Thank you Mr. Wheat and Mr. Huntington. I really enjoyed this episode. It inspired me to create my own go bag for normal people, lol. I used both your recommendations and threw it a few of my own. I even got to test it out recently. I decided to take it and only a few other things (I thought of at the last moment) on an overnight 3 hour trip from home. It worked out great and I got see in real time and not under pressure, what did and did not work. Thanks again and keep up the good work.
Great topic as usual. I do have the two go bags, but it is past time to go through them. I started to carry 2 pocket lights after one of the Guncranks episodes. I just got a nicer one from Amazon. It is the size of a keyfob and it has 3 settings. First press is an impressive 500 lumens. The next two are 300 and 100 lumens. I think I paid $16 or $17 dollars for it, with free shipping. I keep a membership to Amazon because it is worth it in my case. I don't have to stock as much stuff at home since I can get it delivered to my house, usually within just a few days. The light, plus a set of drill bits, were on my porch the next morning, less than 12 hours from my time I placed the order. Also I wanted to say that I listen to both the Guns Magazine podcast, and to Guncranks, over and over again. I usually pick up something that I missed the first time.
Love the advice guys! Good solid information. I was a Boy Scout, always prepared is our motto. Once a scout forever one. I especially like the scenario of some local catastrophe. Joplin tornado a great example. I lived through that.
LOL! Cyclotron, excavator and chainsaw.😅 Actually, I do carry a chainsaw in the trunk in winter, and I have needed - even took it out in March once and had to go through a tree with my axe the next day.
@@jeffhutchins7048 Yep. Have also seen a logging truck with trailer up, move a large tree out of the way, using his binder cable off the front pull point on the truck.
I can't see myself bugging out. We've had people in my area get evacuated due to forest fires. I'll NEVER be prepared for that! I can't think of anything except fire to run me off of my property. Maybe a UBER RARE chemical spill??? I'm grabbing the EXACT things Roy mentioned and my cell phone to find a friend/family to stay with. Every family member will grab a truck and a trailer, load the horses and dogs, and were gone. I'll grab the cats too if they're around. I like our cats but I'm not gonna die for them.
Thank you for the helpful tips. I have 4 bags already packed 2 with med supplies and 2 with other things including spare pairs of glasses. ( I live in Philly and when the riots happened we learned quickly that stuff isn't always available, food or supplies ) Any recommendations for MREs? Money is tight but looking for something sustainable and if possible tasty.
A friend was traveling in Europe last year, had everything stolen out of her backpack by a pickpocket, including her passport, wallet and phone. She managed to get to a phone and made calls to friends to get herself out of that predicament.
Well, after living through the Joplin tornado here, a big earthquak in Southern CA, sent to LA to help the LAPD with the Rodney King riots (I was on the PD in San Diego), I can say, at least in my experience, sometimes the sky does fall … Roy
Thank you Mr. Wheat and Mr. Huntington. I really enjoyed this episode. It inspired me to create my own go bag for normal people, lol. I used both your recommendations and threw it a few of my own. I even got to test it out recently. I decided to take it and only a few other things (I thought of at the last moment) on an overnight 3 hour trip from home. It worked out great and I got see in real time and not under pressure, what did and did not work. Thanks again and keep up the good work.
Great topic as usual. I do have the two go bags, but it is past time to go through them.
I started to carry 2 pocket lights after one of the Guncranks episodes. I just got a nicer one from Amazon.
It is the size of a keyfob and it has 3 settings. First press is an impressive 500 lumens. The next two are 300 and 100 lumens. I think I paid $16 or $17 dollars for it, with free shipping. I keep a membership to Amazon because it is worth it in my case.
I don't have to stock as much stuff at home since I can get it delivered to my house, usually within just a few days. The light, plus a set of drill bits, were on my porch the next morning, less than 12 hours from my time I placed the order.
Also I wanted to say that I listen to both the Guns Magazine podcast, and to Guncranks, over and over again. I usually pick up something that I missed the first time.
Love the advice guys! Good solid information. I was a Boy Scout, always prepared is our motto. Once a scout forever one. I especially like the scenario of some local catastrophe. Joplin tornado a great example. I lived through that.
HI Richard! We need to have a visit! Roy
LOL! Cyclotron, excavator and chainsaw.😅 Actually, I do carry a chainsaw in the trunk in winter, and I have needed - even took it out in March once and had to go through a tree with my axe the next day.
A winch will usually get a tree out of your way too.
@@jeffhutchins7048 Yep. Have also seen a logging truck with trailer up, move a large tree out of the way, using his binder cable off the front pull point on the truck.
@@lanedexter6303 Beats calling Triple A … Roy
Hillbilly/Redneck self-reliance.
@@fmgpubs can they bring a gun?
I can't see myself bugging out. We've had people in my area get evacuated due to forest fires. I'll NEVER be prepared for that! I can't think of anything except fire to run me off of my property. Maybe a UBER RARE chemical spill???
I'm grabbing the EXACT things Roy mentioned and my cell phone to find a friend/family to stay with.
Every family member will grab a truck and a trailer, load the horses and dogs, and were gone.
I'll grab the cats too if they're around. I like our cats but I'm not gonna die for them.
Shelter orgs often won't allow weapons of any kind. However, most orgs MUST provide a pet shelter.
Yeah, but what they don’t know about in your pocket …. Roy
No bag. Not leaving home.
good advice topic. Ya just never know what the fickle finger of fate will throw at you.
Good topic. Nice non taticool thoughts.
Thank you for the helpful tips. I have 4 bags already packed 2 with med supplies and 2 with other things including spare pairs of glasses. ( I live in Philly and when the riots happened we learned quickly that stuff isn't always available, food or supplies ) Any recommendations for MREs? Money is tight but looking for something sustainable and if possible tasty.
My Patriot Supply is a good place to look.
A friend was traveling in Europe last year, had everything stolen out of her backpack by a pickpocket, including her passport, wallet and phone. She managed to get to a phone and made calls to friends to get herself out of that predicament.
We were in Genoa and a purse snatcher made a go at my wife. Bad idea … Suzi’s a retired cop. Purse snatcher zero … Suzi one. Roy
I have a chainsaw, 4 wheel drive & a root cellar.
Don't have much money, but I do have FOOD & WATER!
Food and water is about all you need … Roy
Cell towers might be down- a simple radio, maybe a walkie talkie of some kind. NOAA radio? Hand crank radio or light?
Water , Ammo, Socks and Food
most 'normal' people are not capable of bugging out for more than a day or two if that.
I knew a gun would be talked about. What do you think of byrna?
Better than nothing, and I’m a firm believer in having options other than deadly force. Roy
;-)
You’re both too old for the sky is falling routine
Well, after living through the Joplin tornado here, a big earthquak in Southern CA, sent to LA to help the LAPD with the Rodney King riots (I was on the PD in San Diego), I can say, at least in my experience, sometimes the sky does fall … Roy