INCH Bag

And remember, there are no Taco Tuesdays in a fema camp.

 

And there are no easy meals on the road. Zero, none . No taco tuesday or even a soup saturday. Better in a fema camp than trying to hack out an existence in the bush. Ill take my chances here.

 

I look at an INCH pack in the view of the house lost to fire or a land war approaching I can't stand alone in ,nor those with me.
If one has made no preparation for their house burning down, they are only fooling them selves.
No insurance company is going to be there ether to hold your hand at that point.
However having an external storage facility would be a practical method of preparation especially if it is under ground sharing the cooler temperatures of the earth . It could even be a place say (except in the event of an invasion).
Call it what you want but the fact of the matter is ,a solid back up plan is what makes you the hero.

 

When I lived in California, I had a large barrel buried in the backyard, what was called an earthquake Barrel.
Inside was everything you might need for a camping trip for 4 people some spare clothes, cash, and a weapon with some ammo. Can goods in a 5 gallon bucket in the top, enough food and water for a few days. Nothing fancy, and nobody but me knew where it was.

 

That barrel is smart .
Long as you don't forget it, and up date it from time to time.

 

That's why the foodstuffs are in a 5 gallon bucket on top. So I didn't have to fully unload it to check the food. Just pop the seals, and grab the bucket.

 

We have fire covered. (multiple buildings here) Like I said we can not walk out. For us to leave we would have to use a vehicle. The Jeep wont go very far on 10 gallons of propane. Bout a hundred miles. If I pull the trailer even less. I could pack up all my canning tanks and get another 200 miles.We have mountain bikes but cant carry much on a bike but at this point the bikes are our best form of transportation Then there is lake Michigan and our 18 FOOT Starcraft which would need a lot of gasoline but we could cross the big lake and be in Wisconsin in about 4 hours. Everything depends on the threat. But the thought of leaving my wife here and walking out with Inch bag is not going to happen.

 

Maybe I have been thinking incorrectly but isn't a BOB basically the same as an INCH bag? Shouldn't you EveryDay Carry, Get Home Bag and Bug Out Bag should they all have the assumption that you are not going home? I am an optimistic person but I also try to be real about things. My bag and the tub I have in my car have items that swap depending on season and situation. Maybe I don't get it but what is the difference between a BOB and INCH? Shouldn't your GHB have contingencies in case you don't make it home? I just read an article on levels- Organizing Your Survival Kit into Levels - The Prepper Journal Does anyone think if they are bugging out, utilizing your BOB that you will return?

 

Commonly, a BOB is considered a bag you use to go longer term to a BOL. INCH bag is usually a "hitting the wilderness to rebuild" bag.

 

We have get home bags in the car or truck for any time we travel which these days is not much. The most we ever travel now is about an hour driving away.

I would think anyone planning on bugging out and never returning would build a scavenging bag. carry spices like salt, water straws, small compact food bars ,traps, fishing gear, small caliber .22 rifle and pistol. Good knife and multi tool. Travel light but with the tools to open doors, break or pick locks etc. Still a tough road to go down.

 

I now have a Molle II ruck in woodland camo. Upgrading my BOB. Thinking a folding cart on the roof rack will suffice to allow for mobility if the jeep can't go somewhere. Lots of steps I am missing. Just invested in a Fire HD 8 and a 128gb memory stick so I can store ports and some videos. Anybody know of a good hard case? Don't want it to get broke in a pack. Also will get a solar charger for it.

 

My EDC is a swiss army computer back pack Is my BOB It weighs 30 lbs and I cary it every day .
I ride a motorcycle ever day and I'm never with out my BOB.
I calculate my walking distances to home ,every where I go, in the event of an EMP or Carington event .
One of the the bags Mounted on the bike I have a 2 wheeled cart I can assemble for this event as well.
I reason that if it takes a long time to get home, I may have to forcibly reclaim my place or give it up and live on why I've got.
I know how to scavenge what I need .
No distance home can be assumed to be a simple walk on the highway and my involve over land navigation,a few days to a few weeks, this means map and compass are essential .
I keep a binoculars/scope with me as well primarily for viewing the way ahead for safety, and looking for game as well along the way.

 

Yes. Actually I read the whole thread twice. I will not derail TMH's thread with the rest of my thoughts.

 

Say for the sake of argument your at work and all hell breaks loose or EMP, and you have been in hiding due to riots or pandemic or some other natural or man made disaster .
You emerge to find every thing aflame or smoking and your work location is a war zone .
How are you getting home, and if you can get home is it worth the risk ?
A Bee line home may not be the best route.
Did you prepare with communications other then cell phone ?
Are your loved ones on board? seriously .
It's not just the stuff you've got , but knowing how to improvise with what's available and thinking on your feet.
I taught my kids to think this way and have the advantage in a desperate situation.
Do you need a knife, or can you make do with a broken piece of glass and rag wrapped around it ?
Rich people are accustomed to buying what ever they want but not so good at making the thing's they need.
A wise person doesn't wait till poverty to learn how to do things for them self.

 

Most of the rich folks I have ever met, did not start out rich, and had to fight they're way up. I think most folks think everything was somehow just given to them.
My uncle is a millionaire, several times over. Yet he plants his own trees, by hand, and earned every dollar himself.
He is a loud mouthed jerky sometimes, and ALLWAYS has to be RIGHT (even when he is wrong ) but he is one of the smartest people in the country in his fields.
I KNOW he grew up in construction, and heavy labor, I KNOW he had nearly nothing as a child. No one GAVE him anything, and yet what he invented has saved the lives of @half a dozen men every year for the last 50 years.
He would not use broken glass and a rag, when he could spend an hour and make something lethal.
Don't sell the rich short, most of them ain't stupid.

 

And WHY WOULD I plan on using a broken bottle, when I CAN have a real knife?