Preparedness kits

Many of you are going to want to consult several different sources in getting ready for the apocalypse.  I can’t say that I blame anyone for wanting to check a few different places in trying to nail down the most important supplies and suggestions for surviving the days ahead.  All the things that I speak about on this site are a combination of my years of survival training, with some suggestions and great ideas thrown in there from the survival community in general.  The only thing I feel any need to warn you about are the obvious misinformation that is out there.

To illustrate my point, I would like to point out a few things that I have seen at the ready.gov site, the national disaster preparedness guide that is supported by our government.  In some respects, it should be applauded for its efforts.  However, it falls short in many ways, the worst being the list of items taht you should have in a preparedness kit.  One thing that they tell you that is necessary to survival is a three day supply of water and food for each person.  This is great for a small flood, snow storm, or power-outtage.  But we are talking about more than three days before the massive changes and the dangers that come with them are in our rearview mirror.

Aside from this mistake, which I can only hope is a typo or a joke, there are other things that don’t make sense.  One thing they say to have handy is a whistle.  What the hell is a whistle going to do for you?  They say it is to call for help.  So if a plane goes overhead or a truck is rolling by down one of the roads that isn’t packed tight with dead cars, a whistle is going to get their attention?  Hell no.  Have an airhorn for the truck and a flare gun that you can use on both.  A whistle is like a dinner bell to zombies and planning on using one signals an IQ in the upper 70′s.

Another great suggestion they say is to have a cell phone and a charger.  First off, there will be no power for a while unless you have a generator.  So there really is no way to charge it.  More importantly, the satellites will likely be fried from the solar flares.  That’s just assanine.  If you really want to hang tight to communication, get a short-wave radio and make sure you have some way to power it.  I’m taking my cell phone into my bunker only because I have a postapocalyptic calendar app on it and I’m going to use it to help me plan my emergence from quarantine.

Take all these suggestions from these “experts” with a grain of salt.  Use your brain, think it through.  And whatever you do, be most careful when taking advice from our government.