Well I live in the suburbs of va. I have a couple of weapons and a good amount of ammo. I believe it would be best to make your house prepared for a tough situation. Especially if you have young kids like I do. I served in the Marines and have done a good amount of backcountry, but I still dont believe it would be easy to carry my 1 1/2 yr old and 4 yr old. I have a portable generator which can run most of the house I keep extra gas which I use each summer mowing but have cans if I ever need. I plan on installing a wood cast iron stove in one of out larger rooms for heat and cooking if we ever get that desperate. I also feel a hunting bow can be usefull if you have deer everywhere,like we do in VA. Even though I see these threads often I enjoy seeing what people think up. I just hope it never comes to that.
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scottaschultz
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Let's see... you claim to know how the search function works, but yet you still asked, "So let’s get some ideas out there as to what would be some good stuff to have in a go bag." even though this has been asked AND ANSWERED countless times.
So now I ask who is the one starving for attention???
My(2)Cents
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I think it was made very clear that this was for NEW ideas. :banghead: and I will point out that you didn't give any.
I just think that it is VERY funny that this makes people so angry. So angry in fact that they feel they need to take time out of their day to post (posting things that are not helpfull). So by all means waist your day.
For those of you who did give some good ideas good on ya.
For those of you who will no doubt post the same thing over again about how this is a waist of time .... go on ... do it .... ya know ya wanna. Probably another few smart comments will do it.
You didn't have to but thanks for doing ... what you didn't want to do? huh ?
I just think that it is VERY funny that this makes people so angry. So angry in fact that they feel they need to take time out of their day to post (posting things that are not helpfull). So by all means waist your day.
For those of you who did give some good ideas good on ya.
For those of you who will no doubt post the same thing over again about how this is a waist of time .... go on ... do it .... ya know ya wanna. Probably another few smart comments will do it.
scottaschultz
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Here is a post started waaaaaay back in August of this year.
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=470313
It was closed a month after it started with these words from the moderator:
That one made it to 58 posts and while I am certainly not going to tell the moderators how to do their job, this one will probably die the same death as all the other "BOB" threads pretty soon.
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If you don't like the thread don't click on it.
Think something has been done to death? Well if you think that about one topic then in reality 99.999% of the new threads on THR should be deleted, locked and tossed.
Heck lets just stop anyone from posting and just make this into a Read Only repository of topics that anyone can find with the search function.
Oh but wait this is a "forum" ooooohhh I guess that means that people are free to discuss topics of interest to them or not provided that the topic falls within the guidelines set out by THR.
Back around the '08 election these threads were about bug out bags and guys were saying that they'd be carrying 3 handguns, 2 rifles, 1 shotgun and thousands of rounds of ammo. Now they are getting more realistic. Yes there is still a firearm coming along but it is one or two firearms and a fraction of the ammo that used to be suggested.
If you want attention get a dog. If you want to discuss the topic then discuss away but don't defecate all over the THR members that are getting something out of this thread by suggesting it has been beaten to death and deserves to be closed. Some of us are new to this topic and weren't around when the topic was discussed before and we want to discuss it now.
There ought to be a rule against thread crapping.
So far this thread has 56 replies and nearly 900 views so I guess someone is interested in it.
Think something has been done to death? Well if you think that about one topic then in reality 99.999% of the new threads on THR should be deleted, locked and tossed.
Heck lets just stop anyone from posting and just make this into a Read Only repository of topics that anyone can find with the search function.
Oh but wait this is a "forum" ooooohhh I guess that means that people are free to discuss topics of interest to them or not provided that the topic falls within the guidelines set out by THR.
Back around the '08 election these threads were about bug out bags and guys were saying that they'd be carrying 3 handguns, 2 rifles, 1 shotgun and thousands of rounds of ammo. Now they are getting more realistic. Yes there is still a firearm coming along but it is one or two firearms and a fraction of the ammo that used to be suggested.
If you want attention get a dog. If you want to discuss the topic then discuss away but don't defecate all over the THR members that are getting something out of this thread by suggesting it has been beaten to death and deserves to be closed. Some of us are new to this topic and weren't around when the topic was discussed before and we want to discuss it now.
There ought to be a rule against thread crapping.
So far this thread has 56 replies and nearly 900 views so I guess someone is interested in it.
Bill_G
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i've read many threads on go bags on many different forums. i always enjoy reading them and hopefully get something new out of them.
usually i DO get something good!
Bill
usually i DO get something good!
Bill
mcdonl
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I have not yet fallen into the category of those who find use for a go bag, as... like I mentioned before I am on the FD, and in the event of a disaster that did not take out our entire municipality and infrastructure we are just going to the station/townhall like everyone else. If all of the above does go to he11 then I am taking my family to the next town down the road, or all the way to the nearest city (20 miles....)
But... living in Maine, I keep a fair amout of survival gear in my truck. Nothing more then a powerbar and water to eat, but if you break down during a bad, cold blizard you had better have some blankets, flashlights, cell phone, first aid, etc.... I see this as more of a likley scenario.
Just curious... 2 Cent, you have put a lot of thought into this. If you were to go off on a 2 day solo hike through the woods what would you bring? Would it be the same list?
But... living in Maine, I keep a fair amout of survival gear in my truck. Nothing more then a powerbar and water to eat, but if you break down during a bad, cold blizard you had better have some blankets, flashlights, cell phone, first aid, etc.... I see this as more of a likley scenario.
Just curious... 2 Cent, you have put a lot of thought into this. If you were to go off on a 2 day solo hike through the woods what would you bring? Would it be the same list?
I have followed BOB and "Go-Bag" threads on four different boards and actually like the topic, but it has been done to death. The other latest BOB thread is on equipped.org but in that thread the BOB is for an 8 yo, that part was new and it was raised in the OP. If you want something new, change the way you form the question.
Jmacalpine
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originally posted by leadcounsel
I'd swap food and shelter around, myself.
Here in Maine (as in many places), you'll die from exposure prior to starving to death.
I'd swap food and shelter around, myself.
Here in Maine (as in many places), you'll die from exposure prior to starving to death.
scottaschultz
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So you mean my suggestion of hauling your stuff around in something like this isn't such a crazy idea?? Most people here are not equipped, mentally or physically, for wilderness survival, but something like this might make it seem more like an extended camping trip.
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SalchaketJoe
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Rule one: live in a place where a Katrina like event is unlikely. (Like not in New Orleans)
The best idea I have read of Go Bags is the multiple bag system. First bag is a small backpack with essentials. Then the contents of the bags get more "comfortable" and in an emergency you take your primary and if time/situation permits you start grabbing the others.
Plan A should probably be shelter in place.
The best idea I have read of Go Bags is the multiple bag system. First bag is a small backpack with essentials. Then the contents of the bags get more "comfortable" and in an emergency you take your primary and if time/situation permits you start grabbing the others.
Plan A should probably be shelter in place.
308win
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Yes unless obviously and over-whelmingly not applicable. Everything you need should be there, you don't have to carry it, and you know the ground; plus, if you have dependable neighbors you have numbers.
scottaschultz
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The only thing that will NOT happen if you move away from a coastline is that you won't have to worry about being displaced by a hurricane, but there is no way to escape the wrath of mother nature anywhere on the face of the globe.
This sounds like the classic joke...
There is this blonde who read on an handgun forum that most accidents happen within 2 miles of your home... so she moved!!!
Scott
Speaking of unprepared...
Note the wording of CNN's headline... "GPS strands family in snow for 12 hours". Hmmn...If only he had shot his GPS before it turned on him.
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2009/12/29/ghassemi.lost.by.gps.katu
Saving 40 miles by driving back country roads through forested mountains in a snowstorm. Without (apparently) a BOB, food, overnight warm gear, or any common sense.
I wonder what caliber carried in a BOB will fix stupid.
Note the wording of CNN's headline... "GPS strands family in snow for 12 hours". Hmmn...If only he had shot his GPS before it turned on him.
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2009/12/29/ghassemi.lost.by.gps.katu
Saving 40 miles by driving back country roads through forested mountains in a snowstorm. Without (apparently) a BOB, food, overnight warm gear, or any common sense.
I wonder what caliber carried in a BOB will fix stupid.
Yep, cold weather can easily be a killer.
I can't say I have a "dedicated" go bag, but when we lived in Los Angeles (36 years), there was a very good lightweight "earthquake kit" I'd put together in the trunk of my car and another in the trunk of my wife's car. We both knew how to use the "stuff" in those two daypack "earthquake kits." Object was to get home, if away, or if unable to drive all the way home, then survive with the stuff in the kit and walk home.
Since we moved to Idaho 12 years ago, the "earthquake kits" have become our "winter kits." Modified the L.A. kits, took out a few things, added a few things geared to extremely cold weather, so if we were stranded on a highway in Idaho, we'd survive until rescue arrived.
In my Ford F250 4x4 pickup, I have a whooooole bunch of stuff. I use that truck strictly for outdoors recreation, etc., and we could live a long time with the stuff in that truck, plus it holds 65 gallons of gas, which will take us a long way.
Nothing wrong with planning for certain emergency situations.
L.W.
beeenbag
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I cant believe all these posts and nobody ever mentioned the very first thing that I would EVER think of grabbing for my "go" bag..
10 cans of Timberwolf wintergreen long cut
10 cans of Timberwolf wintergreen long cut
Oh, and be sure to get your appendix removed . . . I had mine blow up on me a while back, and while waiting for the ambulance, I was trying to figure out how to describe the pain . . . maybe a nasty gunshot, maybe someone twisting a big knife in my guts, or maybe it was more like a wolf had stuck its head in me and was ripping out chunks . . . at least I got an inkling of how much functionality I had left (a little, rapidly diminishing). Thirteen days in hospital, about half of that with an NG tube in me and living off an IV bag. Just one more thing to consider.
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