ammunition on their person,,,,, their command orders were not to engage, just a visual presence. I know this as because they ran across us at about 2am the first night out. We supplied them with 5.56, 12 ga & 9mm from the trunks of our squad cars. Each of our cars had a large stash of ammo & weapons of our own personal choice.

Three to five days without facilities & food,,, the unprepared become a problem.