BLR Project just got real.

[les snyder]

Kmitch... I have a shallow well on property and not a lot of agricultural or chemical run off threat (I'm at 32' and not a lot of the town is higher.... with not much of a virus threat (I have stored some calcium hypochlorite and have new Clorox at beginning of hurricane season each year), and have settled on the Sawyer line for my water filtering needs... my first addition was a 5 gallon bucket kit with one of their .1 micron filters... last Christmas I gave some of the .1 micron Sawyer minis as presents along with the Feuerhand lanterns, and kept one for my 72 hour bag... the bucket is pre drilled and covered with tape... filter stored inside

[les snyder]

Sawyer mini and Feuerhand lantern (which gives a lot of light for a 1/2" wick)

[Big Frank]

I know it doesn't help standardize a kit but I got got a free flashlight at Harbor Freight today. It takes 3 AAA batteries which are already installed. They also had them on sale for $1.99 each or 2 for $3.49. My friends and I have them in our ATVs and I tossed another one in the glove box of my truck. If the bulb burns out you can consider the light disposable it's so cheap.
http://www.harborfreight.com/3-12-in-9-led-mini-flashlight-69111.html
http://www.harborfreight.com/led-flashlight-mini-2-piece-9-led-3-12-69112.html

[kmitch200]

Thanks Les!
With that system and small bit of bleach, one should be GTG.

[ExurbanKevin]

Re: Flashlights... Don't forget a headlamp. Massively useful, as it keeps both hands free for work.

[Sponsor]

[alfsauve]

Keep the stuff on water purification coming.  That'll be one of the next nuts to crack as to what's best for Kitty and I.   We already have what we need at home for hunkering down.  What this whole project is about is "on-the-road".     What do I put in the "Get Back Home" bag and the "Bug Out" kit? 


JUMBO:  I'm a sucker for flashlights.  I have numerous Nebos I throw in the car, as well as the quality Streamlights by each gun in the house.    I love the Nebo Larry light as a work light.  Have several around the house and at work.   If there's a free light giveaway with some purchase I'm on it.  Especially with free batteries.   But the ones in these kits won't get used much, mainly checked out when I change the batteries yearly.  And I'm trying limit the stock of batteries in these kits to only two types.  And so, while around the house I've got flashlights with AA, AAA, C, D, 123, NiCad, NiMH, and lead acid, when the shift^* happens all of those will pretty much be abandoned for what's in the bags.













^* Shift:  I'm proposing that as a PC way of saying SHTF.   It also happens to coincide with a campaign (unrelated to end times) at work

[les snyder]

alfsauve... I went with the Sawyer mini in my remain overnight bag in the car because of it's versatility...the threads are the same pitch as a typical 1/2 liter water bottle with a full length cap (not one of the short ones in the picture).. in a multi pack they came out to around $16 each


http://www.amazon.com/Sawyer-Products-SP128-Filtration-System/dp/B00FA2RLX2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1408505169&sr=8-1&keywords=sawyer+mini+filter

prior to this hurricane season, I expanded my on hand water with the purchase of two Scepter containers to augment my 10+ year old Aquatainer and Coleman blue containers... manageable enough to grab and go

[ExurbanKevin]

If I had to do it all over again (and God willing, I never will...), in addition to having a rifle in the car with me, I'd have spent 5 minutes on Twitter before we went it.

Because I lived in Calgary and Phoenix for the past few decades (two cities not known for riots) gave me blinders about what might be happening in St. Louis, so I didn't even think to check on things.

Next time, 10 minutes on Twitter searching for what's trending near me will save me a few grey hairs.

An example: A few years ago, I came downstairs to see the chandelier over the dining room table swinging back and forth. Knowing that my boys were playing in the room just a few minutes earlier, I was about to come down on them like Sherman on Georgia when I noticed the chandelier in the front hallway was doing the same.

"Earthquake", I figured, and got out my phone and checked Twitter. Within two minutes, I had figured out the epicenter (Ensenada) and the strength and that California was still in existence. Meanwhile, my wife turned on CNN, and 10 minutes later, after the commercials and latest updates on what Kanye was doing, they mentioned they were beginning to hear reports of an earthquake near California and would update with more info as they got it.

Info that I already had.

We have a real-time public intel source in Twitter, and I didn't use it last week. Whoops.

[alfsauve]

Can't speak for Canada, but Phoenix has had a few "uprisings" in the last century.  Small skirmishes but it can pop up anywhere, and it's not "small" if you're in the middle of it.

Didn't think of Twitter as a primary source of newsfeed, but it is like one big party line.

[PegLeg45]

You can also make a cheap temporary lantern from a flashlight and a bottle of water. This works OK for times when you need scattered light (like in a small tent area) instead of a focused beam like so many lights provide these days.
Keep in mind that the more filtered and pure the water, the brighter the light refraction.
I have used my pocket carry 120 lumen light to demo this for others and it is much brighter than what you see on the videos I've posted below.