I'm 23 and live in rural western NC with my elderly grandmother. I work in a drugstore in a small town 15 miles from home. I'm not in great shape but I'm working on it! We have well water, monitor heat, gas stove as well as a wood cookstove. There's a lot of home-canned food in storage and a fair amount of store-bought canned stuff at any given time. I was hoping some of the experts could look at what I've got and advise on what else I might need, given the sorry state of the world of late!
PERSONAL EQUIPMENT-
-A folding pocketknife, usually half serrated
-Keychain with a Leatherman Squirt P4, a Photon Micro Light OR a keychain sized MagLite, and a waterproof box for an Immodium, a Claritin redi-tab (dissolves in the mouth, no water needed!) at least a 4-day supply of an Rx antidepressant I'm on, a chewable pink bismuth tab, and some advil
-Contact wetting drops
-A plastic vial with 10 chewable glucose tablets
-of late, a bandanna (its HOT here and I use it to tie my hair back so I can drive with the windows down)
-I HAVE a Leatherman wave, but confess I don't carry it often.
-I have a cell phone too, and it's always nearby but only on my person ALL the time when I travel.
This helps complement my weaknesses pretty well - poor vision, low blood sugar, dependence on a prescription antidepressant (tho I can hopefully wean myself off the Rx shortly)
WEAPONS-
-A Bersa Thunder .380 7-shot automatic with spare clip and glow-in-the dark sights (not tritiums, but sight paint I got from Sportsmans Guide)
-A .410 pump shotgun
-A Henry AR-7 style .22 folding rifle (I was seriously thinking about pawning it to get cash toward a more potent pistol, but I think of what a good addition it could make to by B.O.B. in my car....)
I'd like to get a high-cap 9mm now, I was thinking of a Taurus PT-911 9mm 15 shot with tritium sights and a blued finish (or would a stainless one 'keep' better? I just read last night about Rugers I think, that 'stainless' dosen't really MEAN stainless)
CAR KIT-(car is an 03 Subaru Impreza - not Turbo thankfully, with hi-grade gas $2.50/gallon here!)
-A first aid kit under the seat, supplemented with such items as Sing-Eze, and a 60ml bottle of aloe and lidocaine gel for burns
-A plastic tote with a bottle of water, some trail mix, an emergency blanket, some hand warmers, and a folding shovel. Kept behind passenger seat for easy reach
-a warm sleeping bag in the trunk (I keep it in the backseat during winter)
-my 'bug out bag' in a backpack with assorted items - extra change of clothes, water in a large plastic canteen, some pasta in a can and some energy bars, a *cough cough* "survival" knife with goodies in the handle and sheath, a swiss army knife, ect ect ect...
First of all I know I gotta get a good fixed-blade knife for that bag. There's an army surplus store now open in town (woo hoo!) but they mostly sell just clothing (D'OH!) - but I found a NICE sturdy axe/hammer/crowbar/nail puller combo tool there I gotta add to it. I want some Mainstay Rations too for my kits, if for no other reason than the long shelf life. Changing out the bars I use now pretty often is a pain in the rear!
HOME KIT (originally designed for a DIFFERENT home, btw)
-Sterno stove and fuel
Propane lantern and cans of fuel
-Candles and lighters
-LED flashlight and batteries
-1 Gallon water and some bottles of flavored water
-some canned food