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Here's some advice from Margaret (Magpie) Killjoy on prepping a go bag. Looks like there's some stuff I need to add to mine. Never thought of a Fresnel lens, for one.
Here's Magpie's podcasts, Live Like the World is Dying and Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff.
She's also a regular guest on Behind the Bastards.
A More Serious Post: Evacuation Kits / Go-Bags.
Everyone should have a go-bag that they've prepared over time in the event of an emergency. It should include:
- All documents including IDs, passports, social security cards, insurance information, medical records: vitally include any documentation of recent medical procedures, documentation of any current legal proceedings, etc (or copies of all of the above)
- Credit & Debit Cards, cash, etc
- Medications (and clean medical applicators like syringes and such. If it needs to be kept cooled, I've seen people reccomend that the bag be kept within a few steps of a kitchen or fridge to be accessible to coolers/ice packs)
- Clothing (Three days of clothing per person tends to be a fair assessment. Typically add in a coat no matter the weather and a mask of any kind)
- Three days of non-perishable food per person per day. If there is a baby involved, include formula (EVEN if they are breastfed. Babies sometimes struggle to latch on when in stressful situations)
- Water. This rule of thumb is a gallon per living being per day for at least three days. Add an additional reusable water bottle for each being if possible.
- Animal/Pet Supplies (Pet food, collapsable litter box, backup litter in ziploc bags, poop bags, etc). Include Pet Medical Records if available
- First Aid Kit (which should be in your car anyway, but remember that you can't always take your car)
- Chargers for all devices
- Extra! Flashlight! Trust me on this one, you do not want to be relying on your phone. Preferably solar or battery powered but remember to add in extra batteries if it is the latter
- Basic Hygiene/Health Aid such as N95s, gloves, surgical masks, hand sanitizer, eye protection, saline, etc
THEN you add in sentimental items and valuables. Make sure you have thought about what items you own that you 100% could never ever live without and try to see if you can make sure they can be grabbed quickly if you are ever in an evacuation zone.
It is overwhelming and for a lot of people it takes time to curate this bag. You would much rather prefer to think about it now than panic in an emergency and forget something you can never find again.
Best of luck to all.
Weird tip of the day, but I've seen a lot of people encouraging other people threatened by the current administration to make "go-bags," i.e. a bag with your passport and other important stuff in it that you can grab and run with at a moment's notice.
If you're going to do that with an eye towards a time when you might be running from someone, remember to think about the sounds stuff in your bag can make. Ex: If you have a bottle of your medication in the bag, it will rattle, especially as you empty it. Consider adding a ziploc of cottonballs to your inventory, which you can use to stuff half empty pill bottles, partially empty boxes of loose candy, etc. to prevent anything from making sound.
Ivy's Survive the Apocalypse list.
If you're following the news, you're scared. Or you should be. Things are getting worse, not better. And they wont stop with the most marginalized of us; if you're not rich, you're nothing to them except labor.
I've been worried about current events, world news, and continental politics for a while now; at least 1 year. That's when I started packing my Go-Bags. It occurs to me now that my skills as a veteran would be useful for other LGBTQIAS2+, so I've decided to tell you what I deemed necessary in an emergency Bug Out Bag. See below.
(For the love of the Gods, please let this one get tumblr famous!!)
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In light of the recent California fires here's a tip from the child of a disaster preparedness professional: make a go bag.
A "go bag" is a tote bag or backpack filled with essentials kept within easy reach in case you need to evacuate your home. This could be fire, flooding, a tornado, earthquake, prolonged power outage, chemical spill, etc.
My personal go-bag has:
first aid kit
pet first aid kit
bottle of ibuprofen
sewing kit
pocket thermometer
hair ties
brightly colored ribbons or flagging tape
pads and tampons
small wrench
dehydrated washcloth
pens and highlighters
hand sanitizer
travel sized lotion, shampoo, and conditioner bottles
tea bags
emergency candle
lighter or matches
You might also want to add things like a spare phone charger, flashlight/headlamp/glowstick, whistle, water filter, MRE's, a space blanket, or a fire blanket depending on what kind of natural disasters are most common where you live.
Additionally, you should keep all your personal documents (or copies of them) together in a place you can reach easily. You should be able to shove them in your go bag on the way out of your house.
Do you have anykind of Go bag. (bug out bag) I was reading a post on here and the commenter made it seem weird to have one. now I wanna know if I am the odd one or not. (Wouldn't be the first time I did something weird.)
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