What should you have in a home survival kit?
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So with all the worries about blackouts, armageddon, etc I was thinking I should get a little home survival kit together!
What would you recommend I should get?
Was thinking candles, matches, variety of batteries. Maybe some emergency fuel for the car??
What would you recommend I should get?
Was thinking candles, matches, variety of batteries. Maybe some emergency fuel for the car??
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ooh - good idea.
... to end it all in case things go bad?!
You think drinking a litre of Southern Comfort will 'end it all'..?
We can survive about six weeks without food. Water is the key to survival.
What about fork handles?
Iconic sketch, eh
It it all goes tits up say Armageddon type zombie apocalypse/war/E.M.P. attack, then Cars/Batteries/most electrical components will be totally useless, unless kept in a Faraday cage, Hoarding petrol is a bad idea too, it degrades over time and becomes useless.
Work on the Rule of 3 in a survival sense
3 minutes without air.
3 hours without shelter.
3 days without water.
3 weeks without food.
There are thousands of sites out there that will help.
If I'm not mistaken, it's actually illegal, as well as unwise, to store fuel indoors.
It's as much about planning as the actual stuff you have in any emergency kit.
There's plenty of stuff about it on the interweb.
Best thing to do is spend an hour reading-up and plan from there.
One thing which can be useful, but which is often overlooked, is to make copies of stuff like your passport, drivers licence, NI card, NHS card etc and store the copies in your emergency kit.
That way you'll have some proof of ID to hand if you ever need it.
Candles
Matches
Portable water purifier
Bottled water
First aid kit
Blankets
Jumpers
Thermals
Camping stove
Utensils
Bottled gas
Stockpile tinned food, jars, pasta, rice, peanut butter, etc.
I also want a wind-up kettle, and loads of teabags and powdered milk.
Nobody ever remembers to bring a tin opener.
From what I've seen, it's mostly mad Septics who fall into two camps. One lot carries loads of different torches and lipsalve and the other lot a bunch of knives and a pistol. They all appear to be utter nutters.
I remember watching a clip about a sling pack for fishing. This bloke was talking about how he used it as an Everyday Carry bag and was going through the usual aspirins and sticking plasters when he suddenly hauls out this f*cking great Glock.:eek:
If we all voted Conservative I'd imagine there'd be a strong need for home survival kits.
After all, their motto virtually is "you're on your own".