10 day survival pack for your vehicle for just $25

backwoodshome ^ | By Jeffrey Yago

[virgil283]

"It seems like every winter there are news stories of people getting stranded for weeks in bad weather while driving through the many remote areas of our country....I have written many articles about how to prepare your home for a power outage or national emergency, but today I want to address how to be prepared for an emergency when traveling in your car...

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[outofsalt]

There are many collapsible containers which will hold water (or wine;) and are good for the trunk of the car.

[Sherman Logan]

Why store dry foods when you can store canned chili, ready-to-eat canned soup, and other foods that also at least partially serve your need for water? If you’re not going to carry it, foods with water are usually a better option, at least based on my tastes and preferences.

Bingo. Having to boil water to eat in such an emergency is just silly. For some obscure reason, those talking about emergency foods in car or home almost universally talk about dehydrated stuff, possibly because of the weight. Simply not relevant in such a sitution.

if you could find enough dry twigs and sticks lying around to actually build a campfire each night, but this will be impossible in a blizzard or heavy rainstorm.

Entirely possible if you combine the twigs and such with one of these.

http://www.zzstove.com/sierra.html

[Sherman Logan]

in winter conditions that gallon of water you're carrying becomes a block of ice and can rupture the container.

Quite true. So carry a few cases of bottled water instead. I freeze the 16 oz bottles all the time and haven't yet had one rupture.

[Billthedrill]

I'll try that - I went down to 2-liter bottles and left some room for expansion but that seemed to pop the seal on the cap. Not disastrously (they're still standing straight up) but it could get messy.

Single digits for a week starting tonight. Three weeks to Spring. :-(

[Sherman Logan]

I live in FL and normally pack a lunch, which often gets left in the car, which gets HOT.

So I have a little ice chest and pop a 16 oz water bottle in the freezer the night before. Pack it with lunch and by time to eat it’s mostly melted. Cool sandwich and nice cold drink.

[S.O.S121.500]

Ax, gun, and knife.....

[S.O.S121.500]

and charred cloth - - I’m a wusss.

[S.O.S121.500]

A Kelly Kettle would be a luxury item....

[Redcitizen]

CMMG Tactical Bacon in a can. http://www.cmmginc.com/product_p/13401ab.htm

[tiki]

My grandkids crunch up the Top ramen in a plastic bag and add the seasoning and it like chips.

[TEXOKIE]

I have a question for you and any other people who were provided with the engineer-bent heads!

I have a flash light that is hand cranked. I have an emergency radio (with flash light) that is hand cranked. I have a wall plug-in battery charger. I have a solar battery charger.

The Question:

Can someone help me figure out to put together a hand cranked small battery charger? Can you or one of you gizmo creative types help me with some simple basic plans and/or instructions to build a device like this?

I’ve not seen any that are ready-made. My Darlin suggested that it might be possible to take components from some of these afore-mentioned devices, and then perhaps add some other components from Radio Shack and obtain the desired hand cranked small battery charger. But I don’t have a clue as to how to do that. Darlin (for good reason) doesn’t have time to mess with it right now.

Alas, the tech at our Radio Shack who is usually so helpful looked at me today as if I was asking for something that was totally impossible to imagine.

Thanks in advance!

[Hetty_Fauxvert]

Bookmark

[lowbridge]

“And I’ll carry food for my passengers so I can shut them up while I work out the problem of being stranded....”

Are we there yet?

[Squantos]

LOL. Was gonna say a fire steel ....:o)

Wiggys of sleeping bag fame makes a “poncho” liner I use in my oooooh crap bag !

The poncho, poncho liner from wiggys, a Gransfors hunters ax, my Randall 14, a stainless steel water bottle, 48oz , a large sewing needle and a Firesteel are my “Kit”. The fire steel has a hollow handle that I have stuffed full of oiled cotton.

Usually the rest of what I need is in the form of my EDC ....worn when out and about.

Stay safe .......Woof !

[S.O.S121.500]

Viva la EDC ........

[Squantos]

Yeah I kinda wear my kit.... 550 cord boot laces, pistol, small toggles that are fire steels with holes drilled in em are laced into my boot. They are about a half inch long yet will throw a spark in a pinch.

...... I had a couple of platinum buttons made for clothing and on my Filson hooded raincoat to use as emergency cash if needed. A very sharp shrade stockman 3 blade for fine surgical needs and a Gerber full sized Sykes Fairbain folder that is also scary sharp. A Glock 31 w 3 spare magazines of 125gr Speer GDHP and a Ankle rig one of our parachute riggers made for us that holds a SW 317-3 .22 revolver and 50 spare stingers.

My Filson hooded raincoat has gloves, hat, under armor inferno insulation layer and spare socks.

There is a way to walk into the wild with skills . Nothing in hand except knowledge yet the older I get the more I’m comfortable knowing I have shelter, food, water, and security WITH me....:o)

So I have an emergency ruck in each vehicle . Each bag is identical, lightweight and full of gear that is multiple purpose and can sustain me and mine for a long long time when one adds in and stirs experience and knowledge.....

Wuss’n out in my old age I guess...LOL !!

Stay safe !!

[JimRed]

First I am in full support of the Boy Scout motto.

I trust that you mean the old "Be Prepared" one, not the new "We're Here, We're Queer" one. < /sarc >

[JimRed]

Just so happens I have a Wave Leatherman which had that tool.

Great tool, I've got one in the car too. But don't forget to leave it there if you're going to the courthouse, school or airport. It's a weapon, don'cha know! < /sarc >

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

Just a note that you should always use liquor carefully in below freezing conditions. Many people have killed themselves by drinking sub-freezing liquor, which quickly freezes their trachea, and they are “dead before they hit the floor.”

24 proof liquor freezes at -6.7°C (20°F)
64 proof liquor freezes at -23.33°C (-10°F)
84 proof liquor freezes at -34.44°C (-30°F)

[virgil283]

thanks for the info....it would be a common thing to take a drink to ‘Warm up’ in freezing temps and not think about the liquor being a hazard.....