If You need to Get Out, GET OUT.

[Sugar Smack]

1) A laptop
2) Your children, spouse, pets
3) Water
4) Cigarettes & booze for bartering
5) Canned & dried food
6) Extra clothes
7) Extra gas
8) Your portfolio
9) Sanitary supplies
10) Metal supplies, and tools

Who has something else to add to the list?

[marylanddem]

1. catnip for the cat? n/t

[Caoimhe]

22. Yesssssss

[Lars39]

2. birth certificates, other necessary paperwork

[thefool_wa]

3. Firearm

will be a necessity.

[havocmom]

28. Got those. Thinking on animal tranquilzers for the rifle too.

Easy to pick up where I live. And Papa's reloading equipment, my sewing machine (Can work with hand turning) and some thread/fabric.

My daughter is learning to do welding & metal work. Figures office work and HR experience will not be especially helpful. She is also taking a sudden interest in easy to grow food stuff.

I suggest those who can, garden and learn to can. Learning to can over a camp stove wouldn't be a bad idea. Teach the little kids to plant and grow veggies. Grab seeds!

[crispini]

4. What is this about?

:shrug:

[thefool_wa]

5. Unrelated

I hope when they take me away it is in pink fuzzy handcuffs :)

sorry - had to say something.

[converted_democrat]

6. sorry dupe.

[converted_democrat]

7. I'm lost as well....n/t

[ret5hd]

8. As am I (nt)

[Sugar Smack]

9. OK.

If you really had to have some sort of survival plan; if things went amiss in a way you coudnln't otherwise imagine, if the world took an upside-down turn and ended up as something you would never recongnize, what would you bring with you? How would you adapt?

If you used your imagination, what would you consider "reasonable" in the stead of something unimaginable?

[ret5hd]

13. Ha! In the situation described, of what use will your "portfolio" be?...

unless your "portfolio" consists of physical gold and/or silver.

[Sugar Smack]

16. Sure!

You can have your stock portfolio there!

I'm asking people to just use their imaginations just in case- what would you do if you needed to escape somehow? The question is only for practical purposes.

[Pathwalker]

35. Where are you GOING? Your scenario implies

the need to leave where you are to survive. If things are that dire, where is the destination?

[Moochy]

10. Show Inventory

11) 15 wooden stakes
12) a wooden mallot
13) a silver Crucifix
14) a large sack
15) 50 feet of rope
16) grappling hook
17) 10 ft pole
18) small sack
19) string of garlic
20) wolvesbane

We are hunting vampires or are we expecting zombies?

If Zombies are to be expected, I suggest the following additions:
21) Cricket Bat
22) Chainsaw
23) Large modified RV with puncture proof tires, and a roof mounted holy water sprinkler.

[Sugar Smack]

11. Heehee!

Actually, that's pretty funny!!!!!!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

*snort* :thumbsup:

[spindrifter]

12. Cash!

Remember, there may be no working ATMs, either due to power failure or being emptied out. Never one to like having much cash around the house or in my wallet, I did take seriously the experience of Katrina evacuees who were not able to get any money when they set out from their homes.

Medicine. If you take any prescription meds., best to have them with you.

A shovel. Might have to dig a latrine.

[Mika]

14. A bicycle w/kevlar tires.

Oh, and a pump.

:)

[malaise]

15. Vitamins, painkillers

batteries and $1,000 in cash.

We had a thread on this during the hurricanes.

[Mutley]

17. We have a few items already squirreled away... just in case.

clothes
first aid kits
hammer
pocket knives/other small tools
flashlight
tent
a notebook, a couple pens, and a copy of The Iliad (Hey, I need to stay sane somehow)
water
sanitary supplies
a few other things I'm blanking on right now


I'd rather feel silly than be unprepared.

I'd want cigarettes and booze for personal use. :evilgrin:

[Sugar Smack]

21. YES!

Love your choices. :evilgrin:

[Mutley]

30. Thanks.

:D

OOO! I remembered the other stuff. For the dogs!

leashes
collars
couple cans of alpo
one toy each

[meganmonkey]

18. First Aid Kit!

Hey Sugar! :hug:

[Sugar Smack]

24. Bandaids, antibiotic ointment!

Hey, meganmonkey! :hug: YEA! :bounce:

[meganmonkey]

25. And you already know I am all about the cigs and booze!!

:toast:

[carpediem]

19. bicycles

spare bike tires
air pump
cart for behind bike

[KittyWampus]

43. Bikes will help when everyone is stuck in traffic for days like in Texas

this past fall.

[AlienGirl]

20. Gold and cash

Water filter of some sort
Hatchet
Fishing line and a few hooks
Skills to refine basic painkillers from plants and antibiotics from mold
A notebook and a couple of cameras (if you get dead, maybe you'll at least get famous later on)
Any good medicines you have (tranquilizers, opiate painkillers, anything like that) for barter
Passport if you have one

(I have put way too much thought into this kind of thing.)

Tucker

[KittyWampus]

46. natural water filter= charcol

[Nikki Stone 1]

23. Cyanide, in case DHS stops you at the border

Like the wall they want to build between the US and Mexico. It won't keep the undocumented out, but it could keep us in.

[HysteryDiagnosis]

26. hula hoop?? Dunno. :) nt.

[Sugar Smack]

41. .

;-)

[Dr Fate]

27. Nitrate cured meats, fudge, Desenex. n/t

n/t

[lpbk2713]

29. Rope, tape, wire (anything for binding, holding, etc)

Magnifying glass or flint (fire)

Bleach (water purification)

Plastic sheeting (rain shelter)

Hand mirror (signalling)

Laser penlight (signalling)

Lots of spare batteries

[skids]

31. Well, been thinking of getting one of these, JIC:

http://www.costco.com/Browse/Product.aspx?Prodid=11099302&whse=&topnav=&browse=&s=1

...or one of the similar products to it.

[RagingInMiami]

32. Everyone in Florida should have one of those

For after the hurricane

[skids]

34. There's a better one...

That I couldn't re-find -- it isn't solar but of course you could use a seperate panel. It has an LCD TV, sonic bug repeller (never used one of those, can't say if they work) and 120V AC invertor. Tied to a rollup solar panel that would pretty much cover most disaster needs other than, of course, food and shelter.

[justabob]

51. I want one of those too, except I like the hand crank ones nt

[bbinacan]

33. All the above plus

believe it or not the US Army Survival Manual. I read it a couple of years ago, and if something catastrophic happens, this would come in handy. Oh, and a machete.:nuke:

[AlienGirl]

36. We own a copy

I first read it when I was about thirteen and convinced nuclear war was inevitable.

Like I said, I think about these things way too much...

Tucker

[bbinacan]

42. So do I. I've even

considered loading up a backpack with this manual and other essentials and keeping it in the trunk of my car. My car is usually where I am.

[Hardrada]

37. I am not planning to survive the End of Civilization

since I have always been part of it. I'm too old to go scrounging in the boonies anyway.

[Blue_In_AK]

39. I'm with you...

If I die, fine. If I live, I'll figure it out as I go.

[ShadesOfGrey]

38. Good list...

I'd add blankets, first aid kit, flashlights, radio, and extra batteries.

[KittyWampus]

48. I can't believe I've scrolled this far and noone has said Duct Tape!

:D

[blossomstar]

40. Emergency supplies... every household needs them

put together to grab in a moment's notice! We live near the coast so have to prepare for hurricanes during season, but also in winter power can go out from ice on tree limbs dropping on power lines... and with global warming and all the intense weather everywhere, who knows what can happen??? After Katrina, I depend on no one except me, myself and I. Really ya'll we all need to be prepared individually for God knows what and also be prepared to help each other when it comes. Don't mean to be spooky, just PREPARED!

10 LBS. rice stored in large plastic container
canned meats & soups.. stored in large plastic containers
10 lbs. flour stored in large plastic container
5 lbs. shortening (crisco, etc.)
5 lbs. dried beans & peas stored in plastic containers
cast iron dutch oven & frying pan
10 gallon containers filled with water and sealed
large plastic container filled with paper products
small tool box filled with basic tools
flashlight and batteries
plastic sheeting folded and stored in plastic container for shelter if needed
box of fire logs (can be bought by the dz. at Lowes, etc.)

the plastic containers are essential as they protect the food from being contaminated... this is just basic stuff, but you can exist quite a while with just these things if you have to and also if you have animals, you can cook up something nourishing out of it for them as well to survive. They all stack on top of each other and hardly take up any room at all in the garage... sure feels good knowing it there and ready for whatever. Every few months, I'll switch them with new supplies... especially the canned goods to keep them up to date.

[drb]

44. You forgot your stash of gold and/ or silver....

....see a pretty conservative but interesting site at www.frugalsquirrels.com for more details.

[yellowdogmi]

45. How about

a tent,
sleeping bags,
other assorted camping gear.

I think about it too much also. During the early days of the avian flu scare I heard talk of mandatory quaratines. Scared the crap out of me. If it came down to that I would head for the hills. So to speak. But I still have my tinfoil hat.

[Retired AF Dem]

47. I just need a gun

Than all your stuff will belong to me. :)

[sendero]

50. No it won't..

... because I have more guns, bigger guns, and more ammo than you :)

[KittyWampus]

49. packets of sugar= quick energy, barter OR way to prevent infection in open

wounds.

Pour sugar onto open wound to dry it out and kill infection.