I keep hearing them stress ***COMMUNICATION***. Frankly, I wonder how useful it will be.
If TSHTF quickly, and your kids/wife/parents are elsewhere...well, it's sink-or-swim time. Either you have a plan of where to meet up, or you don't. They may be spending a few days getting back from a trip that took twenty minutes Before.
Many just won't be coming back. Deal with it.
The thing is to have a focus or a plan. To the extent you can. I have food and essentials but my apartment building will quickly become untenable. Land is unobtainium, for less than Lotto winnings - and frankly, property rights won't be honored After. I can go live in my storage unit, if I have to, for some days. Not secure but likely those I find doing the same, will be of the same situation - honest people desperate for secure space.
Calling people who you can't help, who may or may not make it to where you are? Waste of energy.
Lights? I collect flashlights. I have about five broad-reflector LED lights - everything from a retrofitted Maglight, to a railroad lantern, to mini-flashlights. All with Li-I batteries. Shelf life is 10 years, longer than I'll probably be here.
I can light this place up just like the power was on, except that would be the height of stupidity.
How's it all gonna go down? That's the Million-Dollar Question.
If TSHTF quickly, and your kids/wife/parents are elsewhere...well, it's sink-or-swim time. Either you have a plan of where to meet up, or you don't. They may be spending a few days getting back from a trip that took twenty minutes Before.
Many just won't be coming back. Deal with it.
The thing is to have a focus or a plan. To the extent you can. I have food and essentials but my apartment building will quickly become untenable. Land is unobtainium, for less than Lotto winnings - and frankly, property rights won't be honored After. I can go live in my storage unit, if I have to, for some days. Not secure but likely those I find doing the same, will be of the same situation - honest people desperate for secure space.
Calling people who you can't help, who may or may not make it to where you are? Waste of energy.
Lights? I collect flashlights. I have about five broad-reflector LED lights - everything from a retrofitted Maglight, to a railroad lantern, to mini-flashlights. All with Li-I batteries. Shelf life is 10 years, longer than I'll probably be here.
I can light this place up just like the power was on, except that would be the height of stupidity.
How's it all gonna go down? That's the Million-Dollar Question.
BASIC EDC is WAY BETTER than Altoids Kit