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	How To Make A Survival Kit On my birthday in 2005, I read a Slashdot article discussing what things you might want to take with you if you had to evacuate your home. This was only a few months after Hurricane Katrina leveled southern Louisiana and Mississippi, so quite a few people had given this a lot of recent thought.
	Instructions Short checklist of things you'd never remember to do on your own
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	Tools Good, metal knife Small multi-tool (for the scissors, screwdrivers, etc.)

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	How To Make A Survival Kit On my birthday in 2005, I read a Slashdot article discussing what things you might want to take with you if you had to evacuate your home. This was only a few months after Hurricane Katrina leveled southern Louisiana and Mississippi, so quite a few people had given this a lot of recent thought.
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> >	How To Carry It There are two schools of thought here: Pack everything inside a small metal pan that you can use for cooking, carrying water, etc Pros: no wasted space or weight Cons: small metal pans can get crushed or soaked Put everything "fragile" inside a hardened case, like an OtterBox Pros: your gear stays dry and intact Cons: the box isn't probably very intrinsically useful You application affects your choice very heavily. If you plain to carry mainly camping gear that's pretty durable, the first option is probably your best choice. If you expect to carry many fragile items, such as an ElectronicSurvivalKit or other small electronics, then the second is likely better. I personally use an OtterBox. The List
	Note, some of this is blatantly, word-for-word plagiarized from the above sources. My goal is to condence their ideas into one handy list, and there are only so many ways to say "strike anywhere matches".

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> >	How To Make A Survival Kit On my birthday in 2005, I read a Slashdot article discussing what things you might want to take with you if you had to evacuate your home. This was only a few months after Hurricane Katrina leveled southern Louisiana and Mississippi, so quite a few people had given this a lot of recent thought. The article started off talking about which personal documents you should take copies of (driver licenses, marriage certificates, passports, etc.) - in other words, an ElectronicSurvivalKit. However, the topic soon veered off into the kinds of things you need to physically stay alive. That made me realize that I've never made any such preparations, short of putting some bottled water in our TornadoShelter^?. Below is a summary of the recommendations I came across. Note: This isn't meant as a list of things you'll need to form your own private society out in the desert. I have absolutely zero interest in "survivalism"; I just want to have the stuff needed to keep me and my family alive until the National Guard arrives. Second note: I primarily wrote this for me and my family. It's biased towards scenarios that I might have to cope with, but completely ignores things that I could never hope to deal with anyway (such as being lost at sea). References http://ask.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=164176&cid=13709968 http://www.m4040.com/Survival/Survival.htm The List Note, some of this is blatantly, word-for-word plagiarized from the above sources. My goal is to condence their ideas into one handy list, and there are only so many ways to say "strike anywhere matches". Instructions Short checklist of things you'd never remember to do on your own The US Army Survival Manual. Print it small and use a magnifying glass if you need to. Tools Good, metal knife Small multi-tool (for the scissors, screwdrivers, etc.) Compass Thermometer Magnifying glass - possibly a Fresnel lens Metal dining utensils (that can be sanitized before and after use) Fire starters - at least one of: Strike anywhere matches in a waterproof safe Firestarting piston Disposable lighter Magnesium/flintbar Water Personal water filter Water purifying straw Water purification tablets Several sheets of paper and a pencil A bottle of alcohol. Distilled, drinkable grain alcohol is best. Medicine / Health Anti-diarrheals Aspirin Antihistimines - to counter allergic reactions Any other drugs you personally need to stay alive Scalpel blades Suture kit Homemade soda can stove 5 pounds of GoRp^? Emergency blanket Ziploc Baggies Camelback water resevior recently filled with known good water 100 feet of parachute cord Cloth Wool cloth. Two shirtweight peices 45"X 72". One heavier weight 60"X108". These are your clothes, your hammock, your chair, your carryall, etc. Do not substitute cotton! Three yards of 36" wide cotton could come in handy as well. This is your hat, your belt, your shoulder bag, your sling, etc. Clothing Two pair of wool socks Waterproof, windproof shell or parka. Yes, even if you're in a tropical zone. A pennywhistle or any other tiny musical instrument. If you can turn a disaster into a party, your odds of survival will go up. Signalling Referee's whistle Mirror Mini LED flashlight Money - your eventual goal is to get back to civilization Repairs Mini roll of duct tape Sewing needle and thread Safety pins 9'x7' painting tarp (to make a tent) or a few trashbags Slingshot kit - can be used to kill small game or fish -- KirkStrauser - 09 Feb 2006

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How To Make A Survival Kit

On my birthday in 2005, I read a Slashdot article discussing what things you might want to take with you if you had to evacuate your home. This was only a few months after Hurricane Katrina leveled southern Louisiana and Mississippi, so quite a few people had given this a lot of recent thought.

The article started off talking about which personal documents you should take copies of (driver licenses, marriage certificates, passports, etc.) - in other words, an ElectronicSurvivalKit. However, the topic soon veered off into the kinds of things you need to physically stay alive. That made me realize that I've never made any such preparations, short of putting some bottled water in our TornadoShelter^?. Below is a summary of the recommendations I came across.

Note: This isn't meant as a list of things you'll need to form your own private society out in the desert. I have absolutely zero interest in "survivalism"; I just want to have the stuff needed to keep me and my family alive until the National Guard arrives.

Second note: I primarily wrote this for me and my family. It's biased towards scenarios that I might have to cope with, but completely ignores things that I could never hope to deal with anyway (such as being lost at sea).

References

The List

Note, some of this is blatantly, word-for-word plagiarized from the above sources. My goal is to condence their ideas into one handy list, and there are only so many ways to say "strike anywhere matches".

Instructions
- Short checklist of things you'd never remember to do on your own
- The US Army Survival Manual. Print it small and use a magnifying glass if you need to.
Tools
- Good, metal knife
- Small multi-tool (for the scissors, screwdrivers, etc.)
- Compass
- Thermometer
- Magnifying glass - possibly a Fresnel lens
Metal dining utensils (that can be sanitized before and after use)
Fire starters - at least one of:
- Strike anywhere matches in a waterproof safe
- Firestarting piston
- Disposable lighter
- Magnesium/flintbar
Water
- Personal water filter
- Water purifying straw
- Water purification tablets
Several sheets of paper and a pencil
A bottle of alcohol. Distilled, drinkable grain alcohol is best.
Medicine / Health
- Anti-diarrheals
- Aspirin
- Antihistimines - to counter allergic reactions
- Any other drugs you personally need to stay alive
- Scalpel blades
- Suture kit
Homemade soda can stove
5 pounds of GoRp^?
Emergency blanket
Ziploc Baggies
Camelback water resevior recently filled with known good water
100 feet of parachute cord
Cloth
- Wool cloth. Two shirtweight peices 45"X 72". One heavier weight 60"X108". These are your clothes, your hammock, your chair, your carryall, etc. Do not substitute cotton!
- Three yards of 36" wide cotton could come in handy as well. This is your hat, your belt, your shoulder bag, your sling, etc.
Clothing
- Two pair of wool socks
- Waterproof, windproof shell or parka. Yes, even if you're in a tropical zone.
A pennywhistle or any other tiny musical instrument. If you can turn a disaster into a party, your odds of survival will go up.
Signalling
- Referee's whistle
- Mirror
- Mini LED flashlight
Money - your eventual goal is to get back to civilization
Repairs
- Mini roll of duct tape
- Sewing needle and thread
- Safety pins
9'x7' painting tarp (to make a tent) or a few trashbags
Slingshot kit - can be used to kill small game or fish

-- KirkStrauser - 09 Feb 2006

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