So I got a new backpack for Christmas that I intend to use mainly as an emergency pack/Bug Out Bag. I'm putting together a list of necessities and have come up with the list below....thoughts? Something to add/remove?



-Flashlight w/ extra batteries
-Headlamp w/ extra batteries
-Fleece pullover
-Rain poncho
-Fleece toboggan
-Fixed blade hunting knife
-Leatherman
-A magnesium fire starter
-Glock w/ 2 loaded mags (will likely be strapped to the outside in a molle holster to save room
-50rd box of FMJ
-A large bottle of water along with some type of water purifying tablets (or something similar)
-A few Clif Bars
-A small first aid kit

I don't think people are going to turn into packs of marauding murders and start bartering for food and gas before you could walk your arse back home and figure out next steps.

Now... I'm not against someone keeping a prepardness kit in their vehicle. I have enough beer, honey buns, ammo, tools, animal traps, probably some deer corn, shovel, winch, etc. to make it several days so I'm not crying foul on the guy that thinks he needs to little something in his vehicle.

If the stock market crashes... which would be the most likely scenario in my book. Or maybe you could say a nuke attack on New York or something like that maybe EMP.

Do you think that people in Alabama would go full Mad Max before you had time to get back to yer house?

Worst that is likely to happen to us is a natural disaster and I don't think people are going to turn into packs of marauding murders and start bartering for food and gas before you could walk your arse back home and figure out next steps.

Wound-stop powder takes up a lot less space than a tampon. Use the extra space to carry smoke bomb(s) to get a chopper in fast. Or a gps and a cell phone.

lent from the dryer is a damn good fire starter and you can cram a whole lot in a Ziploc bag.

That's pretty messed up. I don't think you make it far at my house.

So the guy with a candle and dryer lint gets a pass?

Hell... you already got people on Aldeer sayin' they going to kill people and take their chit.

If the chit really hits the fan, 72 hours aint gonna hold you. Just tryin' to keep it real.

The purpose of the bags for our family is to give everyone the best opportunity to get home where we are better prepared to ride out a situation.

Even after that if things got really bad my first inclination would be to partner up with other like minded people and try to form some kind of cooperative for mutual defense and support rather than going rogue and killing people and taking what I feel I need.

Regardless of how bad it gets, I plan on keeping my faith in God and abiding by his teachings. Civilization will need to be reconstructed out of the ashes, and that can only happen with people working together to form communities.

That all may sound idealistic, but it's the only way.