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If the shit hit the fan, what would be in your bug out bag?
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Alex Eisenhut:
I'd get a plow.

kwass:

--- Quote from: Alex Eisenhut on July 29, 2016, 01:11:18 am ---I'd get a plow.

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Thanks for the memory of this great television series, it was a redo or sorts of the earlier and more upbeat series the Ascent of Man.
Both good series to have memorized and taken to heart when the SHTF.  But since we can't memorize all the content we'll need perhaps a good bug out bag item would be various survival guide books, that explain how to plow, make rope, identify clean water, etc., etc..
SkyMaster:
A lot of people seem to associate the "bug out bag" trend with the prepper culture.

While the preppers are getting ready to be able to survive on their own for an extended period of time.

The "bug out bag" is intended to get you going for a short period of time when an emergency happens. The emergency would not be a war, and certainly not a nuclear war.

The Canadian Red Cross has a "72 hours Preparedness Guide", which, except for the phone numbers, could be useful for anybody on the planet.
www.redcross.ca/crc/documents/3-1-2-1_-72-hour-guide.pdf

And to the naysayer, how do you handle simple problems like; electricity is out, no water is coming out of the faucet, car does not start, store only accept cash and ATM machine is not working, shoelace breaks as you tie your shoes, etc. Can you handle these very simple "emergencies"? Are you prepared?

And, in the true spirit of EEVblog forum, everybody should throw a pocket multimeter in their bug out bag  ;)
m98:

--- Quote from: SkyMaster on July 31, 2016, 03:43:34 pm ---And to the naysayer, how do you handle simple problems like; electricity is out, no water is coming out of the faucet, car does not start, store only accept cash and ATM machine is not working, shoelace breaks as you tie your shoes, etc. Can you handle these very simple "emergencies"? Are you prepared?
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Let's see:
1. Hm, might go mountain biking today/romantic dinner ahead/ah, fuck it, just get the gas soldering iron out/go to sleep
2. Let's buy some bottled water/get some from one of the local natural water springs, thanks god I haven't brought the empty bottles back yesterday/oh shit, I have, just use a bucket and some shrink-wrap/thick trash bags/water canister for water transport
3. Hm, just use the bike/train/bus/taxi/walk/call a friend/stay home/call the roadside assistance/call the roadside assistance from one of the many emergency telephones along the highway/just get someone to stop and help
4. Use another ATM/sorry, only bread and water today/that guy owns me 50€ since month/I always have some money in my pocket because here in Germany it's common that stores only accept cash
5. Just replace the shoelaces/use one of the other pairs of shoes/use the crocs/some say it's healthy to walk barefoot, why not try it out?

So, yeah, you don't really need to be "prepared". Just act reasonably and use common sense.
And really, before some Canadian finds his "Preparedness Guide" in some drawer anywhere in the house, I would've already cleaned the fan of and sit in the garden drinking some cold beer.

Wait, did you just call broken shoelaces a "emergency"? Geez...
Stray Electron:

--- Quote from: HackedFridgeMagnet on July 19, 2016, 07:58:43 am ---You'll need knowledge so take the internet.



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   In my day, we called them books and they worked without electricity.  Amazing!
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