Comments on: Survival Survey: Your Most Necessary Piece of Survival Equipment?

By: rev long

rev long — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 06:51:10 +0000

thank you for letting me in..i found you from a link and checked things out ,very good info here for both the newbie and the long term survivial person..

By: TheSurvivalMom

TheSurvivalMom — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 00:15:37 +0000

Welcome to my blog! From the sound of it, you fit right in! I really should put up a poll someday to find out how many of my readers carry the exact same equipment as you!

By: rev long

rev long — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 10:33:14 +0000

cell phones i could care less about but it is a nice way to keep all those phone numbers that you need and cant remember..but in my case i always have a boxcutter style knife with a pocket clip my handfull of keys on a keyring and a compass on a carabiner and a garrity 9 LED flashlight all hanging from my belt loop..i also have a zippo lighter in my other pocket and of course a wallet with more notes and cards then cash..i used to carry a multi tool as well but that was more job related than anthing..

By: TheSurvivalMom

TheSurvivalMom — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 11:35:55 +0000

That is an excellent suggestion. My husband works all over town, and I do worry sometimes about him getting home if there was ever some type of disaster in our city. Text messages are a great idea, and I've also heard that pay phones are often up and running before regular phone lines. Thanks for visiting my blog!

By: Fyrediver

Fyrediver — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 04:15:45 +0000

Something to think about when the cell system is getting busy: Text messages. They take up much less bandwidth and will often make it through when a call won't connect. You can also add multiple addresses which would make it easy to contact your entire family with one burst transmission.

By: sabra

sabra — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 23:23:51 +0000

Water-I don't go anywhere without a couple of bottles. I stock up on Brita filters everytime they go on sale. Without my water, I get very claustrophobic in lines, traffic, or while stuck on tarmacs! I can only imagine if it was a real emergency Gotta have the water

By: TheSurvivalMom

TheSurvivalMom — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 17:06:56 +0000

I agree completely! I always keep a case of water bottles in the back of the Tahoe and some filled 2-liter bottles beneat the back seat. In a desert, you never want to be caught without water.

By: Bitsy

Bitsy — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:01:14 +0000

I almost always carry a small knife (either large Swiss Army or small folding) and a mini flashlight.

By: Bob Mayne

Bob Mayne — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:47:57 +0000

Just now read that list on you list of list page. Excellent!

By: Bob Mayne

Bob Mayne — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 15:25:14 +0000

Lisa I was going to say that, because I don’t leave home without one, but your subject was cell phones, LOL!