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I just read some of this thread. Wow, so many have gone and are there! My son is a Lt in the USMC, but its his fiance, probably wife soon, that will go. His name is Josh M ( Mac), and hers is Penny. My son suffered a non combat related neck injury and will get a medical discharge in the next few months. Maybe sooner. Not sure. They do keep him busy at Quantico though. Penny is now at Camp Lejeune and will probably be going to Iraq soon. I pray for all of you, military and family and friends. I am a veteran, US Navy, aviation, was a parachute rigger, so safety and survival have always interested me, as well as the explorers and pioneers of yesteryear. Having read actual journals of the Gold Rush wagon train travellers some years back, I think they also were against the odds alot of times, and respect them as much as I respect our troops today. All of them teach me things !

This is a good basic list. Blankets and cots or air mattresses with a manual pump. Sleeping bags, tents that are free standing dome types can be warmer to sleep in. One may also have to customize for individual preference,climates, the types of things they can afford or have available in their region. I have to think up two ways, one for my apartment and the event of getting kicked out of my apartment and having no way to get to where my son may be some states away, unless I walk out, and that may not be very safe. So plan B is to go up in the woods. I want to make a hideaway up past any private land and will be far enough away from the hwys where I live to stay out of trouble except for the wild critters, which may be more civil than my immediate neighbors anyhow. (* lol). arby PS. Making a four season shelter and bringing close enough wood for a fire will be part of Plan B. luckily there is always fresh windfall every year. As for heating my apartment temporarily ( power outtage), propane tanks and indoor outdoor quality heater that runs on propane is the only thing I can maybe store safely enough inside as i have no sheds or backyard area with this old apartment. I have plenty of river water and creek water I can boil and filter if I ran out, and can also flush the toilet with... too. Longer terms would be up in my hideout. I will cache food. Rubbermaid containers will work for that, along with alot of digging. Marked with stones I guess, something that will stick up out of two feet of snow. Making some wool afghans with a loom set up seems a good idea too. For me.