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Nuclear go-bag
A nuclear go-bag is an emergency bag (or 2) which contains the necessary stuff to protect yourself and your family from the aftermath of a nuclear event. It's designed speciffically to ensure that you can defend yourself, treat injuries and combat the effects of radiation poisoning if it is something you have to worry about. Below, we will explore the contents of the nuclear go-bag in detail.
Contents: Nuclear Go-Bag (Per Person)
You will need the following items in your go-bag. Take especial care to avoid the items on the do-not-take list at all costs.
Power bank with at least 10,000MAh of storage, filly charged.
Rechargable flashlight, or battery operated flashlight with 4x spare sets of batteries.
ziplock bag with:
Passport
driver's licence (if paper)
Birth Certificate
Ziplock bag with:
€1,500 cash
Medical
100x iodine tablets
10x paper sutures
5x non-woven gauze bandages
5x non-adherant pads
40x BandAid's of varying sizes
1x angled scissors
4x liquid iodine bottles
loose tobacco
4x bars of soap
Camping Gear
Bed Mat
Sleeping-Bag
Tarp and stakes
Inflatable Pillow (not essential)
Shampoo (no conditioner under any circumstances)
Bar of Soap (wrapped in grease proof paper)
Stainless Steel Mug
Camping Tin
Multitool with fork, spoon, knife and pliers
saw wire (Similar to a garrot wire, but for cutting things)
30m of rope
3 weight carrying carabiners
4x LifeStraw
30x water purification tablets
In a ziplock bag
10g of cotton buds
30g wax
Survival Gear
2x 500ml Water Bottle or refillable cantine.
Hunting knife (or bushcraft knife)
Ferrocerium rod
Compass
Map (if roads and cities still stand)
Clothing
2x pairs of socks
2x pairs of underwear
1x pair of starched, straight demin jeans or similar. (not streatchy)
2x cotton T-Shirts
2x Mesh T-Shirts
1x Pair of sturdy boots
1x crew neck sweatshirt
1x lightweight waterproof jacket
Contents: Nuclear Go-Bag (Communal)
AM/FM/DAB Radio - Battery Operated.
Power bank with at least 30,000MAh of storage, fully charged.
Solar Panels With USB port for charging devices
1x roll of sturdy black refuse sacks
Extra water
Gas camping stove (and 4x refills)
Canned solid foods (like the tinned pies in Tesco or Aldi/Lidl)
Butane lighter - windproof and extra gas
Ranged weapon for hunting small game or rodents
Deck of cards (for entertainment. If you dont know any games, invent one)
Avoid: Nuclear Go-Bag
Do not bring the following items, under any circumstances
Hair conditioner - This can make it impossible to remove radioactive particles from your hair. To prevent a harmful dose fo radiation, you may have to cut your hair off, or wash it with a lot of soap and water, which may depelete your water and/or soap.
computers/laptops - Why you would need these is beyond me. If a bomb goes off within 500km of you, chances are that your device will be destroyed by the EMP anyway
Weed or other class A or B drugs. - You don't need to be high or stoned. In fact, you need to be the exact opposite. The smell of weedis potent, and may alert others to your presence, potentially inviting unwanted attention.
Alcohol - you can easily make alochol in the field if you want, otherwise, you really dont need it. Just like weed and/or class A or B drugs.
Bank cards - No electricity, no banks, ATM's or anything really. Any money tied up in a financial institution is gone forever. Ditch the card.
Family heirlooms, jewelry etc. - Can you wear small trinkets, yes. Flashy diamond and gold chains, tiaras, crowns etc. leave them behind. Take that necklace or bracelet your sister gave you for your birthday 10 years ago, but if it breaks, it broke and you just have to keep moving.
Perrishable foods - leave them at home or eat them quickly. List has a ranged weapon for a reason.
Tents - too big, bulky and heavy. You are already carrying enough weight. Dont make your life harder than it already is.
Vape, tobacco and cigarettes - Yes, tobacco is on the take it list, for medical purposes only. Do not smoke or vape, it will give away your location quickly and could attract unwanted attention. Also, smoking is bad! Tobacco can be used as an emergency anticeptic for gunshot wounds. If you get somewhere safe with a community of trustworty people, smoke your brains out then. not before.
Blunt weaponry or firearms - What, you thought a gun would be helpful? It makes a lot of noise, which can attract unwanted attention, bullets are heavy and can be cumbersome to carry around. We have an army to do that. Same for blunt weaponry, you are better off with a bow and arrow (compound bow or crossbow and bolts) as you can reuse the arrows/bolts and they are practically silent. You aint gonna bludgeon a deer to death. You'd need to catch up with it first.
General go-bag
A general go-bag is for handling floods, fire, natural disaster or man-made disasters like conventional warefare (no chemicals or atom bombs) and power or water outages. This is not focussed around protecting yourself, but rather to keep you alive for a specific amopunt of time. Below we will explore the contents of a general go-bag in detail.
Contents: General Go-Bag (Per Person)
You will need the following items in your go-bag. Take especial care to avoid the items in the exclusion list below.
Power Bbank with at least 7,000MAh of storage, fully charged.
Rechargable flashlight, or battery operated with 2x sets of spare batteries.
Ziplock bag with:
Passport
Driver's Licence
Birth Certificate
€1,500 cash
Medical
10x paper sutures
3x gauze bandages
3x non-adherant pads
20x bandaid's
1x angled scissors
Camping gear
bed mat
sleeping bag
Tarp and stakes
Inflatable Pillow
shampoo (conditioner if its a must)
Bar of soap (Wrapped in grease proof paper)
Stainless Steel Mug
Camping tin (for eating and cooking in)
fork and spoon (or spork)
multitool
30m of rope
saw wire (similar to a garrot wire, but for cutting wood)
3 weight carrying carabiners
2x LifeStraw
20x water purification tablets
In a ziplock bag
10g of cotton buds
30g wax
Survival Gear
2x 500ml water bottles or 1x refillable cantine.
Hunting Knife (or a bushcraft knife)
Ferrocerium rod
Compass
Map
Clothing
2x pair of socks
2x pair of underwear
1x pair of jeans, straight and made of denim (not the streatchy jeans) or similar.
2x Cotton T-Shirt's
2x Mesh T-Shirts - Long Sleeve
1x Pair of sturdy boots (Hiking is good, tactical type is better)
1x Crew Neck Sweatshirt
1x lightweight waterproof jacket
Contents: General Go-Bag
FM/AM/DAB Radio - Battery operated. (Spare batteries or rechargable if bringing solar pannel)
Power bank with at least 24,000MAh of storage, fully charged
Solar Panels with USB port for charging devices
Extra water
canned solid foods
Butane Lighter
small ranged weapon for hunting game or rodents.
Deck of cards (for entertainment. If you dont know any games, invent one)
Avoid: General Go-Bag
Weed or other class A or B drugs. - You don't need to be high or stoned. In fact, you need to be the exact opposite. The smell of weedis potent, and may alert others to your presence, potentially inviting unwanted attention.
Alcohol - you can easily make alochol in the field if you want, otherwise, you really dont need it. Just like weed and/or class A or B drugs.
Bank cards - No electricity, no banks, ATM's or anything really. Any money tied up in a financial institution is gone forever. Ditch the card.
Family heirlooms, jewelry etc. - Can you wear small trinkets, yes. Flashy diamond and gold chains, tiaras, crowns etc. leave them behind. Take that necklace or bracelet your sister gave you for your birthday 10 years ago, but if it breaks, it broke and you just have to keep moving.
Perrishable foods - leave them at home or eat them quickly. List has a ranged weapon for a reason.
Tents - too big, bulky and heavy. You are already carrying enough weight. Dont make your life harder than it already is.
Vape, tobacco and cigarettes - Yes, tobacco is on the take it list, for medical purposes only. Do not smoke or vape, it will give away your location quickly and could attract unwanted attention. Also, smoking is bad! Tobacco can be used as an emergency anticeptic for gunshot wounds. If you get somewhere safe with a community of trustworty people, smoke your brains out then. not before.
Blunt weaponry or firearms - What, you thought a gun would be helpful? It makes a lot of noise, which can attract unwanted attention, bullets are heavy and can be cumbersome to carry around. We have an army to do that. Same for blunt weaponry, you are better off with a bow and arrow (compound bow or crossbow and bolts) as you can reuse the arrows/bolts and they are practically silent. You aint gonna bludgeon a deer to death. You'd need to catch up with it first.
Explanations for both Go-Bag's
Lets start with clothing: There is one item you might be curious about. The mesh t-shirt. I recommend a long-sleeve one and a short sleeve one. The mesh creates a breathable barrier between your skin and the cotton T-shirt. This means, if you get wet, you will dry off faster and if its cold, you wont need to haul around a heavy winter jacket, as the mesh will help you keep warm by isolating the outer layers from your body. The crew--neck sweatshirt instead of your favourite hoodie is another thoughtful adition. The lack of a hood means there is a lack of something for someone to grab onto or to get caught on a branch or piece of debris. The lack of a hood could save your life one day!
The advice to leave behind your conditioner for the nuclear bag is essential. Conditioner can positively charge your hair, and it serves as a major polutant. This charge makes your hair look shiny and neat, but it also attracts dust and dirt, causing it to impossibly stick to the strands of hair. During nuclear fallout, when it is eventually safe to come up from your shelter, your head will become a magnet for fallout particulates, which can damage your brain due to ionising radiation passing through your noggin. You will greatly shorten your life and the lives of those arround you.
The refuse sacks are surprisingly important. They are disposable and you can pop holes in them to wear them like a poncho. These will create a barrier between the nuclear wasteland and your clothing, meaning you wont have to burn your clothes. They are also where you will place your boots once you return to your shelter.
The soap, you can create a decontamination space in your shelter, if that shelter is a building. If you find a bucket or basin, fill it with water. Everyone who enters the shelter must be scrubbed down thoroughly with water first and must slean their boots in the basin to remove fallout particulates. If you dont want to do this, then take off your boots, put your socks intot hem and wash your feet once inside the "safe zone" of your shelter. Same applied for any scaveneged tinned foods.
Iodine tablets will fortify your thyroid, protectibng it from radioactive iodine. By flooding your thyroid gland with non-radioactive iodine, it prevents the absorbtion of radioactive iodine. Your thyroid gland is responsible for the regulation of your heart-rate, metobalism and temperature regulation. If you loose your thyroid gland, you will likely die. so protect that butterfly shaped thing, and live to tell the tale.
I think that's about it. However, if you have any questions please contact me at alertingeire@gmail.com and I will happily notify you as soon as this page is updated with your answer, or I may reply directly if is is not an FAQ
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