If you're preparing for an event that has a very small likelyhood of happening, you've just crossed the line from being prepared to being paranoid.
I guess my earthquake preparations classify me as paranoid then.
would like to know what other people would have done in that situation, with what you currently carry in the car.
I would have chained up and driven out (thank goodness I carry tire chains instead of a liferaft, right harkev? <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />)
As far as snoeshoes go, trust me, it's a lot easier to travel in moderate to deep snow with them than without. I would not have attempted to walk out in deep snow without a pair, even if it were only something I cobbled together.
More food would have made them more comfortable, but they didn't die of starvation, so I still don't agree that it would have helped a lot.
It might have given him the confidence to stay put, which without the other gear, he probably should have done.
A signal mirror might be a good idea IF there was someone out there looking, but they already had a signal fire, which in this situation would probably be better than a mirror. Still nobody saw it
They had a fire at the car. I've seen no evidence that James built one while hiking out. We'll have to wait on that one. At any rate, a mirror would have taken far less time for James to deploy than a fire would have taken to build.
A map and compass would definitely be nice things to have, but I would assume he had a road map with him, and I know those cars come with a built in compass,
Try removing the cars electronic compass and see if it still works. I bet it doesn't, and so would be worthless to James. A roadmap that did not show the inevitable criss cross of logging raods would probably be of little value as well.
I get the sense that some people may think that analyzing what happened to this family is somehow disrespectful to Mr. Kim. Nothing could be further from the truth. He did the best he could with limited gear. Discussing this incident has already convinced me to add snowshoes and a cell phone antenna extension to my vehicle, and perhaps swap the regular shovel I carry for a snow shovel. And what room I need, I'll make. It's that important.
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