Post by omgzombies on Jul 25, 2014 10:02:35 GMT -5
I'm nosy. What's in everyone's emerg. kits, bug out bags? What if any emergency plans do you have? 72 hour kits, 2 weeks of rations, weapons and heavy artillery, bunker in the woods? How much of a prepper are you?
I'm more of a "run like hell" type of prepper in that I'm going to head to my mom's in NE. I have more practical plans in the winter for my car, but that is my main plan.
I was bored last night so I added some more things to ours. Like I said in a previous post, a lot of it had already been gathered together because we had been warned to prep for Hurricane Sandy in 2012. I grabbed other stuff from around the house last night:
- roll of toilet paper in a Ziploc - extra can opener ($1 Store variety) - a few pairs of sweatpants and t-shirts (pulled from a To Donate bag), underwear, socks - small Ziploc of toiletries, mainly stuff I've taken from hotels over the years (soap, shampoo, hand sanitizer, aspirin, Q-Tips, chapstick, maxi pads) - Band-Aids and Neosporin - bandanas - wrapped packets of disposable utensils (from old takeout orders) - candles, and a Target $1 pack of glowsticks (I bought them to give out on Halloween but we had no Trick or Treaters, boo) - old pair of MH's sneakers (I have an old pair in my car trunk) - hand-crank emergency weather radio (I bought this years ago for camping) - empty Nalgene water bottle - matches and firestarter (cotton balls rubbed with Vaseline) in a Ziploc - empty garbage bag - random batteries - old camping tent - old asthma inhaler with a few puffs left
I need to charge up and throw in my old cell phone so we could at least call 911. I also need to photocopy our IDs, marriage certificate, etc., and/or scan them onto a thumb drive. Also need a little box of cat food and little plus a disposable pan for a litter box, and a wrench/pliers for turning things off. We have throw blankets that we use but we could hopefully grab if we had to evacuate. Only one of my cats is microchipped (and they refuse to wear collars) so I really should get the other one done too.
It's all in an old duffel bag. But the bag won't fully close because the zipper is busted, so that tells you just how prepared I am.
ETA: Our marriage certificate, passports, and other important docs are in a small fireproof box. So hopefully we'd have time to grab that as well. I need to put that in the same place as the emergency kit.
Re: what kind of disasters to expect in our area ... we get hurricanes and blackouts once in a while, and flooding. If a nuke hits NYC I'm pretty much toast.
Post by omgzombies on Jul 25, 2014 10:29:10 GMT -5
I probably should add what we have.
We have an emergency binder with all the important documents, etc. If the house is on fire, and you can only grab one thing, you grab the binder. It has extra cash in it and current pictures of everyone. It has instructions on sheltering in place at the house, general first aid instructions, and a list of what to grab if we ever have to evacuate (The 5 minute version, the 15 minute version and the hour version). It also has shopping list of what to grab if there is every any real shit hits the fan sort of moment, and a map of the area.
We have the start of a 72 hour kit, we have water for the family, flash lights, batteries, first aid kit. I'd like to add a few more things to it though.
Above the fridge I also keep spare can goods, and box mix stuff to just add water and make. Enough for 4-5 days of meals. We could use the grill/make a fire to cook anything in there if we absolutely had to. I also keep an extra pack of diapers/wipes in there for little one.
In the car we keep an extra pair of shoes for everyone, flare, power bars and couple bottles of water, and ponchos.
We don't have bug out bags but I do always have confortable shoes or boots in my car in case I would need to walk home from work (about 10 miles).
We don't live in a place with many natural disasters (other than snow storms) so we don't have a bug out bag, per se, since all our family is in the area (within 5 miles of each other). And my parents have said that our house is the house that they, my great aunt, my MIL and my brother/his FI, are to go to in case of an emergency - since we are the only ones who have thought anything about this type of thing and we have room enough for everyone.
So we are in the process of putting together the one year of food, getting home protection (handgun and shotgun), getting a generator, building up a stockpile of wood, expanding the garden, learning more about pressure canning, ect.
Post by mominatrix on Jul 25, 2014 10:31:26 GMT -5
we don't have anything, but with out newfound love of camping, I figure all the stuff we have ready to go camping (full camp kitchen, full camp bathroom, stove, bottles for water storage, etc) can be used if there's a real problem.
we don't have anything, but with out newfound love of camping, I figure all the stuff we have ready to go camping (full camp kitchen, full camp bathroom, stove, bottles for water storage, etc) can be used if there's a real problem.
it's pretty much all in one place, ready to go.
This is pretty much where we are. Everything is in the same area of the basement so hopefully we'd have time to throw it all together. We own umpteen backpacks so that part is also not an issue.
I've considered throwing 2 official packs together but it's hard to justify the overlap to myself let alone H. I left the solar flare and big out bag links from this morning open on the computer for him to find when he gets home. I think he'll take some convincing if I decide to do it.
H made us two emergency kits last year. One is in the house and one is in the trunk of the car. I actually have no idea what is in them. I should probably pull them out and do an update. sfgal's list is really good.
I do know that we each have a pair of old sneakers in the trunk of our car. If I worked in an office, I'd keep a pair there too. When 9/11 hit DC, and people couldn't take the subways home and in some cases, could not drive home, a lot of people were stuck walking miles and miles home with nothing but their dress shoes.
If you do nothing else, put old sneakers in your cars and/or offices.
Post by LoveTrains on Jul 25, 2014 11:45:13 GMT -5
That is a good idea for old sneakers. Thanks ESF. I will leave a pair in the trunk of my car. I need new running shoes right now anyway, so these ones that I'm recycling would be good in case of an emergency.
we have pretty much what everyone else has - two bags; one in the car, one in the house and a binder of important info. i have meds in the bags too for me and a spare pair of glasses. and we have a gun.
This is a good idea. Right now, my old glasses are just collecting dust in my closet.
i read years ago on MM someone that filled up their gas every day in case something happens. i am way to lazy for that. see the looting post above. i think i would be ok
I'm with you. There's a reason a know how to siphon gas.
i read years ago on MM someone that filled up their gas every day in case something happens. i am way to lazy for that. see the looting post above. i think i would be ok
I try to refill whenever I go below half a tank, but that's mainly because every time I see an East Coast storm that affects gas and people have to wait in line for HOURS to get it, I'm like, "Nope. Don't want to do that."
i read years ago on MM someone that filled up their gas every day in case something happens. i am way to lazy for that. see the looting post above. i think i would be ok
I'm with you. There's a reason a know how to siphon gas.
I have to admit that I have one of these on my to purchase list in case DH isn't around to do it for me.
I have to do this now, don't I? My prep for Sandy was to buy more wine. And a few candles. We were spared the brunt of that storm, thankfully, but nearby many others were not so lucky.
Post by sparkythelawyer on Jul 25, 2014 14:13:15 GMT -5
I've started doing some of this? I have a binder of important docs I keep here at my office titled "The Oh Shit Binder." I'll make another copy for our apartment.
I'm working on getting my car better prepped for emergencies since we are thinking about moving somewhere pretty rural. Right now I have some blankets, a first aid kit, a flashlight, fix-a-flat and two of those things that cut seatbelts and break windows. I need to move the car starter and jumper cables from my old car, as well as pick up a box of meal bars, a thing of kitty litter, that stuff that thaws out a frozen fuel line, some work gloves, an old pair of boots, a gas can and some water.
My plan is to show up on aw's front step. We all know you've got canned goods for an army! (Joking! Not a stalker! Only half sure I know what state you live in)
I'm nosy. What's in everyone's emerg. kits, bug out bags? What if any emergency plans do you have? 72 hour kits, 2 weeks of rations, weapons and heavy artillery, bunker in the woods? How much of a prepper are you?
Nothing - I mean I have all that stuff in my house (water purification, first aid, camping/backpacking gear, etc), but I don't stockpile anything. Even water - we probably have about 1-2 gallons around from camping trips and such at any given time, but it's not earmarked for survival. We also have a pretty full fridge/freezer/pantry and could live off that for a couple weeks if needed, but again, not b/c of a survival reason. I guess I'm about a 2% prepper... I know I could walk from my office to home in about 30 min and could pick up kids along the way if needed and I know where our stuff is, but I don't keep anything with me.
Pretty much what everyone else said, but also a sheet of labels printed with the kids' names, our address, phone number, and a non-local emergency contact. I slap one on each of their backs when the tornado sirens go off in case we get separated.
Post by hopecounts on Jul 25, 2014 17:02:41 GMT -5
We live in a tornado prone area so we have a kit in our safe place with basic emergency supplies (water, snacks, extra set of car keys, change of clothes for each of us, a small supply of my meds, extra phone charger)
we we also have a car kit with water/snacks/blankets which came in handy during the snowpacolyps this past winter.