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Comment by Howard P Reynolds on November 17, 2014 at 13:07

Saw a quote recently on Facebook:

"Man is the most insane species.

He worships an invisible God and

destroys a visible Nature.

Unaware that the Nature he is destroying

is this God he is worshipping."

- Hubert Reeves (French-Canadian astrophysicist)

The thing is, the last time all the plants and animals were destroyed, Mother Nature herself did it, not man. (Comet or meteor strike in the Yucatan which, according to scientists, killed all the plants and dinosaurs.)  Not to say categorically that man can't destroy his environment, but Nature does what it does without regard for man - earthquakes, volcanoes, El Nino, La Nina, melt polar ice one year, freeze more polar ice the next, etc., and man can but chronicle the events, and sometimes lie about the causes, for power and control - of man, not Nature.

Still, it behooves each of us to pay attention to what is going on around us, and take precautions.

Comment by Howard P Reynolds on November 10, 2014 at 12:38

LOL, Steve.  I've spent lots of time watching archeology shows, Sci-Fi, and even some real-life (local school alumni tried finding their time capsule recently only to dig a lot of dirt on school property to find nothing).  Your grandchildren will probably forget that there is a time capsule, cause they weren't paying attention while playing Play Station, and likely will put a concrete pad over the location some time down the road.  Then there is the possibility that way, way down the road, whoever finds your time capsule might not be able to read (the way things are going), and might not be able to read English, or understand concepts we take for granted today.

Comment by Howard P Reynolds on November 10, 2014 at 12:26

Thanks, Jan.  Sounds like a reasonable idea for small things.  That suggested 3" PVC can be made to work for MREs, but you have to break em down, and that eats up a 12" length.  Also, living here in eastern PA, I am trying to figure out where to bury the cache on a bug-out route.  That is, the area is pretty built up, and open land is owned by somebody (farmers, etc.).  You have to go pretty far to find lightly traveled back roads that will give you unobserved time to bury/dig up a cache of stuff - on somebody else's property, and in my case, my bug-out destination is most quickly reached by main routes, and any bury-spot far enough away from your home area to be useful, is too far away to observe how good a spot it is.  That is, if you are bugging out, a few blocks or a few miles away, where you can scout a spot's usefulness, might be too close, and are you going to need the cache that close to home - or closer to your destination?  But the further you get away from your home, where you might need the cache, the less you can really scout a spot to bury your cache, unless you have unlimited time to camp along a lightly traveled route well before the need to get out of town.  Probably burying stuff on your own property is the most sure and secure as long as the cache is some distance from the house that may be destroyed in some scenario.  Even a 1/4 acre lot will have some room for a cache.

Possibly a better solution would be to get real friendly with someone like Steve Hanner - living on a farm along the way to your bug-out destination where you can park your 10' Wells Cargo trailer, filled with essentials, that won't be bothered by anyone and won't seem out of place on a farm.  Of course, food items would almost certainly have to be freeze dried because the inside temp of a trailer, in the summer, will degrade MREs and home-canned goods over time.

Comment by Clint Thompson on November 10, 2014 at 6:55

I think this is a good idea.  One should have a treasure map so if the owner is not available or passes on, the family and friend survivors can retrieve the stashed items.

Comment by Jan Carter on November 9, 2014 at 20:12

This was brought up in the chat tonight.  What do you think?

http://www.101waystosurvive.com/survail_tips/creating-a-survival-ca...

Comment by Howard P Reynolds on September 23, 2014 at 12:28

Shlomo, that one works pretty well.  The other kind, using chainsaw chain also works well, but as I mentioned, it tends to bind toward the end of the task.  The one you showed doesn't bind as much as you near the end of the cut, but it takes a little longer to do the work than the chainsaw chain models.

Comment by Shlomo ben Maved on September 23, 2014 at 10:48

I carry this with me in the bush all the time:

Pocket Chainsaw - by Supreme Products

Comment by Jan Carter on September 23, 2014 at 10:39

I dont think this list was meant for  something along the lines of bugging out but staying put.  Living in an area with hurricanes I see the reasoning behind this information.  But I dont know it is enough.  I think the back up info below is great but everyone should also have some sort of hand saws and either know how to sharpen them or have additional blades 

Comment by Howard P Reynolds on September 23, 2014 at 10:22

Chainsaw:  If you are surviving on your own, you are up against it to begin with.  I mention this because while one of the various pocket chainsaws will serve you well, it takes two to work it under some conditions.  These "handsaws" are very compact, and come in lengths up to 48" and some are lengths of motorized chainsaw chains.  I have found them to work very well unless you are cutting off an overhead limb.  As you get near the end of the cut your hands get closer together, and it is difficult to prevent the pocket chainsaw, made from chainsaw chain, from binding - unless you have a partner who can work the other end and widen the angle of attack.  You can't fell a tree with em, but otherwise you can get plenty of firewood , cut to length, fairly easily by packing one of these pocket chainsaws.

Featured Comment by Charles Sample on September 22, 2014 at 20:09

I have a backup to my chain saw, it is a bow saw.  The handle is aluminum and I could cut through a foot thick log or tree if necessary.  I can cut through a six inch limb in just a few minutes.

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