primalsurvivor , At a restaurant, a cockroach crawls out from somewhere and lands on a lady. She immediately jumps up, screams with her arms flailing, and tries to get the cockroach off of her. Her reaction is contagious and the people sitting near her start to get up and flail around too. The next thing you know, everyone in the restaurant is in a panic. In the chaos, the cockroach goes flying into the air and lands on the waiter. Instead of screaming, he pauses. He looks at the cockroach on his shirt. Then he grabs it with his fingers and throws it out of the restaurant. Was the cockroach responsible for the chaos? No. The chaos was caused because the people reacted to the situation. By contrast, the waiter responded. He paused, assessed the situation, and acted based on his observations. When SHTF, you can bet that most people are going to react. If you want to come out safe (physically and mentally), then you’ve got learn how to respond to disaster situations! , COA = course of action , you’ve got to GO and survive in the elements. You should have at least 3 days worth of supplies in your BOB. This will include: 10 Steps to Take After Any Disaster Tent or plastic tarp for creating a survival shelter Sleeping bag Fire starter First aid kit Flashlight HAM radio Emergency food andwater Water filtration system + water storage (like water bottles) Spare change of clothes + rain jacket Weapons and tools (a knife at minimum) Toilet paper and basic hygiene items Bug Out Bags needs to be packed light so you can flee while wearing them. This makes it very difficult to choose items. My advice is to pack multi-tools to cut back on space. Also, the more you learn about wilderness survival techniques (like how to make a survival shelter out of a tarp), the fewer supplies you will need to bring with you. Your Hunker Down Stockpile is for situations when you will need to wait out a disaster at home. You can be more generous with this stockpile since you won’t be fleeing with it on your back. It is recommended that you stockpile enough supplies for 30 days. At minimum, you will need: 1-2 gallons of water per person, perday Canned, dried, and instant food for 30days Basic cooking supplies + off-grid cooking method (like a camp stove) Toilet paper and a toilet (your toilet won’t work when the plumbing system is down!) Flashlights or other off-grid lighting Weapons Medicines First aid kit Bleach and/or water filter system ,

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