Guildedagain
Enlightened Member
Phones are totally unnecessary for survival, but a great aid for people tracking you.
Having gone through a couple of back to back hurricanes living in Puerto Rico several years past, a solar charger for your smart phone is indispensable. As long as you can access disaster relief notifications telling you where to get shelter, water and food, and airlines schedules so that you can get a flight out as soon as things open up, you're golden. Without a solar charger to keep you powered up, your running blind as soon as the battery dies, and all that
Which is helpful if you get lost.Phones are totally unnecessary for survival, but a great aid for people tracking you.
Water. Water. More water.
Gotta have a woobie per person!
The history of the woobie and why they're so beloved
The poncho liner, AKA "woobie," is a long-loved military item. Take a look at its history and why it gets a great name on We Are the Mighty.www.wearethemighty.com
Do you expect to be on foot?About a gallon a day per person? Three days? That's what, 25 pounds per person on the first day out? Yeah, we'll need the collapsible/folding wagons for sure. I forgot how much water weighs.
Tommy
Guildedagain,Well it Depends ;]
Water. Snack bars. TP. Band aids. Knife. Paracord. Compass. Emergency blanket. Signal mirror. Possibly a take down .22 and small amount of ammo for small game. Fire starter of some type. Shelter half. Extra socks. Boonie hat.
This would all be for wildland survival.
In the city, I have no idea what you would need besides an invisibility cloak.
Yeah, we have been told that it would be better to assume that we will be on foot.Do you expect to be on foot?
Told by whom, may I ask?Yeah, we have been told that it would be better to assume that we will be on foot.
Tommy
Among those giving me advice are the few surviving elders in my family who truly "been there and done that" and have seen the worst that humanity has to offer. I have no reason to doubt their advice.Told by whom, may I ask?
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Water = 8.33lbs a gallon
Gotta have a woobie per person!
The history of the woobie and why they're so beloved
The poncho liner, AKA "woobie," is a long-loved military item. Take a look at its history and why it gets a great name on We Are the Mighty.www.wearethemighty.com
Indeed. I spent the duration of Isabel at my neighborhood marina w/ numerous neighbors...slacking lines on boats until it got to the point where we were walking by feel on a pier w/ water up to our chest, dunking our heads under to feel for cleats to just free the boats and hope for the best. Everyone who had a boat tied down...sunk! Others from the neighborhood came down to give us food and drinks...or took over shifts on watch. That's what neighbors do. I have the same where I live now. Last blizzard we had, We were without power for several days. Every morning, I'd steep coffee grounds in a big pot on my gas grill on my front porch and neighbors would come up to fill their coffee cups. (W/ or w/o Irish cream.The eastern half of Virginia got blasted temporarily back to the 1800's when Hurricane Isabel struck in 2003. No gas, no water, no electricity, and no fresh food for nearly two weeks in some places. And no way out other than on foot, due to the hundreds of thousands of trees blocking major roads.
Having a gas grill with a good supply of propane was a godsend for people I knew who were impacted. So was a freezer full of food in the basement that thawed slowly and gave people a few more days before diving into the Pop Tarts.
One thing that came out of the hardship was that people helped people. There was very little of the kind of nastiness and panic one might associate with people under extreme duress. I hope that has not changed in the past 20 years.
I hope that has not changed in the past 20 years.
Unfortunately a lot has changed just in the last few years, but besides that, hunger is a very powerful motivator and I've heard tell that "we're just two meals away from barbarity", something to keep in mind.