Originally Posted By: chaosmagnet
If you're not wearing shoes good for significant walking in urban situations, consider adding a pair to your EDC.


Ditto this -- especially women. On 9/11/01, so many of my women friends deeply regretted their high heels as they walked 5 miles or more home from downtown DC. They all kept sneakers in their offices afterward.

On EDC I have the benefit of carrying a purse:

AM/FM/SW Radio (C Crane) + extra batteries
-- if there's a natural or manmade disaster, the first thing you're going to want is
news. Local news. I'd want to reserve my cell phone battery for later when a call
might possibly go through.

Cash -- don't count on credit cards functioning.
Bic lighter
Doug's little MK5 knife
Moleskine + pen
Petzl Zipka head/wrist light
Cotton bandanna


If your workplace is in an urban area then there I'd keep a rucksack or shoulder bag with survival items to get home or shelter-in. And/or a survival bag in your car.

I live in the city and bicycle to work in the city. I keep some convenience foods and canned water in my office -- for everyday use but am mindful of their potential in a shelter-in situation. But I'd be getting home via bike or walking unless there was a radiological or biological hazard in the air.


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