The bug out bag

[Demonic69]

In theory a kindle should barely be affected by an EMP, e-ink display and flash memory. Not sure how it would work in reality though.

[BamBam]

Putting it in a Faraday cage is the only way to be sure.

[Demonic69]

Could design a faraday case for it :-)

[safetyfirst]

Loving this thread.

[bradaz11]

Could design a faraday case for it :-)

keep it in a car?

[Airbrush]

Gunslinger 2 for me, rifle in the scabbard, plenty of supplies inside & you can carry another rifle in patrol stylee.

[Sim G]

Faraday bags are not all they're cracked up to be....

[DaveB]

I keep one in the car at all times (we get earthquakes here - I am not a 'doomsday prepper').

Mine contains 3 litre water bladder; GPS & spare batteries; folding stove and hexamine tabs; large stainless steel cup; Mountain House meals (2); lifeboat rations for a week; spare socks; small towel; bivvy bag; 2 x emergency blankets; strobe, torch & spare LiIon batteries (work in the strobe too); first aid kit; 30 m of 550 cord, a few tent stakes; small folding shovel; lifeboat matches and tinder; whistle; SOG Seal Pup knife; large Leatherman multi-tool; and an SOG tomahawk.

If it were legal here, it would also include a .22 RF survival rifle (like an AR7 or similar) and some ammo. Unfortunately it isn't legal.

[Swamphog]

I'm collating lists from various places, trying to find those "aha" items you'd always forget.

There's one item nobody's mentioned so far; I'd certainly be up the creek without a paddle without my GLASSES! Even an old spare pair would be more valuable to me than gold. It also strikes me that, even if you have good distance vision, some of us who are . . . not in the first flush of youth? . . . would be stuck without a pair of reading glasses, if they had to do a finicky bit of gun-smithing, first aid, or even checking the use-by date on a packet of food.

Other vitals nobody's mentioned would be a nitrite spray if you're at risk of angina, or have heart problems, and a puffer if you or anyone in your family suffers from asthma.

Two other things always with me; a sturdy (street legal) pocket knife with a carbon steel blade, and a small LED torch the size and shape of a small egg, which is on my key-ring.

Interesting topic, SF, and well worth pooling ideas!

Jack

[DL.]

There's one item nobody's mentioned so far; I'd certainly be up the creek without a paddle without my GLASSES! Even an old spare pair would be more valuable to me than gold.

Also for those people who have their glasses on a string round their neck to avoid loosing them between the livingroom and the kettle - this could almost double as para-cord for one of those cord emergencies - like tying the shed door shut on the allotment on a windy day to keep the hoards of food raiders out.