[LadyDoc]

This assumes that you will be near a city and gangs will come to get you and your family.

What is missing is something that you guys could learn from the LDS folks or from those of us living in the Philippines: your security is family and friends not guns.

So when the typhoon hit, families take refuge with their family members who were on higher ground, or with friends or the homes of their employers. One of the most important lessons was a cellphone to keep in touch with relatives.

Yes, have a “bug out bag”...more important than guns.

And illness will be more fatal and more common than being shot.

[familyop]

"And illness will be more fatal and more common than being shot."

Thanks, Doc. So true after initial, widespread disasters of all kinds. Good sanitation and other safety practices are of the utmost importance. I haven't done any kind of medical work but have been through some experiences and other training.

[painter]

And illness will be more fatal and more common than being shot.

A fairly bad cut with NO antibiotics would be a bad deal.

Is it possible to make your own Penicillin?