Preparedness RoundTable: Wise Up, Chicken Little! :-) You too can survive Bin Laden

none ^ | October 11 2001 | all of us

[ChemistCat]

Obviously we're under attack. Some of the attacks have been much more competent than others. How much risk we face has not yet been determined--how about a calm, rational, and measured personal response to a number of worst-case scenarios? Prepare for the worst and hope for the best! I'm going to post a few brief ideas I have, most of which come from years of being a Mormon and even more years of reading gun and preparedness magazines. If you click on this thread, do so only if you're prepared to accept the basic assumptions that we MAY have more attacks in the near future and that we MAY sensibly prepare for many of the potential threats.

I'm hoping that the people who want to fight over "how much other people should be allowed to discuss preparedness" or "irresponsible sowing of panic" will not bother clicking on this thread--please confine comments to preparedness, start another thread if you only have humor or sarcasm to contribute, and flame me privately if that is what you want to do, okay?

[gnarledmaw]

Countryside used to be a valuable magazine until the old editor quit and the socialist sympathizers took over. Ive cancelled my subscription and dont even bother to visit their forum any more.

A superior magazine for self-sufficiency interested people is Backwoods Home Magazine.

If you want a good start on self-sufficiency and can put up with a couple nuts then visit Frugal Squirrels place.

[CholeraJoe]

Good info bump. I'd add a first aid kit and sixty days supply of precription meds that anyone might be taking.

[Goreknowshowtocheat]

thanks ChemistCat Nice football program near your house.

[gnarledmaw]

Modern Survival magazine is the Phoenix that arose from the ashes of the American Survival Guide fiasco. Its an excellent online source for all kinds of related information. If you mash the link above then you can take a sample tour of this months issue, if you get a subscription then at the end of the year you get the whole year on cd sent to you.

If this isnt quite your bag you should visit Double Oughts link page and see if you cant find something to your liking there.

[gnarledmaw]

bump

[VA Advogado]

Bump for CC!! Thanks for thinking of me. :)

[VOA]

I'm going to post a few brief ideas I have, most of which come from years of being a Mormon
and even more years of reading gun and preparedness magazines.

And holder of the firearms tradition that allowed the Mormons to keep a meddling
expedition by the US Army at bay for a few years.
(I think that was in the years leading up to the Civil War, wasn't it?)

Folks could do worse than to rely on some of the products from that gunsmithing
legend from Utah...John M. Browning.

I beseech Almight Providence that we have no more terrorists acts, whether in the
coming days or years from now.
But if these wicked ones can't resist temptation, it will be interesting to see if they
try to pull any of their tricks in the strongtest concealed-carry states.

[white rose]

Fine suggestions, all of them, but you forgot the first requirement for surviving any emergency:

CHOCOLATE!

[RaceBannon]

Canned foods and bottled water. Flashlights and batteries.

[sawsalimb]

Instead of a cardboard box,you might want to consider an "Action-Packer" plastic container,made by Rubbermaid,and available(of course)at WalMart. It already has handles on it,it's lockable(sort of),and it can stand getting rained on. It's also useful as a seat,or an improvised table.

An item that I would very much advocate is a good Coleman stove,or similar pressurized gas stove. These things are very handy-the single burner models will easily cook enough food for two people,and the two burner ones are almost as good as a rangetop. Not heavy,not expensive,and priceless if you need them. Don't forget some rudimentary stuff to cook with and in-it doesn't have to be fancy(heck-a couple of empty coffee cans are better than nothing,and the price is right),and don't forget the stuff to clean up with-food poisoning isn't a bit of fun-and while I'm on that note,DO NOT forget the toilet paper,or equivalent.

[pray4liberty]

My suggestion is to get a book written by Ted Wright, "Wright's Complete Disaster Survival Manual" available through Amazon.

A few disgruntled customers posted nasty things on Amazon, but the book is still excellent and a bargain for $11.96.

[cyberwatcher]

Thanks for the bug-sprayer shower idea!!! How to get REALLY clean using a minimum of water. Brilliant!