Whilst visiting our friend, Green Man Tim (Walking the Berkshires), I happened upon this post, which references a Survivalist's (Constitutionalist's?) website listing 100 Items to Disappear First in a real emergency.
Given our recent and on-going conversations about Peak Oil, I thought it interesting and wanted to post a few of the top 100.
1. Generators (Good ones cost dearly. Gas storage, risky. Noisy... target of thieves; maintenance etc.)
2. Water Filters/Purifiers
3. Portable Toilets
4. Seasoned Firewood. Wood takes about 6 - 12 months to become dried, for home uses.
5. Lamp Oil, Wicks, Lamps (First Choice: Buy CLEAR oil. If scarce, stockpile ANY!)
6. Coleman Fuel. Impossible to stockpile too much.
7. Guns, Ammunition, Pepper Spray, Knives, Clubs, Bats & Slingshots.
8. Hand-can openers, & hand egg beaters, whisks.
9. Honey/Syrups/white, brown sugar
10. Rice - Beans - Wheat...
13. Water Containers (Urgent Item to obtain.)
17. Survival Guide Book...
25. Thermal underwear (Tops & Bottoms)
26. Bow saws, axes and hatchets, Wedges...
41. Flour, yeast & salt
42. Matches. {"Strike Anywhere" preferred.)...
And, of course,
53. Duct Tape
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You can see the complete list at the link above. What's missing? What would be on your Survivalist list if Peak Oil (Global Warming, Water shortages, stupid presidents, name your catastrophe) causes the worst to happen?
[On a marginally related note, today's photo is of a painting by Harlan Hubbard of the Hubbard's Payne Hollow homestead.]
4 comments:
Manual typewriter, typewriter ribbon and most especially carbon paper. An old technology which in a time of unreliable electricity will be a timesaver for correspondence of all sorts. I took one with me in the pre-laptop days to Africa and the carbonds ensured that I had a written record of all the letters i wrote during thos years.
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A good knife, one that fits the hand and the pocket. With air travel interrupted, the knife could make a real comeback. And canned goods, canned anything.
In the event of a zombie apocalypse, your best bet at survival is moving into a subarctic climate (zombies freeze when the water in their bodies is below 32 degrees). So you'll need cold weather gear.
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