Posted on 11/18/2014 8:09:58 PM PST by Kartographer
“There is no greater disaster than to underestimate danger. Underestimation can be fatal.”
Preppare’s Ping!!
How to Make a Survival Stove (Car Heater)
http://tacticalintelligence.net/blog/how-to-make-a-survival-stove-car-heater.htm
My winter kit is just to throw a sleeping bag in the back. There is a rain suit in the back year round.
Garbage bags are a good thing to have. Don’t take up much space and can be used for makeshift rain coat and will help keep body heat in.
Really useful article. I especially liked the one about the candle. I learned about candles for warmth as a kid, when I read a book about making snow trenches for survival.
What are your thoughts on lightweight “emergency survival blankets” - those silvery mylar things?
I don't know where this quote came from, but it is so true.
The best food to pack would be something like lifeboat rations. Compact, high calorie, well packaged and they last for years. Also not something the kids crave to snack on. Put em in an out of the way place and forget about them till you need them.
I would add a pair of wellies.
Bad juju = cold, wet feet
Thanks for ping. Good idea. Used to drive 150 mile round trip to work. Always had extra stuff in case of car trouble during the winter.
A couple of six-packs of Sterno would provide loads of heat in a car.
And large plastic garbage bags help keep heat in your clothing while sleeping.
Take an empty coffee can and pack it with a lighter, candle, and whatever.
The coffee can and a candle will keep you warm inside a car.
Keep it in the cab. Not in the trunk. If you get rear ended, your trunk may not open.
If you must resort to snow, scoop it into a cup, let it melt and drink the water.
You don't need to damage your throat on top of every thing else.
Silver mylar blankets are great for emergencies. I packed a motor cycle accident victim in one until the ambulance could get up the mountain. All the local emergency people pack them in their personal cars.
Thanks! :)
Just WOW....I am stunned that anyone would deride you for carrying an emergency kit in your car. Apparently they have never had a true emergency.
I carry one because my folks did. And a good thing they did for those times when being stranded on the side of the road with NO ONE in sight for many hours on end.
I saw your post and thought GREAT! This is a service and a reminder for those who may not know. I have enough food and water for a day and a half, a thermal blanket, kitty litter (I don’t carry chains anymore but after last year’s snows I may change that this year, extra batteries, a hazard light, a Mag light, some additional clothing, a pair of boots, spare gloves, and a book to read.
I may be ‘over prepared’ but for anyone ever stuck in a blizzard in Colorado you learn the hard way. That is why when the snows hit the north woods here in Georgia I was not only prepared but able to cope. That and the fact that when I saw they were predicting snow I got home ASAP so got to watch the others on the freeway via television.
We had snow up here about three weeks ago. Sure it didn’t stay on the ground long but last night the winds and wind chill left the roads with black ice. And that is a special joy all its own.
I say good for you and keep posting to remind people how to be safe
That ain’t gonna cut it if you are stranded
“Bad juju = cold, wet feet”
True words......
>> “.I am stunned that anyone would deride you for carrying an emergency kit in your car.” <<
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On FR? - You gotta be kidding!
This is Grasshopper Land for sure.
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Thanks for the post for those of us living in snow country.
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