#221035 - 04/06/11 11:27 PM
Re: Is the LDS list to radical to digest?
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#221045 - 04/07/11 12:55 AM
Re: Is the LDS list to radical to digest?
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I dunno, BPJ, I have a few problems with some of the things on the list, while others are right on. The biggest whopper is "store batteries in the freezer" - a very bad move. it isn't good for the batteries and takes space away from critical supplies like coffee ice cream.
For emergency use, I rely on lithium batteries - they have really good power, very long life, work well in cold, store for at least ten years, and are significantly lighter than alkalines. For daily use, I am phasing to quality rechargeables like Eneloops. I don't put alkaline batteries in anything I value.
I am amused at the list's reliance on second string suppliers like US Cavalry and Brigade Quartermaster. There are lots better sources out there - like good old REI for a lot of very decent basics, as well as many specialty sources.
I was glad to see that they did mention stocking reloading supplies in the firearms section. Fore me, that makes a lot of sense, and it is a rewarding pastime, to boot.
Again, some things are good, others are OK, and some are misses. Don't trust any one list.
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#221047 - 04/07/11 12:57 AM
Re: Is the LDS list to radical to digest?
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It's really a hijack, as the title of the thread asks a question, and we were discussing that. Anyway, here is the emergency prep list from Homeland Security for comparison
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#221058 - 04/07/11 02:28 AM
Re: Is the LDS list to radical to digest?
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You guys took frontsies to bacpacjac's link. That's not very polite. Ahh whatever, moving her link into spot #4 . . .
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#221064 - 04/07/11 03:39 AM
Re: Is the LDS list to radical to digest?
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Oooops - my bad, should have looked through the thread a bit closer. Any input from bacpacjac can have precedence over my $0.02 worth any day.
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#221076 - 04/07/11 11:17 AM
Re: Is the LDS list to radical to digest?
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Challenging the notion that faith literature is inappropriate for a 72 hour kit:
-survival in the medium to long term is arguably a group effort. Faith-based groups offer the occupational heterogeneity necessary to provide a wide and flexible communal skill-set.
-faith-based survival groupings have a shared set of values and behavioral norms that will promote inter-group harmony and ethical and merciful treatment of strangers.
-everybody believes in something: If the gospel according to Doug Ritter or Bear Grylls is reasonably included in a kit, why not include some of the older sacred texts?
-there is more to survival than building a fire.
-and if there is not more to survival than building a fire, faith literature makes dandy tinder.
I realize that the sheriff may nuke this, and I would understand it perfectly: faith literature might be the most hazardous of concealed weapons, and ccw has no place here...
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