I made a bug out bag

But the parable said to prepare. What's wrong with giving it a go? If I end up and lay a dying I can say "oh well, I tried". I owe it to loved ones to go above the norm.

I know that you are actually right, but I can't leave. Care for someone who's really ill (heart failure, daily home dialysis) and my boyfriend is 75. I can't leave 'em.

add a high power sling shot with extra bands.

a weapon that makes little noise could be useful to obtain food with out attracting attention.

more than one knife, preferably a non-folding knife.

a .22 cal pistol that uses a clip, with several extra.

Bless your heart.

LISTEN TO THIS PERSON ^^^^, someone who actually knows what they are talking about.

I would add, did you remember the mosquito/tick repellant? If you are in Canada as your member flag indicates, you don't want to leave without it.

Also, I can't tell if you have sunscreen, you don't need sunburn on top of dealing with an apocalypse.

Hopefully at your bug out location you have antibiotics of several different kinds for different types of illnesses and injuries. Easy to buy online (I got mine from AllDayChemist.com in India, no prescription needed), and print out a hard copy of the dosages for each kind you choose to buy, and what it is good for (skin issues, lung infections, ear ache, etc.) See: [link to www.healthgrades.com (secure)] You can order them online Aloe vera and activated charcoal should also be at your camper already.

You need Immodium AD and Pepto Bismal lozenges for stomach issues, as it's pretty easy to get diarrhea in unfamiliar travel situations which makes it pretty hard to hike. Get a Sawyer Mini water filter, it's one of the better ones, very small, gets out 99.9999% of protozoa/cysts and 99.99999% of bacteria, costs twenty bucks.

Make sure your boots are well broken in AHEAD OF TIME. Also take moleskin in your pack for blisters. [link to healthyfeet.com (secure)]

You should carry a small fanny pack that has a butane lighter, waterproof matches, knife, Sawyer mini filter or a Lifestraw, emergency sleeping bag, length of paracord, a tiny flashlight, beef jerkey and power bars. If someone grabs your BOB, or you have to run for your life leaving it behind, you still have a chance to make it to your camper with the smaller bag of absolute essentials. Your pistol should be in a holster readily available.

Hope you remembered a Bible somewhere in the mix.

You need to watch "The Road" for the ultimate wake up call, we all need to get out of our normalcy bias.

Um, no. I see the reality of what’s happening. We can’t control what’s coming no matter how much we prep. Myself included. That is just the facts.

But keep wasting your time and money if it makes you sleep better at night.

You will never be fully prepared. It’s just how it is.

I've been ready since the J*** took over congress about 30 years ago.

Sorry to break it to you but that plastic is nothing for a rat to tear through and they will eat every wheat berry. You need to enclose a shelf area or make a metal cage with doors. I'm not sure if you have smaller 1 gallon sized Mylar bags, SEALED in the buckets or one large 5 gallon Mylar bag. If you do, buy galvanized garbage cans (with lids) and put the Mylar bags in the garbage can and save the buckets for other things.

It's not a matter of if with the J*** in power. It's when.

No society in history has ever been able to survive after they infested it. Even Rome fell. ROME

A monocular is less than half the weight and does the same job. Got maps? Topos are great to have going cross country.

I can’t find that post, we are called to be courageous! We were given warnings of what’s to come for a reason as well.

Make sure any knife you purchase has a full tang and is carbon steel. That's the main thing you need to look for; good edge retention and solid stability.

It's great you are aware that the J*** have wrecked both Canada and the U.S. Smart woman to be prepared. Wish there were more like you around.

Cannibals will eat you and your friends.

Ok thanks for all the knife suggestions!

The ideal set up is to have a tac vest with essentials you would carry in a fanny pack. Hard to lose a vest. Weighty items are easier to carry the closer they are to your body. This may be critical if you have to climb cliffs or cross streams on fallen trees. It also requires less effort as you save muscles trying to counterbalance your load.

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My bag is good but not great. Its just loads of PHD designs insulation. Synthetics though. I bought a while back but never bothered using. Plus a hilleberg tent. Its lightweight for it being synths plus an extremish shelter. Just not all the stuff you have collected. Theres some. Like a titanium stove. Its a box type grill or for alcohol or gas. A honey stove. First thing I ever bought before thinking I even buy anything for outdoors. Were a compass. I think the shop seller thought I were mentally ill. Said' Are you planning an expedition. Since then I found a mini keyring compass, you get from a Christams cracker. Just to point North etc though. Bag also not only would have a roll matt on top of bag. The lid can actually wrap over matts and tie down really secure. So mat dosent hit your bum. Its 3 roll mats though. Looking like the original hitchhiker etc. More so because of matts but they are good for winter/snow.

May I suggest replacing those freeze dried low calorie, low nutrition pouches of food with Mainstay or Datrex 3600 bars. 1 bar has 3600 calories, vitamin enriched, impervious to extreme heat/cold, 5 year shelf life (actually more like 8), the same size as 1 of those pouches, a 30 day supply is the size of a shoebox, no cooking or water needed, can eat on the run. MUCH better than pouches! Read the calorie content of a pouch and compare that to a 3600 calorie bar with vitamins, you will thank me :)

That's good sweetheart! I pray you never have to use it. I fear we will though. stay strong

Wouldn’t surprise at all today after seeing the evil come out in people against the unvaxxed. Some of them I thought were nice people before that, what a wake up call that was. I have YHWH.

Never learn from purchases that I dont use. Just bought 2 bluetooth speakers but got a note through the door lol. It said. You are very selfish. Turn it down pls.

Wtf

I can either return or just sit at the beach like a loser with a stereo. Just while the weather is ok.

But it does sound quite good for an outdoor system.

Obviously a stereo isnt a priority when tshf.

I like the 10 gallon vintage steel milk canisters with lids. That's what my parent have used to store flour and sugar in since before I was even born.

My dad just purchased a bunch of square metal storage containers for additional long term storage.

Over plastic....I would go for something like this, below, if you can find it.....

Used U.S. Military Surplus 16-gallon Metal Storage Container [link to www.sportsmansguide.com (secure)]

Ppl are becoming more evil everyday. Mind-driven and enveloped by fear.

Hi Kate!

Well, then, you have to fit a boat in there.

I packed a bug-out-bag years ago. It was not as large as yours. You've thought of everything!

Of course, I never had to use mine. No emergencies here. I just went through the contents last week after all these years. Batteries are corroded, and the Chemlight Tactical Lights say "expired 3/14."

I used the radio once....during Hurricane Sandy in 2012, when all other lines of communication weren't available. It came in handy. I was glad to have it. I sent one to my daughter in Florida thinking it might come in handy during a hurricane.

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I like the 10 gallon vintage steel milk canisters with lids. That's what my parent have used to store flour and sugar in since before I was even born.

My dad just purchased a bunch of square metal storage containers for additional long term storage.

Over plastic....I would go for something like this, below, if you can find it.....

Used U.S. Military Surplus 16-gallon Metal Storage Container [link to www.sportsmansguide.com (secure)]

SKOLNIK Carbon Steel Open Head Drum, 10 gallons, Bolt Ring, 0.9mm Body Gauge (Pack of 1)
[link to www.amazon.com (secure)]

Carbon steel Mora and a big ass striker. Carry 4-5 ways to start a fire. And learn to play the fiddle - LOL.

Yeah. Where the lid is on bag. All the ties have an extended wrap per tie and a velcro wrap to wrap them up. It makes the lid. Where you have yours closed. Be able to go over 3 roll mats than tighten as usual. The mats then just act as part of the lid. Not great for getting in pack. Although theres other zips I guess. But mat feels secure. I will will put some cushions in bag. Just to show becuase its just been sitting around.

I hope you fix up your bag up Nutmeg! I remember our days we talked preps lots on here, I had to start over on my own. It is good if we don’t need some things we prepped, but with prices going up, it’s still smart to do because people are getting poorer, and that brings on desperation by itself, more crime. To me that’s the least we can expect to happen, it’s happening already.

My camper is my boat (Arc) :) I bought in 2020 for a bug out if needed. I knew things were going to get bad, just by listening to those in charge today. I saw the Evil from the start.

Good deal.

I have this bible and a jeweler loupe to read it with in my kit.

Magnificent miniature book FULL King James VERSION Holy Bible hardcover collect [link to www.ebay.com (secure)]

SKOLNIK Carbon Steel Open Head Drum, 10 gallons, Bolt Ring, 0.9mm Body Gauge (Pack of 1)

$156.00 USD. Are some of you high or rich? Plastic buckets w/ mylar in a rat proof bldg. But it's a little late for prepping. That window is closed. Prices are 4-10X last year and increasing daily. I guess the ones fearing cannibals will be cannibals. That PM Castro of yours made sure sling shots are your best option.