[geeks] Bug-Out Bags

[Bob]

Jan 31, 2011 01:02:53 PM, geeks at sunhelp.org wrote:

  I started assembling my first one a few months before Hurricane Ike
  in '08.
  Amy made fun of me for it at the time, but stopped heckling after the
  storm
  when more than once I had something we needed "In the bag!".

  Here's my current list of supplies in my "Emergency Preparedness /
  Oh-Shit
  / Bug-Out" bag.

  http://www.mrbill.net/BOBplanning.pdf

  Do you have one? If so, what's in yours?

  Bill

  --
  Bill Bradford
  Houston, Texas

  I don't have one (not seemingly necessary on the east coast) but I
  might recommend some type of
  radio to receive information.  I just picked up a BayGen Freeplay
  that is an AM/FM/SW radio that
  works off a spring that is wound and gives you about 20 minutes (or
  more) of reception.  No batteries.
  It's a bit large but usable.  Mine was a $6 special at a thrift
  store.  It had a broken drive belt which
  was replaced for under $4.  Also got one of those "Forever
  Flashlight" (commonly known as a
  "shaker" light) that uses a super capacitor rather than a lithium
  cell.  Holds the charge longer.
  Not really bright but in darkness it works OK.  IF I could take more,
  either my FT-817 or SG-2020
  setup would go along for two way communication. 

  About the only things that could hit this part of the country would
  be seriously inclement weather,
  those pesky terrorists or a tsunami (there is a volcanic island off
  the coast of Africa that is predicted
  to collapse in the next couple of hundred years).  I'm not holding my
  breath.

  Bob 
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