Comments on: My “go” bag http://soundofrain.net/my-go-bag/ thoughts on the human experience Mon, 08 Mar 2010 03:43:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: soundofrain http://soundofrain.net/my-go-bag/comment-page-1/#comment-66 soundofrain Tue, 05 May 2009 16:57:31 +0000 http://soundofrain.net/?p=240#comment-66 A collapsible boat! What a great idea! A collapsible boat! What a great idea!

]]> By: Shanghai Slim http://soundofrain.net/my-go-bag/comment-page-1/#comment-64 Shanghai Slim Mon, 04 May 2009 03:54:22 +0000 http://soundofrain.net/?p=240#comment-64 Residing in a country that within living memory experienced a civil war, the worst famine in human history, invasion and occupation by the Japanese military, SARS, and the Cultural Revolution ... I used to worry a lot about this. I built up a major survival kit. I kept on hand a month's worth of distilled water, six weeks of dehydrated food supplies, a major first-aid kit, hiking boots, spare glasses, a water purifier, 20 rolls of toilet paper, a crank-generated flashlight/radio, a lightweight tent, a portable solar oven, waterproof and fireproof clothing, and a small collapsible boat. Then I realized I was overdoing it. Since then I have vastly simplified my disaster kit. I carefully thought through every potential disaster scenario I might conceivably face, from political upheaval to nuclear power accident to an outbreak of zombism (Chinese zombies in the streets!). I got it down to just three items: - a compass - a Glock 9mm - a heavy-duty rucksack containing US$10,000 in South African krugerrands and eight boxes of ammunition I figure any disaster this won't get me through is not one I'd likely survive anyway - or want to. See you at the post-apocalypse shindig! Residing in a country that within living memory experienced a civil war, the worst famine in human history, invasion and occupation by the Japanese military, SARS, and the Cultural Revolution … I used to worry a lot about this. I built up a major survival kit. I kept on hand a month’s worth of distilled water, six weeks of dehydrated food supplies, a major first-aid kit, hiking boots, spare glasses, a water purifier, 20 rolls of toilet paper, a crank-generated flashlight/radio, a lightweight tent, a portable solar oven, waterproof and fireproof clothing, and a small collapsible boat.

Then I realized I was overdoing it.

Since then I have vastly simplified my disaster kit. I carefully thought through every potential disaster scenario I might conceivably face, from political upheaval to nuclear power accident to an outbreak of zombism (Chinese zombies in the streets!). I got it down to just three items:

– a compass
– a Glock 9mm
– a heavy-duty rucksack containing US$10,000 in South African krugerrands and eight boxes of ammunition

I figure any disaster this won’t get me through is not one I’d likely survive anyway – or want to.

See you at the post-apocalypse shindig!

]]> By: Walking in your footsteps « AbsurdBeats http://soundofrain.net/my-go-bag/comment-page-1/#comment-54 Walking in your footsteps « AbsurdBeats Mon, 27 Apr 2009 03:51:56 +0000 http://soundofrain.net/?p=240#comment-54 [...] recently posted on her ‘go’ bag, a pack to which she’s been adding what she’d need to survive if she had to get the [...] [...] recently posted on her ‘go’ bag, a pack to which she’s been adding what she’d need to survive if she had to get the [...]

]]> By: absurdbeats http://soundofrain.net/my-go-bag/comment-page-1/#comment-53 absurdbeats Thu, 23 Apr 2009 01:37:17 +0000 http://soundofrain.net/?p=240#comment-53 I'm halfway there---I like to be prepared, and already have a fair amount of camping stuff (tho' not all in one bag. Hm. Mebbe I should load it all together). But it's entirely possible that one of the reasons I moved to New York is because I know that here I wouldn't survive the apocalypse. Think Lou Reed and 'Fly Into the Sun'. . . . Then again, a dirty bomb ain't the apocalypse, and if a slow death by radiation poisoning can be avoided, well, gosh-darn-it-all, it should be avoided. Now where the hell's my compass? I’m halfway there—I like to be prepared, and already have a fair amount of camping stuff (tho’ not all in one bag. Hm. Mebbe I should load it all together).

But it’s entirely possible that one of the reasons I moved to New York is because I know that here I wouldn’t survive the apocalypse. Think Lou Reed and ‘Fly Into the Sun’. . . .

Then again, a dirty bomb ain’t the apocalypse, and if a slow death by radiation poisoning can be avoided, well, gosh-darn-it-all, it should be avoided.

Now where the hell’s my compass?

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