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Are you knock-kneed?
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Middle Hoosierland
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How big is that bag dmg?
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Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Arlington, VA
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You go to that .gov link, and they tell you that you need a gallon of water per person per day for three days MINIMUM. So my go "bag" is supposed to have 12 gallons of water in it, that's before everything else. I guess I need to buy a tanker truck.
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I got nothing
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Central PA
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Glatt, I believe that's if you are staying put at home.
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I got nothing
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Central PA
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Pretty big. But I can carry it comfortably.
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Radical Centrist
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Cottage of Prussia
Posts: 31,423
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My bag: bass strings, nine-volt batteries, hex wrenches, power outlet tester, diagonal cutters, duct tape, cables and assorted connectors. I'm ready to jam out in any jam-related emergency.
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#6 |
Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya?
Join Date: Jun 2006
Posts: 21,206
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That's not my bag, baybay.
My bag: beer, cigarettes, wine, various other smokeables, books, soap, shampoo, coupla cans of chef-boy-ardee. That's about it.
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Looking forward to open mic night.
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: New Mexico
Posts: 5,148
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These catastrophes would significantly lower my post count unless the networks are built underground. I can't buy in to any lack of communications during catastrophic events. You, I have to know where my mom is...
Chances are- if I did not know- I would not be underground unless that was her location. In other words: I would be one of the idiots in the film "that goes out there" in search of others. I'm glad we got a Colbert link, as the first thing that came to mind is the 2012 zombie resurrection and attack.
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changed his status to single
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Right behind you. No, the other side.
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We've gone over the BOB idea in the cellar before so I won't go into a lot of detail. The water issue is a big one though. Are there any creeks, rivers, or lakes near you? Then you BOB should have some water in it, but you should also have a sufficient supply of water purification options with you. I live in the freaking desert and even here I wouldn't have a problem if my water stores were running low.
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I got nothing
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Central PA
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#10 |
Only looks like a disaster tourist
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: above 7,000 feet
Posts: 7,208
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I'm operating under the assumption that all open water will have dead bodies decomposing in it.
MMMM, meat-flavored water. I like the sound of that. |
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I got nothing
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Central PA
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Right. You can never assume that water is clean. It may look clean where you're at but, as you said, you can have rotting animals further upstream or they could be using it as a toilet.
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#13 |
Makes some feel uncomfortable
Join Date: Dec 2005
Posts: 10,346
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and condom, spitoon, hair and dead skin cell collector....
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#14 |
the crowd goes wild!
Join Date: May 2007
Location: USA
Posts: 663
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Seems pretty posh to me...I mean I've spent up to 77 days on a submerged submarine - no sun, fresh air, women, booze, radio, live TV, intwerwebz, or fresh veggies, fruit, milk, or eggs. Just give me women or booze and I could make it a year easy. Give me both and then I could easily double that.
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