Comments on: Top 10 72-hour kit mistakes [part 1 of 2] http://urbansurvivalplan.com/644/top-10-72-hour-kit-mistakes-part-1-of-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=top-10-72-hour-kit-mistakes-part-1-of-2 Wed, 04 Apr 2012 19:30:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Althea http://urbansurvivalplan.com/644/top-10-72-hour-kit-mistakes-part-1-of-2/comment-page-3/#comment-2633 Althea Fri, 24 Feb 2012 15:22:07 +0000 http://urbansurvivalplan.com/?p=644#comment-2633 The tall juice can would need a cotton string wick to burn. We used a string tied to a small nut or nail, etc. and be sure the wick stays in the middle as you pack in the mixed sawdust and wax - quickly before it hardens and then pour a thin layer of wax over the top. The tall juice can would need a cotton string wick to burn. We used a string tied to a small nut or nail, etc. and be sure the wick stays in the middle as you pack in the mixed sawdust and wax – quickly before it hardens and then pour a thin layer of wax over the top.

]]> By: Althea http://urbansurvivalplan.com/644/top-10-72-hour-kit-mistakes-part-1-of-2/comment-page-3/#comment-2632 Althea Fri, 24 Feb 2012 15:18:35 +0000 http://urbansurvivalplan.com/?p=644#comment-2632 Bob said he used bacon grease in tuna cans with a wick, also any rancid oil should be saved for this purpose...it may not smell the greatest, but will give you light. If you cut corrugated card board the width of the height of a tuna can - then roll the cardboard tight and be sure the can is completely filled with the cardboard in a tight spiral. Then melt wax either parafin or if there is a candle making shop near you they will have inexpensive slabs of candle wax that you can melt and pour into the tuna can filled with the cardboard. These can be used as a fuel source under a gallon can (#10) that you can cook on in a pinch. Be careful as these burn very hot. The tuna lid can me kept to partially cover the fire to reduce the heat and to put it out when you are finished. Also a tall juice can filled with wax and sawdust will make a HOT source of heat and fuel to cook over. Great gouge - thank you for all your ideas. Bob said he used bacon grease in tuna cans with a wick, also any rancid oil should be saved for this purpose…it may not smell the greatest, but will give you light. If you cut corrugated card board the width of the height of a tuna can – then roll the cardboard tight and be sure the can is completely filled with the cardboard in a tight spiral. Then melt wax either parafin or if there is a candle making shop near you they will have inexpensive slabs of candle wax that you can melt and pour into the tuna can filled with the cardboard. These can be used as a fuel source under a gallon can (#10) that you can cook on in a pinch. Be careful as these burn very hot. The tuna lid can me kept to partially cover the fire to reduce the heat and to put it out when you are finished. Also a tall juice can filled with wax and sawdust will make a HOT source of heat and fuel to cook over. Great gouge – thank you for all your ideas.

]]> By: David http://urbansurvivalplan.com/644/top-10-72-hour-kit-mistakes-part-1-of-2/comment-page-3/#comment-2500 David Sat, 11 Feb 2012 23:33:29 +0000 http://urbansurvivalplan.com/?p=644#comment-2500 Great article and comments. I always get good ideas from you folks. Query: Whose bright idea was it to call it "72 hours"? I bet it came from the guvment. This phrase is used so repeatedly that everyone starts to think inside a 72 hour box. 72 hours is about when the unprepared are running out of food. I realize that weight is a big issue, but a lot of emergencies last a lot longer. I.e. Katrina, Joplin tornado, '93 Flood, Winter storms closing highways. So, you need a destination that has a stream or pond, wild game, and be able to replenish basic supplies. I would not limit myself to just 72 hours of vital meds or anything else that cannot be replaced. Great article and comments. I always get good ideas from you folks. Query: Whose bright idea was it to call it “72 hours”? I bet it came from the guvment. This phrase is used so repeatedly that everyone starts to think inside a 72 hour box. 72 hours is about when the unprepared are running out of food. I realize that weight is a big issue, but a lot of emergencies last a lot longer. I.e. Katrina, Joplin tornado, ’93 Flood, Winter storms closing highways. So, you need a destination that has a stream or pond, wild game, and be able to replenish basic supplies. I would not limit myself to just 72 hours of vital meds or anything else that cannot be replaced.

]]> By: Jon http://urbansurvivalplan.com/644/top-10-72-hour-kit-mistakes-part-1-of-2/comment-page-2/#comment-2428 Jon Sun, 29 Jan 2012 05:12:33 +0000 http://urbansurvivalplan.com/?p=644#comment-2428 I have been prepping since 1985. I have learned that preparation isn't a destination it is a journey. There is no one solution or book or course you can take that will solve all your problems or assuage your fears. If you can think about your problems you can find solutions. You can't store a lifetime supply of anything. You have to learn how to make or grow or kill food. Use the supplies that nature provides. We all depend on each other. No one man can know and do everything. I can catch animals for food, but I can't seem to grow a garden. I know how to make ammunition, but I can't fix an engine. I will trade my skills with people who have skills that I don't have to acquire what I need and provide for the needs of my family. Everybody does something; cooks cook, hunters hunt, builders build, whores whore. Everybody has some skill that they can contribute to society. No matter what B.S. political party, or social label, or ideology you believe in it all boils down to this: "What can you do for me?" Whatdo you have to make my life better? and What do I have to trade for it? This course will get you started and save much time in the learning process, but you will never stop learning. The day you stop learning you die. I have been prepping since 1985. I have learned that preparation isn’t a destination it is a journey. There is no one solution or book or course
you can take that will solve all your problems or assuage your fears. If you can think about your problems you can find solutions. You can’t store a lifetime supply of anything. You have to learn how to make or grow or kill food. Use the supplies that nature provides. We all depend on each other. No one man can know and do everything. I can catch animals for food, but I can’t seem to grow a garden. I know how to make ammunition, but I can’t fix an engine. I will trade my skills with people who have skills that I don’t have to acquire what I need and provide for the needs of my family. Everybody does something; cooks cook, hunters hunt, builders build, whores whore. Everybody has some skill that they can contribute to society. No matter what B.S. political party, or social label, or ideology you believe in it all boils down to this: “What can you do for me?” Whatdo you have to make my life better? and What do I have to trade for it?
This course will get you started and save much time in the learning process, but you will never stop learning. The day you stop learning you die.

]]> By: bob http://urbansurvivalplan.com/644/top-10-72-hour-kit-mistakes-part-1-of-2/comment-page-2/#comment-2365 bob Sat, 07 Jan 2012 19:38:29 +0000 http://urbansurvivalplan.com/?p=644#comment-2365 If you like bacon and eggs for breakfast, save the fat/grease and pour it into a tuna (strain out solids) can, use card board as a wik. Will work as a candle may even be able to cook on it. I am still in the testing stage, and I don't know how long I can store the grease yet. probably not 72 hr kit worthy. but If anybody has any experience with this pls share. Thanks If you like bacon and eggs for breakfast, save the fat/grease and pour it into a tuna (strain out solids) can, use card board as a wik. Will work as a candle may even be able to cook on it. I am still in the testing stage, and I don’t know how long I can store the grease yet. probably not 72 hr kit worthy. but If anybody has any experience with this pls share. Thanks

]]> By: Rosa http://urbansurvivalplan.com/644/top-10-72-hour-kit-mistakes-part-1-of-2/comment-page-2/#comment-2348 Rosa Mon, 02 Jan 2012 09:53:55 +0000 http://urbansurvivalplan.com/?p=644#comment-2348 I am a beginner at this. I just finished reading "One Second After" and it opened my eyes on how unprepared we are. I took the mini-course and started stocking up. I read your comments with so much interest. You people are the most informed I have ever seen. Your ideas are like gold. Keep them coming. Thanks again! I am a beginner at this. I just finished reading “One Second After” and it opened my eyes on how unprepared we are. I took the mini-course and started stocking up. I read your comments with so much interest. You people are the most informed I have ever seen. Your ideas are like gold. Keep them coming. Thanks again!

]]> By: Ron G http://urbansurvivalplan.com/644/top-10-72-hour-kit-mistakes-part-1-of-2/comment-page-2/#comment-2336 Ron G Fri, 30 Dec 2011 18:27:09 +0000 http://urbansurvivalplan.com/?p=644#comment-2336 I enjoyed your article about 72 hour kit mistakes. I enjoyed the comments listed as well. I enjoyed your article about 72 hour kit mistakes. I enjoyed the comments listed as well.

]]> By: JERRY EICK http://urbansurvivalplan.com/644/top-10-72-hour-kit-mistakes-part-1-of-2/comment-page-2/#comment-2313 JERRY EICK Sun, 18 Dec 2011 23:52:26 +0000 http://urbansurvivalplan.com/?p=644#comment-2313 HOW DO YOU GET TOGETHER WITH LIKE MINDED FOLKS? ANY HELP WOULD BE APPRECIATED HOW DO YOU GET TOGETHER WITH LIKE MINDED FOLKS?

ANY HELP WOULD BE APPRECIATED

]]> By: granny mae http://urbansurvivalplan.com/644/top-10-72-hour-kit-mistakes-part-1-of-2/comment-page-2/#comment-2312 granny mae Sun, 18 Dec 2011 22:37:57 +0000 http://urbansurvivalplan.com/?p=644#comment-2312 Ammo cans are good for storage in an EMP attack or a maor flare from the sun but remember to sheild what ever is in the can from touching the sides of the can or the bottom. Also make sure the can is grounded. We have put a wood block inside of ours and then placed whatever we want to protect inside without it touching the sides. You can also use metal garbage cans the same way but be sure to ground them. These are improvised Faraday cages. Another Faraday cage that most people havin in their home is a microwave ! You can even use microwave ovens that no longer work to store things in as long as they do not have a hole in them ! It's the container that counts not workability. Lots of good suggestions. One more thing, those little survival blankets that have the shinny alumin type of side on them, are great for reflecting heat back into a room. They are a good size and can be hung on the wall and windows of a small room to reflect the body heat of several people back into the room for warmth. Did this in my house one time , in the kids bedroom, when we had no heat in the winter time. Seal them well with tape around windows so as to keep the wind out. This worked so well I have never forgotten it and keep 10 or 12 on hand all the time. God Bless us all ! Ammo cans are good for storage in an EMP attack or a maor flare from the sun but remember to sheild what ever is in the can from touching the sides of the can or the bottom. Also make sure the can is grounded. We have put a wood block inside of ours and then placed whatever we want to protect inside without it touching the sides. You can also use metal garbage cans the same way but be sure to ground them. These are improvised Faraday cages. Another Faraday cage that most people havin in their home is a microwave ! You can even use microwave ovens that no longer work to store things in as long as they do not have a hole in them ! It’s the container that counts not workability. Lots of good suggestions. One more thing, those little survival blankets that have the shinny alumin type of side on them, are great for reflecting heat back into a room. They are a good size and can be hung on the wall and windows of a small room to reflect the body heat of several people back into the room for warmth. Did this in my house one time , in the kids bedroom, when we had no heat in the winter time. Seal them well with tape around windows so as to keep the wind out. This worked so well I have never forgotten it and keep 10 or 12 on hand all the time. God Bless us all !

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