Being prepared in high risk zones

[shootingthebreeze]

http://www.bestglide.com/Mainstay_Emergency_Rations.html

The events of Japan focuses how people living in high risk zones in the US need to be prepared.
One should have a grab and go bag (a back pack, 3966 cubic inches or more) with 2 weeks of emergency rations like the example above. Includes, warm clothes, a sleeping bag, a tent (you might have to move) a good water filter and two canteens full of water.
You should have escape routes planned to various camping sites away from the disaster zone. Include maps, and camping sites, a primary and alternate ones. Plan post 2 weeks; bury a ration stock in a sealed container at a selected site with 4 more weeks of rations and perhaps other items.
Post disaster is survival so don't expect much help. Be self reliant; by being self reliant you avoid crowds, lines for food and water; you're prepared.
Of course I should add, this being a gun site, a select weapon of choice or two.
A radio should be added and if you can a portable transreceiver because cell phones may be out.

Being prepared is not paranoia. I have 20 years of US Army experience retired and I'm amazed how much civilians are not prepared when facing a calamity such as this. People living in high risk zones should have basic things I mentioned and they should be packed and ready to go. That's what a grab and go bag is you grab and go-because you may not have time to decide post disaster on what to do if not prepared. The shock of the disaster can be alleviated by having a good plan in place.

 

[ZeBool]

Aren't bug out bags kissing cousins with SHTF scenarios? Aren't SHTF scenarios not in the scope of THR? My spidey sense is detecting an imminent lock...

 

[WoodyTX]

BOBs are not solely the scope of the Zombiepocalypse and other fantasies.

(Says the man who has family in and around New Orleans.)

 

[FourteenMiles]

I have some emergency ration type stuff in a get home bag because it's small and lightweight. I think it may be a better idea to stock your pantry with more "everyday foods" for an emergency. Things like pasta, rice, beans, canned meat, instant mashed potatoes, oatmeal, peanut butter, raisins, powdered milk, powdered eggs, honey, sugar, olive oil, spices, and salt. All that stuff keeps a long time, is easily found, relatively cheap, and familiar.

 

[Shadow 7D]

There IS a difference between being prepared, and having a REASONABLE preparedness

And being a member of the TINFOIL HAT BRIGADE with secret squirrel stashes and a nuclear fallout bunker dug beneath your house.

http://www.fema.gov/prepared/index.shtm

The .Gov seems to think that you should have a plan

 

[joshk-k]

I know that you can't buy iodine at my local grocery store right now!

 

[Shadow 7D]

And there are going to be alot of ID 10 Ts out there
once again, REASONABLE, not some stupid panic buying or running around like a damn chicken with it's head cut off.

 

[xXxplosive]

Gas Masks...............get'em while they last.

No Joke...

 

[J_McLeod]

Gas Masks...............get'em while they last.

No Joke...

Do you mean dust masks or mil surp gas masks? If the latter, they're only as good as the filter, and who knows where that's been.

 

[Old krow]

Says the man who has family in and around New Orleans

On the Gulf Coast we have 5 seasons; Summer, Tourist Season, Football season, Hurricane Season, and Summer.

Everybody down here has something prepared. The only place (including residences) you can't find 2-3 supply weeks of water around here is Wal-Mart 2 days before a storm.

 

[SSN Vet]

I know that you can't buy iodine at my local grocery store right now!

Plan on playing ameture chemist and mixing it up with some Potasium?

KI (not I) is what you want to prevent radioactive Iodine absorption in your thyroid

 

[SSN Vet]

FWIW,

I live close enough to two nuclear facilities to have this type of scenario be a real concern....

I've had KI on the shelf since '08 and picked up an old civil defense radiac set off of e-bay as well.

The radiacs our beyond cal expiration date, but they respond as expected to the test source and look a whole lot like the AN/PDR models we used shipboard back in the day.

You can rely upon the gubment to tell you it's safe out there if you want.... they have a vested interest in avoiding a mass panic.

I was a certified Rad Worker for > 8 years.... I'll look out for myself.

 

[xXxplosive]

Yeah................new sealed filters.

Isreali M15.....new ones out now.

 

[Shadow 7D]

Um, you guys realize that the canister are the wrong type right???
the ones that go directly into the mask are ,UM, less than ideal, as they can, and do trap radioactive dust, and hold it right there next to your head, to radiate you, actual radioactivity suits either use shielded canisters or a hose to keep the canister outside of the suit.

 

[shootingthebreeze]

There is absolutely nothing high tech with what I wrote in my original post not is it excessive.
It's all about being prepared and being self reliant, having emergency rations, water, and shelter when others are scrambling for all three.
This could very well happen in the US. As far as firearms, because this is a gun site, I would choose a .357 revolver and a 12 gauge shotgun. Revolvers are very reliable and easy to maintain. A 12 gauge can be for both self defense and hunting.
You can decide on being prepared or unprepared, either stand in a food handout line for hours and be out in the open or be tucked away in your tent with food and water.

 

[Shadow 7D]

Look at the issues rampant in Hatti, The vast outbreak of cholera due to NO sanitation or clean drinking water in HUGE camps, that people are still living in, I would say that is a less than Ideal place to find ones self.

The fact that you are prepared, doesn't just have to do with equipment, but also mindset, sorry but if my choices were a camp like that or something else, I would take anything else.

 

[Jeff White]

Although it is interesting and relevant, unfortunately it's not on topic here. These 2 closed threads:

http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=580507

http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=581136

Should have provided a clue that this one would also be off topic. We try hard to keep THR mission focused and there are other forums devoed to this subject where you can have this discussion.