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Ideas for a get home bag

Kevin — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 01:38:57 +0000

Get Home Bag Ideas If I had to walk home, here are some items that I would like to have in my get home bag. 32 ounce water bottle Rain poncho - even a light duty one LED light, something like a Surefire G2X Pro Mainstay rations Road map Phone number / contact list Rope - 550 cord Multi-tool Small first aid kit Paper, pen and sharpie / felt tip magic marker Money - at least $20 One of the first packs that comes to mind is the Maxpedition Noatak

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Texas February 2011 Ice Storm

Kevin — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 15:25:50 +0000

To the northern states this might not be a big deal, but here in Southeast Texas, we are not used to dealing with this kind of stuff. The overpasses around the Beaumont, Port Arthur and Orange areas are frozen over. Some of our bridges are closed - like the Veterans memorial bridge and the Rainbow Bridge. The tarp that covers my boat has a thin lay of ice on it, and were rain water has collected, its frozen The majority of the local court houses and schools are closed. But for some reason Jasper ISD did not close their schools and are putting kids on the icy roads. Maybe its time to elect a new school board. Ice cycles off the roof of the storage building are maybe 1 - 1.5 inches long and growing. Its not expected to get above freezing until tomorrow.

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Texas rolling blackouts

Kevin — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 14:13:51 +0000

Around February 1st a major cold front pushed through much of the US. Estimates put about 1/3 of the total population has been affected in one way or another – including Texas. Parts of North Texas may receive cold weather from time to time. But for the most part, our winters might be in the…

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Survival items for your car

Kevin — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 20:21:27 +0000

My wife and I went home for lunch, turned on the TV, and there was this lady who was talking about items everyone should keep in their car. 1 thing she listed was a digital tire pressure gauge. She went on to talk about how nobody uses those $1 stem pressure gauges. About this time, I started thinking "lady, do you even own a car or truck?" 1 thing about those old style stem tire gauges compared to a newer digital one - the battery will never go dead. Usually, when I put something in my truck or my wifes SUV, it might stay in there for months before its used. 1. Hand crank cell phone charger - one of the big drawbacks to modern technology, they require power. Cells phones make calling people easy, but the phone has to be charged. This is where a hand crank cell phone charger comes in - it makes sure you have a working phone when you need it.

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Collecting rain water urban survival tip

Kevin — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 13:23:04 +0000

In an urban survival situation, safe drinking water might be a little difficult to come by.

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Drinking water in an urban survival situation

Kevin — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 21:41:13 +0000

If the water went off tonight, what kind of plans do you have in place? As with everything else in my survival plans, water is broken down into 3 phases - short term, medium term, and long term solution. Short Term - this is your bottled water. Most people have a couple of cases of bottled water laying around somewhere. On a trip to the grocery store most people might grab a case or two of bottled water to have around for guest or parties. Some survivalist stockpile water in 35 or 55 gallon drums. When the water goes out, the bottled and stockpiled water will go first. Its convenient, you just un-screw the top of the bottle and the water is ready to drink. Most people like to take the easy way out, and bottled water is about as easy as it gets. Medium Term - this is your water filters. This may include your Berkey water filters or some kind of backpacking, lightweight water filter.

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Fruit trees and the urban survivalist

Kevin — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 11:00:13 +0000

Fruit trees are the friend of the urban survivalist. Unlike a garden, you do not have to replant the fruit tree every year, during the spring your neighbors will be jealous of the beautiful blooms, dwarf fruit trees can be planted just about anywhere, and some types of fruit trees are high producers. Meaning, that…

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Floods from nautral disasters

Kevin — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 11:44:38 +0000

This is the intersection of HWY 87 and chemical road, which is between Orange and Bridge City, Texas. 2 major intersections which were blocked by debris and water from Hurricane Ike. Keep in mind, this intersection is about 20 inland from the Gulf of Mexico. As far as anyone could remember, this part of Orange…

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How fast things can break down

Kevin — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:21:11 +0000

In February 2008, some thunderstorms rolled through the town I live in, knocking out power to thousands of the local residents. During the storm a bolt of lightening hit a transformer at the local Wal-mart. In a larger town this might not be a problem, but in Jasper, Texas there are only 2 grocery stores…

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Planting potatoes, peas and corn

Kevin — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:11:11 +0000

Potatoes, peas and corn - plant them in that order. Commercial grade fertilizer has 3 numbers, such as 13-13-13. Those three numbers stand for nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium (also called Pot Ash). nitrogen - large leaves, tall growth - greens, spinach, corn, okra phosphorus - root growth - potatoes, turnips potassium / pot ash - pod production - peas, beans, corn, okra, squash

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