6. What can go wrong?
• Earthquakes...
• Wild fires...
• Floods & mudslides...
• Riots...
• ...and that’s just in Los Angeles.
• Other natural disasters as wellfucked up shit.
economic collapse. Generally
as political or
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7. Different Kinds of Preparing
• Stuck at home
• Stuck away from home
• Going from one place to another
• Never going back home
• End of the world as we know it
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9. Safe Assumptions
• Public services are interrupted
• No power / water / gas / phones / internet
• Emergency services are maxed out
• Police / Fire Department / EMS are not coming
• General lawlessness
• Society falls apart fast (New Orleans / Katrina)
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10. Bug Out / GTFO Bag
• Evacuation with little or no notice
• Can not count on anything working or anyone coming to
help
• Should be able to sustain yourself for ~72 hours (3 days)
• Ideally you will be going somewhere safer
• That could be out of town, or back home
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11. No two bags will be the same.
No two people’s needs are the same.
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12. No two bags will be the same.
No two people’s needs are the same.
They'll have theirs, and you'll have yours, and I'll have mine.
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13. The 3Bs of Preparedness
• Beans
• Band-Aids
• Bullets
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14. Beans
• Food is important.
• You need something to keep your strength up
• Small energy or protein bars are awesome
• Water is important.
• It’s also heavy
• Consider purification / filtration
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15. Band-Aids
• First Aid is important.
• You might be hurt
• You might get hurt
• Don’t go out like a sucker
• It would infection a week later.the “event” but die
from an
really suck to survive
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16. Bullets
• People will be looking out for themselves.
• If there is one situation is bad enough, you will become a
it’s that if the
thing we’ve learned from zombie movies
target for other survivors.
• Better safe than sorry - Have some way to defend
yourself.
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18. Just you?
• Everytheir own bag should
have
family member
• You might get separated
• Don’t forget kids and pets
• But they should have their own bag too
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19. Gimmie Shelter
• Assuming 3 days, that means 3 nights too
• You’ll want to sleep at some point
• Outside might be safer or only option
• The weather might not be perfect
• Mini tent or tarp is worth considering
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20. Mobility
• You are going somewhere
• Another city, a friends house, etc
• You will be carrying your bag
• For a long time
• Use a bag your are comfortable carrying
• Lighter is better
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21. Other Stuff to Consider
• Fire
• Gloves
• Change of clothes
• Hygiene
• Radio
• Extra batteries
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22. Other Other Stuff to Consider
• Cash - small bills!
• Valuables to trade
• A plan
• Maps of the area / where are you going?
• Documents
• photo copies / USB / “in the cloud”
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