I recently put together a survival kit for the event of an emergency this year.

I thought it a good idea that others did the same so below is what i have in my kit with the items i have, I urge you to put together your own.

Shoes
Thermal Underwear
A sewing kit approx three times the size of those piddly match-book ones you get in hotels
Matches - heads dipped in wax to waterproof
A large and impressive swiss army knife
A first aid kit
A photo album of everyone i care about.
Bottled water/Plastic bag and rubber bands/for collecting rain water/for collecting water via condensation
A wind-up torch
A wind-up radio
A firearm/my grandads old luger
A Ray Mears bushcraft book
Condoms/For other purposes than what your thinking.
Foldable shovel
Wood saw
Flint....tinder box
Energy supplement tablets
A whetstone for sharpening my tools
Loud whistle

This is my Survival kit and it all fits into a small rucksack if packed right..I have everything i need now!
DO YOU?

Samurai Sword
Compound Bow
Food Storage(Grains, Rice, Canned food)

Originally posted by Speakerofthetruth

Condoms/For other purposes than what your thinking.

edit on 8-1-2012 by Speakerofthetruth because: (no reason given)

what other purposes are there ?

The only thing in my BOB is my wits, and understanding of how people react to disaster scenarios.

Most people run. They panic.

I'll take what they leave behind, especially all the conveniently gathered and packeged stuff that gets left behind in all the stalled out cars on clogged freeways that get abandoned when panicked lemmings feel forced to hoof it for lack of defensible shelter.

Rule 1: Don't panic. Let everyone else panic.
Wait, and then pick up all the goodies left behind. There will be more than enough.

If you run, you'll be running probably to where everyone else is running to, where, whoever else is already there is already locking up any resources you might be hoping to exploit.

Don't run. A huge urban area devoid of panicked lemmings, will offer a glut of resources, defensible ground, and if it's home ground already, you've got advantage of knowing the area.