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Title: 72 Hour Kit for Emergency Preparedness
Post by: DrewKaree on September 22, 2005, 04:03:00 pm
 This is a list of items to store in a 72 hour kit so a family can be prepared in case of an emergency.

Directions: Print this list and check off each item that has been put into your 72 hour kit.

Food and Water
(A three day supply of food and water, per person, when no refrigeration or cooking is available)

Bedding and Clothing


Fuel and Light


Equipment


Personal Supplies and Medication


Personal Documents and Money
(Place these items in a water-proof container!)


Miscellaneous


Notes:

Title: Re: 72 Hour Kit for Emergency Preparedness
Post by: ChadTower on September 22, 2005, 04:04:23 pm
I can probably go 72 hours without scriptures, thank you very much.
Title: Re: 72 Hour Kit for Emergency Preparedness
Post by: Havok on September 22, 2005, 04:09:21 pm
Don't forget the generator and enough fuel to power your arcade machines for those 72 hours!
Title: Re: 72 Hour Kit for Emergency Preparedness
Post by: DrewKaree on September 22, 2005, 04:12:54 pm
I can probably go 72 hours without scriptures, thank you very much.

Some folks use them for the purposes of genealogy.  Tear out your first few pages if you don't need the rest of it and your family does this. 

Throw another few books in there to replace it, if you wish

 ::)
Title: Re: 72 Hour Kit for Emergency Preparedness
Post by: shmokes on September 22, 2005, 04:14:02 pm
Patriarchal Blessing?

WTF is that doing taking up space in a 72 hour kit?  Scriptures, meh, I can see their use if you they comfort you and keep you going, thinking that if you're righteous enough god will lead rescuers to you.  Not for me, but whatever works for you.  But a patriarchal blessing?  How random is that?
Title: Re: 72 Hour Kit for Emergency Preparedness
Post by: Stingray on September 22, 2005, 04:15:03 pm
Patriarchal Blessing?



I don't even know what this is.

-S
Title: Re: 72 Hour Kit for Emergency Preparedness
Post by: ChadTower on September 22, 2005, 04:21:27 pm

If things are messed up enough that you need your 72 hour emergency kit, you can pretty much bet your credit card isn't going to help.
Title: Re: 72 Hour Kit for Emergency Preparedness
Post by: DrewKaree on September 22, 2005, 04:28:56 pm

If things are messed up enough that you need your 72 hour emergency kit, you can pretty much bet your credit card isn't going to help.

You won't need it because you and your family will have been walking for those 72 hours. 

I forgot to add the disclaimer that this kit is not intended for Chad Tower or any of the family members in his house, nor was every item intended to be put in there for those who don't wish to add it, nor was every item intended to be understood and/or used by whatever race/religion/alien being might read this.

Seemed too wordy to add in there.  When something seems too wordy for ME, it's GOT to be one of those things that isn't necessary. 
Title: Re: 72 Hour Kit for Emergency Preparedness
Post by: Stingray on September 22, 2005, 04:42:39 pm
So can somebody tell me what a Patriarchal Blessing is. I don't think I have one to put in my kit.

-S
Title: Re: 72 Hour Kit for Emergency Preparedness
Post by: shmokes on September 22, 2005, 04:49:06 pm
Patriarchal Blessing?



I don't even know what this is.

-S

It's essentially a christian tarot card reading.  The patriarch is the resident fortune teller.  Like a psychic hotline they are generally filled with vagueries, "You will be a hardworking and loving father, but you will go through a period of tension with your children that stand as a great trial for you in your life.  Late in life a life changing event will allow you to prove your adaptibility and integrity.....etc. etc."

And nothing is set in stone, conveniently.  Generally speaking these are the things that will come to pass if and only if you follow the path that heavenly father has planned for you and make all the decisions you should make.  And, of course, you need to just keep yourself in tune with the spirit at all times to have any idea what that path is, since the Patriarch isn't so kind as to give you any practical information...

....okay....sorry.  I'll stop.  That's a Patriarchal Blessing in a nutshell.  Didn't mean to go all god-hater on y'all, but you can see why it would be a strange thing to include in a list of essentials in a 72 hour kit.
Title: Re: 72 Hour Kit for Emergency Preparedness
Post by: Stingray on September 22, 2005, 04:54:35 pm
Woo, that's out there man. ;)

-S
Title: Re: 72 Hour Kit for Emergency Preparedness
Post by: Grasshopper on September 22, 2005, 04:59:15 pm
Isn't a Patriarchal Blessing rather sexist? Wouldn't you also need a matriarchal blessing to add balance to the force or something?

Oh, and Dartful will need his gun of course. ;D
Title: Re: 72 Hour Kit for Emergency Preparedness
Post by: Stingray on September 22, 2005, 05:03:28 pm
Is there such a thing as canned bacon? If so I'm chucking everything out of my emergency kit so I can fill it up with that.

-S
Title: Re: 72 Hour Kit for Emergency Preparedness
Post by: shmokes on September 22, 2005, 05:10:04 pm
I haven't seen it in about fifteen years, but the answer is yes.  Or at least the answer WAS yes.  At a winter scout camp when I was 11 or 12 or so one of the kids brought a can of bacon.  It was pretty well frozen in the morning so it was a big cylinder of bacon in the pan until the fire split it all apart.  I remember it being REALLY good (though, like I say, I was like 11 years old so take that with a grain of salt). 

I haven't seen it since and have no idea where he got it.
Title: Re: 72 Hour Kit for Emergency Preparedness
Post by: paigeoliver on September 22, 2005, 05:13:37 pm
I don't have an emergency kit at all. I am heavy enough to not eat for a month before I started starving to death, but some canned bacon might be a good idea.
Title: Re: 72 Hour Kit for Emergency Preparedness
Post by: shmokes on September 22, 2005, 05:16:37 pm
Will bacon and egs do? (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00026QIDK/103-2629761-2252620?v=glance)
Title: Re: 72 Hour Kit for Emergency Preparedness
Post by: paigeoliver on September 22, 2005, 05:33:49 pm
You know, Amazon has a price to order the bacon USED!!
Title: Re: 72 Hour Kit for Emergency Preparedness
Post by: PetitMorte on September 22, 2005, 05:38:22 pm
Is there such a thing as canned bacon? If so I'm chucking everything out of my emergency kit so I can fill it up with that.

-S

(http://www.pottedmeatmuseum.com/meatpics/034.jpg)
Title: Re: 72 Hour Kit for Emergency Preparedness
Post by: Jabba on September 22, 2005, 05:48:35 pm
Army rations would probably have something "like" bacon you could re-hydrate. I remember my bro bringing this stuff home after weekend trips with the Reserves! Cheeze Wiz in a tube (like toothpaste) and peanut butter.....
Title: Re: 72 Hour Kit for Emergency Preparedness
Post by: Dartful Dodger on September 22, 2005, 06:05:42 pm
I just got two cases of these: Hooah! (http://www.hooahbar.com/)

Not for emergency rations, but as a lunch substitute.

These things taste great, I've already gone through two cases.
Title: Re: 72 Hour Kit for Emergency Preparedness
Post by: Shape D. on September 22, 2005, 06:14:36 pm
Do you have a 120 hr emergency kit?  ;)
Title: Re: 72 Hour Kit for Emergency Preparedness
Post by: shmokes on September 22, 2005, 06:18:42 pm
I just got two cases of these: Hooah! (http://www.hooahbar.com/)

Not for emergency rations, but as a lunch substitute.

These things taste great, I've already gone through two cases.

How do those compare taste-wise to the Snickers Marathon Bars, specifically the Multigrain Crunch flavor if you've had it?
Title: Re: 72 Hour Kit for Emergency Preparedness
Post by: Daniel270 on September 22, 2005, 06:24:51 pm
They do have bacon at the stores that's already cooked and ready to eat.  Simple enough to find and not too costly either....

(http://images.packworld.com/issues/05.99/images/Departments/Forthefirtim-12.jpg)
Title: Re: 72 Hour Kit for Emergency Preparedness
Post by: Dartful Dodger on September 22, 2005, 06:35:48 pm
How do those compare taste-wise to the Snickers Marathon Bars, specifically the Multigrain Crunch flavor if you've had it?

I haven't tried any of those.
Title: Re: 72 Hour Kit for Emergency Preparedness
Post by: crashwg on September 22, 2005, 06:36:48 pm
What about bacon bits?  Those come in cardboard cans sometimes...  :P
Title: Re: 72 Hour Kit for Emergency Preparedness
Post by: mr.Curmudgeon on September 22, 2005, 07:00:34 pm

Condoms? No condoms? 72 hrs w/ no sex?

That, in and of itself, is an emergency.

mrC
Title: Re: 72 Hour Kit for Emergency Preparedness
Post by: shmokes on September 22, 2005, 07:08:28 pm
How do those compare taste-wise to the Snickers Marathon Bars, specifically the Multigrain Crunch flavor if you've had it?

I haven't tried any of those.  These taste like candy bars, especially the chocolate.  I need to remind myself not to eat more than one at a time, since that would counter the reason I bought them.

The Apple tastes about the same a power bar.  It's good, but it's not like candy, which is better because I'm not as tempted to eat more than one.

Well, next time you're in WalMart (in the pharmacy by all the powerbars and stuff) pick up a Snickers Marathon bar.  Multigrain Crunch is the best and it is WAY WAY WAY better than any powerbar.  I used to go through at least one per day, but I've eaten too many now and they don't appeal much anymore.  So I'm always looking for something to replace them.
Title: Re: 72 Hour Kit for Emergency Preparedness
Post by: NoOne=NBA= on September 22, 2005, 08:10:43 pm
My "emergency" plan is to grab my fishing/hunting gear, and head for the hills.
I can wait out just about anything there--for months, if need be.

Of course I don't live in an area that finds it necessary to designate SEASONS for their natural disasters.
When bad things happen often enough to warrant a season, I'm all for beating the rush, and evacuating immediately.
That plan worked to perfection the last time I used it, about 18 years ago.
I loaded my truck at Ft. Rucker, Alabama, and did 80+ the whole way back to the Pacific Northwest.

I was really tired of watching tornadoes go by while standing in the 100 ft. tall air traffic control tower I worked in, having the roof of places I shopped at picked up and dropped back into the store, seeing trailer parks suddenly decide to migrate to the next county, etc...
Title: Re: 72 Hour Kit for Emergency Preparedness
Post by: ChadTower on September 23, 2005, 08:59:55 am
I don't have an emergency kit at all. I am heavy enough to not eat for a month before I started starving to death, but some canned bacon might be a good idea.

Try surviving a week without water.
Title: Re: 72 Hour Kit for Emergency Preparedness
Post by: Stingray on September 23, 2005, 09:11:27 am
Is there such a thing as canned bacon? If so I'm chucking everything out of my emergency kit so I can fill it up with that.

-S

(http://www.pottedmeatmuseum.com/meatpics/034.jpg)

Well that's all I needed to know. **dumps contents of emergency kit into dumpster**

-S
Title: Re: 72 Hour Kit for Emergency Preparedness
Post by: ChadTower on September 23, 2005, 09:18:02 am

Dude, you trust a Product of Hungary?

Though, if anyone Is Hungary enough to produce canned bacon, it's them.

Nyuk.
Title: Re: 72 Hour Kit for Emergency Preparedness
Post by: Stingray on September 23, 2005, 09:30:47 am
Chad get's this week's bad pun award.

Nice one.

-S
Title: Re: 72 Hour Kit for Emergency Preparedness
Post by: clanggedin on September 23, 2005, 03:28:04 pm
This list of items for a 72 hour kit was compliled by a Mormon. I'm not sure how many other religions give Patriarchal Blessings. Mormons constantly push having at least a 72 hour kit ready for emergencies. They also promote having at least a year of food storage too.

When you receive your Patriarchal Blessing it is recorded at the same time, and then is transcribed and you get mailed a copy of what was said in the blessing.

That's why it is in the list of items. If you are Mormon then its inclusion is not so random.

BTW... My 72 hour kit has condoms in it too. There is always an emergency when they are needed.
Title: Re: 72 Hour Kit for Emergency Preparedness
Post by: sirwoogie on September 23, 2005, 03:35:20 pm
Staying on topic with this thread.... Those of you interested in everything survival based (especially in lieu of recent events), may wish to check out Doug Ritter's site:

 http://www.equipped.org/

It goes into very good detail on being prepared for most contingencies. He has plenty of sample kit guides, reviews, and opinion pieces. Definitely worth the read if your serious about preparing for the worst!

With regards to the Scriptures listed in the kit; that requirement is not uncommon. I agree this was prepared for a specific religion, but most survivalists suggest putting your faith into the kit. Whether that be the Bible, Koran, Book of Morman, etc., most agree it's a good idea.
Title: Re: 72 Hour Kit for Emergency Preparedness
Post by: ChadTower on September 23, 2005, 03:37:21 pm

Bookmarked.  I love that stuff.
Title: Re: 72 Hour Kit for Emergency Preparedness
Post by: USSEnterprise on September 24, 2005, 02:29:14 am
Where is "cellphone" on the list?
Title: Re: 72 Hour Kit for Emergency Preparedness
Post by: ChadTower on September 24, 2005, 08:11:32 am

Disaster = no cell towers = cell phone is useless
Title: Re: 72 Hour Kit for Emergency Preparedness
Post by: markrvp on September 24, 2005, 09:19:43 am
Where is "cellphone" on the list?

You should already have that on you.  No need for an extra cell phone plan just to put one in your survival kit.
Title: Re: 72 Hour Kit for Emergency Preparedness
Post by: USSEnterprise on September 24, 2005, 12:28:50 pm
Thats what was good about those old satellite phones. They worked anywhere
Title: Re: 72 Hour Kit for Emergency Preparedness
Post by: M3talhead on September 24, 2005, 12:49:01 pm
I noticed you didnt include porn on your "list".

What the hell are you supposed to do while waiting for rescue workers???
Title: Re: 72 Hour Kit for Emergency Preparedness
Post by: PetitMorte on September 24, 2005, 01:36:18 pm
I noticed you didnt include porn on your "list".

What the hell are you supposed to do while waiting for rescue workers???

My kit doesn't have porn.

It has whores.  Whores and Ale.

(http://www.thinkgeek.com/images/products/front/pvp_aleandwhores.jpg)
Title: Re: 72 Hour Kit for Emergency Preparedness
Post by: shmokes on September 24, 2005, 04:06:01 pm

This list of items for a 72 hour kit was compliled by a Mormon.


I would tend to agree.  And I was a Mormon for about the first 15-16 years of my life.
Title: Re: 72 Hour Kit for Emergency Preparedness
Post by: M3talhead on September 24, 2005, 04:56:20 pm

This list of items for a 72 hour kit was compliled by a Mormon.


I would tend to agree.  And I was a Mormon for about the first 15-16 years of my life.

.......and you'll never get those years back
Title: Re: 72 Hour Kit for Emergency Preparedness
Post by: shmokes on September 28, 2005, 04:07:21 pm

This list of items for a 72 hour kit was compliled by a Mormon.


I would tend to agree.  And I was a Mormon for about the first 15-16 years of my life.

.......and you'll never get those years back

If any of them are right I hope it's the Mormons.  Everybody goes to heaven.  Hitler goes to heaven.  You could probably count the number of people from the beginning of mandkind on one hand who could even conceivably go to hell.

Now if the Baptists are right, well.....it's all fire and brimstone for me.
Title: Re: 72 Hour Kit for Emergency Preparedness
Post by: clanggedin on September 28, 2005, 11:22:33 pm

If any of them are right I hope it's the Mormons.
Title: Re: 72 Hour Kit for Emergency Preparedness
Post by: shmokes on September 28, 2005, 11:34:21 pm
Trust me, I know all that.  Also trust me that I'm right.  Outer darkness is the Mormon's hell and it is nearly impossible to get into.  When I say nearly impossible I mean that most people couldn't get in no matter how badly they wanted to. 
Title: Re: 72 Hour Kit for Emergency Preparedness
Post by: ChadTower on September 29, 2005, 09:08:45 am

It's the VIP room.
Title: Re: 72 Hour Kit for Emergency Preparedness
Post by: clanggedin on September 29, 2005, 10:08:14 am
Any place where I cannot be with my wife and family is considered HELL to me.
Title: Re: 72 Hour Kit for Emergency Preparedness
Post by: TOK on September 30, 2005, 08:14:24 am
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Equipment

    * Can Opener (the "turn the handle" kind)
    * Dishes/Utensils
    * Shovel
    * Crank Radio (requires no batteries, just turn the crank for power)
    * Pen and Paper
    * Axe
    * Pocket Knife
    * Rope

If I need a shovel and an axe, you can be damn sure I'm also going to have at least one gun. A rifle if you live in the United States, a very concealable pistol if you live outside the US... say New Jersey, Maryland or California.  ;)
Title: Re: 72 Hour Kit for Emergency Preparedness
Post by: shmokes on September 30, 2005, 08:38:09 pm
Any place where I cannot be with my wife and family is considered HELL to me.

Wow...a practicing mormon.  And I thought you were just yakking.  You say that, but in 100 trillion years you won't even remember them anymore :)  People just don't seem to realize how long eternity is.

...anyway, your founder, Joe Smith, was shown the lowest level of heaven in a vision (this is where Hitler is) and he said that it is so amazing that anyone who saw it would kill themselves just to get there (presumably that did not apply to him as he did not, in fact, commit suicide).

Frankly, I'm pretty happy with living in America so I will reitterate:  If anyone is right, I hope it's the Mormons.