Herding cats? Oh my! You should try running THIS place!!!! Now THAT is an exercise in cat-hearding....
http://www.chinasupport.net/site.php?page=buzz30MaxTheKnife said:Nothing will make me leave here. Nothing.
Dennis Olson said:I'd need about 45 minutes. 20 just don't do it for me, and in reality, there is NO disaster (short of a dam bursting or nukes) that wouldn't allow you at least 45 minutes to get out of Dodge.
You wouldn't have that much of a problem. Most everyone else took at least 45 minutes to pack.FloridaGirl said:Keep car full at all times.
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my problem would be trying to get out of town with 60,000 other people with only three ways out of the city.
Why would you use gold and silver instead of salt? With a cap-m-quick...Dennis Olson said:some gold and silver (bartering)
oldladydoolin said:We only have 20 minutes? With that little amount of time, I am doomed. It would take me an hour just to get over knowing I had only 20 minute to grab and run. I would have to set down and drink a cup of coffee and get my nerves calmed down first. Besides, I would need a semi truck to take everything that I have prepped for, maybe a Uhaul would do it. I have everything stored in large totes. This is something I really need to think about.
But she didn't specify "normal." She didn't specify at all and left it quite open.Barry Natchitoches said:Maybe some of you will not like my answer, but it really does depend on the circumstances. And let me tell you why.
Quite simple. Remember, I said that this was a "normal" emergency -- one where I was having to bug out forever, but the rest of the country was still OK and intact. .gov was still functioning.
Barry Natchitoches said:I would make sure we had latex gloves, N-95 masks or better, and extra baby wipes. I would pack the first aid box, and the box of essential OTC meds (extra strength tylenol, pediatric tylenol, pedialite, naproxen sodium, pepto bismol, the anti-dirreal drug immodium, the stool softner colace, throat losenges, rolaids, cough syrup, benedryl, claratin, anti-fungal ointment and spray, midol for the wife, sambucol, and a bottle of Shaklee multivitamins).
I'd make sure that all prescription meds were packed as well."
Hey, Barry between you, Vlad, Dennis and a couple of thoughtful suggestions from some of our members on the 'hurricane' front lines like Alan and FloridaGirl I've got a lot of good direction. Thanks one and all. One thing I must have missed as i am the walking dead right now is Dental. Except OneByOne " toiletries, brushes, tooth brushes"and Maiden who said "I would take my tooth brush" and i assume toothpaste , I didn't see these ESSENTIAL items included in the 'lists' of the majority of the members' PREPS. Probably most of us have a toiletries 'kit' as some of us travel frequently, and these items are already packed.
If I may say, this is about as an important a 'set' of items to have as many others listed. Perhaps I may humbly suggest that all of us this weekend put together the 'Dental Kit' and put it in the BOB, tote, van, etc.
I disagree, though I leave open the possibility for exceptions. Getting insurance coverage is generally a bad idea because insurance companies characteristically do not do a good job of discriminating between good risks and poor risks. Good risks end up paying thousands or millions of times their risk's worth. What would be the point of a good-risk buying insurance in an environment like this? Most anyone with at least moderately above-average ability can build his own secure-home for only a few hundred thousand dollars. Would you bother insuring a secure-home that could weather any emergency that could be considered normal (Cat5 hurricane, F5 tornado, Mercalli XII earthquake, massive firestorm, flood, nearby toxic-aerosol truck or train wreck, etc.)?Barry Natchitoches said:If you have private insurance (which you should have!)
BREWER said:Barry Natchitoches said:If I may say, this is about as an important a 'set' of items to have as many others listed. Perhaps I may humbly suggest that all of us this weekend put together the 'Dental Kit' and put it in the BOB, tote, van, etc.
Our BOB's have toothbrushes and such in them -- that's why I didn't mention them separately. When we grab our BOB's we are good to go for all the basic stuff like that.
Kathleen
BREWER said:Barry Natchitoches said:If I may say, this is about as an important a 'set' of items to have as many others listed. Perhaps I may humbly suggest that all of us this weekend put together the 'Dental Kit' and put it in the BOB, tote, van, etc.
Oddly enough at this time my wife and I have two bags for toiletries. We were recently given a new bag that is at this time sitting on a shelf just waiting for us to get around to it. The original is always in a state of flux from our travels and now I'll have to double check with the spring cleaning mentality but I'm pretty sure that there are tooth brushes, etc. in our bugout bags. That is if my wife didn't swipe them getting ready for one our out trips anyway.
Bird Guano said:20 minutes is NO problem.
I can do it in 10.
My bug out trailer is a self-contained "toy hauler" with the partitioned garage.
No toys, just preps.
The "garage" is full of preps. It's basically a storage closet, always kept ready.
Important papers ? Already in a fire safe inside
Firearms/Ammo ? Already in a gun cabinet mounted to the inside wall
Food ? Year supply of Freeze Dried + other essentials pre-loaded
Multi-season clothing, fuel, potable water, medical kit, water treatment plant in a floating waterproof impact resistant case, sanitation.. all self-contained.
It's basically a garage full of preps that can be towed, and it has high enough ground clearance to go off-road
annieosage said:My thing is, there are only 2 main highways out of Vegas- the 15 and the 95- either north or south.