Wind up radio and flashlight. solar charger to charge the phone. if possible a small portable computer.

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What do you want to have with you at all times?

For me, suburbs, mid to upper income, retail career, needing to prepare for: -Getting to my kids and wife in an emergency for any reason.
-Civil Unrest
-Tornado's
-Self defense against robbery, car jacking, crime in general.

On my person:

Defense:
Sig P365X and KA-Bar knife (trained on both). https://www.kabar.com/products/product.jsp?item=1493&cs=2486S

Finance:
Cash an a full tank of gas at all times.

Communication:
Cellphone as I'm never more then 20 minutes from home, and if the internet goes down, I have no clue what communication solution would work best without costing a fortune, and would ones suggestion even work?

Time, date, stop watch, light:
Casio $14 digital watch

Low blood sugar, breath, allergies:
Cough Drops

My Jeep? Umm .. a lot but I have kids .. and a jeep. However the three I always make sure I stay on top of:

1. First aid kit and emergency blankets
2. Water and snacks
3. repeat: Full tank of gas and proper pressured tires.

To another posters point .. if in a "bug out" situation, the question is too broad as it really is situational. Fires like in Canada are much different then a shoot out or mob like looting / civil unrest in Chicago. I feel being situationally prepared, while also knowing what one can physically, emotionally, and financially do are of value.

For our family, we can prepare for a lot but will never afford a bomb shelter, as an example, therefore we look to God for catastrophic events and focus our resources on what we can do for those days God wants our work done on earth. For us, bugging in is preferred over bugging out so a good community of friends, coworkers, and neighbors are of value.

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For our family, we can prepare for a lot but will never afford a bomb shelter, as an example, therefore we look to God for catastrophic events and focus our resources on what we can do for those days God wants our work done on earth. For us, bugging in is preferred over bugging out so
a good community of friends, coworkers, and neighbors are of value.
-tG

Very detailed explanation, thank you! :)
You've given me some good ideas.
-warmfuzzy

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What do you want to have with you at all times?
- a global phone card, especially useful is one with a toll free number that is used to get on the long distance phone carrier
- a function phone (not a smart phone), so you can remove its battery
when not in use, yet have an emergency method of communications

Does anyone have any other ideas?

I have been in areas where cellular and phone service are not reliable. For this purpose, I have had to use my Yaesu FT-3D for communicating and relaying messages to others. This has proven useful when having to send SMS in areas where cellular service is inaccessible. I know SMSGTE is down, but there is another SMS service you can use, just send a message to "SMS" on APRS to a whitelisted phone number. The message formatting is the same as it was on SMSGTE: @(phone number) (message)

You can add numbers to the whitelist by going to http://theconnectdesk.com/SMS

Please don't use this service to send SMS spam - this is what got SMSGTE taken down. <<

I know this is not an option for some as this requires a ham license. This only requires a technicians license which is easy to get.

To my knowledge, SMS is only available on APRS, not on JS8 frequencies like SMSGTE was.

I also argue that it would be advantageous to have a CB radio (atleast a hand held) as an alternative to cellular phones. As we all know, CB does not require a license and does provide an option for voice comms if cellular networks are unavailable.

73, de KG7UJH
Debiani386

How ya gonna do it? PS/2 it!

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