WEBVTT - Bug Out Bag 101 0:00:00.240 --> 0:00:04.680 From UFOs to psychic powers and government conspiracies. History is 0:00:04.760 --> 0:00:09.080 riddled with unexplained events. You can turn back now or 0:00:09.200 --> 0:00:12.079 learn the stuff they don't want you to know. A 0:00:12.200 --> 0:00:26.160 production of I Heart Radio. Hello, welcome back to the show. 0:00:26.320 --> 0:00:28.920 My name is Matt, my name is Noel. They called 0:00:28.960 --> 0:00:32.040 me Ben. We are joined as always with our super producer, 0:00:32.080 --> 0:00:36.000 Paul Mission controlled decond. Most importantly, you are you. You 0:00:36.080 --> 0:00:39.400 are here, and that makes this stuff they don't want 0:00:39.440 --> 0:00:41.600 you to know. This is a little bit of a 0:00:42.000 --> 0:00:44.920 of a weird episode for us because in a in 0:00:44.920 --> 0:00:47.839 a few of our recent shows, we had touched on 0:00:47.960 --> 0:00:51.440 the idea of emergency preparation, right we had, Uh, we 0:00:51.520 --> 0:00:57.160 had mentioned building out bug out bags, just just in passing. Remember, um, 0:00:57.200 --> 0:00:59.760 we didn't go too into depth. But I don't know 0:00:59.800 --> 0:01:03.319 about you guys, I was uh surprised that so many 0:01:03.360 --> 0:01:06.679 of our fellow listeners rode into us on you know, 0:01:07.240 --> 0:01:10.759 Facebook or Twitter and asked us to make an episode 0:01:11.160 --> 0:01:14.200 just about bug out bags. Uh did you guys see 0:01:14.240 --> 0:01:17.440 any of that? Yeah? Yeah, that I mean, I think 0:01:17.440 --> 0:01:22.399 it's an important thing that maybe we don't think about 0:01:22.440 --> 0:01:25.759 in our busy lives all the time, that we need 0:01:25.800 --> 0:01:29.120 to be prepared in case something goes down all of 0:01:29.200 --> 0:01:33.000 a sudden. Uh. We we learned it personally. I think 0:01:33.480 --> 0:01:35.920 we we had a close encounter with something like this 0:01:36.040 --> 0:01:39.920 when Snowpocalypse occurred in Atlanta, when we realized, oh, well, 0:01:39.959 --> 0:01:43.240 if something does go wrong and let's say our even 0:01:43.240 --> 0:01:46.800 your vehicle is has to be abandoned, is there enough 0:01:46.800 --> 0:01:49.520 stuff in your vehicle to be safe for a night? 0:01:49.640 --> 0:01:54.000 Two nights forty eight hours? And we noticed a response 0:01:54.040 --> 0:01:57.520 with with everyone listening that they also wanted to know 0:01:57.560 --> 0:02:01.120 this information. Yeah, and uh, this episode is gonna be 0:02:01.160 --> 0:02:05.040 a little bit different from some of our our previous episodes. 0:02:05.800 --> 0:02:07.440 I don't know about you all, but I don't think 0:02:07.480 --> 0:02:11.480 this will include anything quote unquote crazy. But you know, 0:02:11.520 --> 0:02:17.640 perhaps we've already drifted past our old definitions of normalcy nowadays. Uh. Anyhow, 0:02:17.720 --> 0:02:20.480 in this episode, we're gonna walk through what a bug 0:02:20.520 --> 0:02:23.400 out bag is, whether you need one, what you should 0:02:23.400 --> 0:02:25.680 put in it, what you should watch out for along 0:02:25.720 --> 0:02:29.640 the way, and maybe reveal some of our own hard, 0:02:30.240 --> 0:02:34.400 hard learned lessons here. Guys. Uh, you know, we can 0:02:34.440 --> 0:02:37.720 see each other right now, but our fellow listeners can't. Uh. 0:02:37.919 --> 0:02:39.920 You all look great, by the way, I want to 0:02:39.919 --> 0:02:43.320 point out, I'm wearing my old, uh what, my old 0:02:43.320 --> 0:02:46.440 old jacket that I used to live in. Seriously, for 0:02:46.520 --> 0:02:49.520 three months, I lived in this jacket because I was 0:02:49.560 --> 0:02:53.160 not prepared. And it's sort of like a utility belt 0:02:53.160 --> 0:02:55.120 of a jacket, right, Like it's got all these pockets 0:02:55.120 --> 0:02:57.359 where you can put all kinds of necessities in there. 0:02:57.440 --> 0:03:01.960 Right yeah, man, yeah, absolutely, And I never, uh, I 0:03:02.080 --> 0:03:04.520 never thought that I would have to use it that way, 0:03:04.680 --> 0:03:07.680 but I got caught out because I wasn't planning ahead. 0:03:07.840 --> 0:03:10.880 I'm a fan of improvisation, but in this in this 0:03:10.960 --> 0:03:13.600 sort of situation, we do need to plan. So can 0:03:13.639 --> 0:03:15.839 you tell us just a little bit of like high 0:03:15.919 --> 0:03:19.320 level info on what happened or is it a mystery 0:03:20.040 --> 0:03:26.080 just about how you found yourself in that kind of situation? Yeah? Yeah, okay, Uh, 0:03:26.320 --> 0:03:30.079 I screwed up, Matt, That's exactly what happened. I I 0:03:30.160 --> 0:03:34.040 screwed up. I was living abroad, and I thought at 0:03:34.040 --> 0:03:38.480 the time that the hostel I was staying in was gonna, 0:03:38.640 --> 0:03:40.640 well like a hostile I don't know these people that 0:03:40.680 --> 0:03:43.600 I lived with. I thought it was gonna be a safe, 0:03:43.640 --> 0:03:50.640 pretty reliably consistent, uh, domicile situation. I traveled to another 0:03:50.760 --> 0:03:56.280 town and I couldn't find a place to live there, 0:03:56.520 --> 0:04:01.240 so I was sleeping rough unless I literally like made 0:04:01.320 --> 0:04:04.040 friends with someone on the street and trusted them enough 0:04:04.080 --> 0:04:07.200 to sleep at their house, which you know, I I'm 0:04:07.240 --> 0:04:10.560 not a fan of that. So yeah. But but the 0:04:10.720 --> 0:04:13.280 your jacket or having something on you that you could 0:04:13.280 --> 0:04:16.080 carry a couple of things on you became really important. 0:04:16.720 --> 0:04:19.680 Oh yeah, man, this is this is ridiculous. This actually 0:04:19.839 --> 0:04:22.279 used to be a different color, but it got so 0:04:22.320 --> 0:04:25.200 sun baked and dirty and like I was washing it 0:04:25.240 --> 0:04:27.560 in a river and stuff. It was weird. Well, I 0:04:27.600 --> 0:04:30.320 think that very much applies to today's episode that where 0:04:30.360 --> 0:04:33.360 we're going to be getting into just the concept that 0:04:33.839 --> 0:04:36.360 I would say a lot of us, but me personally, 0:04:36.560 --> 0:04:40.479 I'll walk around with two pockets four pockets in my 0:04:40.560 --> 0:04:43.039 pants and that's about it. I guess there's a fifth, 0:04:43.120 --> 0:04:45.920 little tiny one that you can fit a USB driver, 0:04:46.000 --> 0:04:47.839 So I'll go for the cargo pants. Matt, you're not 0:04:47.880 --> 0:04:51.119 a cargo guy, Well, I I haven't been lately. Maybe 0:04:51.120 --> 0:04:54.440 I need to switch over, uh in these times at least, 0:04:54.800 --> 0:04:58.239 But most of us, if we're walking around, we don't 0:04:58.320 --> 0:05:00.800 have a lot of storage on us unless you got 0:05:00.800 --> 0:05:03.039 a really good jacket or something. You know what. I 0:05:03.080 --> 0:05:06.080 get a lot of crap for this from my daughter included. 0:05:06.440 --> 0:05:09.240 But I am a big fan of a satchel I carry. 0:05:09.279 --> 0:05:12.800 I have several shoulder bags and I carry them for 0:05:12.800 --> 0:05:14.680 that very reason because I don't want to stuff my 0:05:14.720 --> 0:05:17.400 pockets with crap. And if I have like a little, nice, 0:05:17.440 --> 0:05:20.080 low profile shoulder bag, I can put all the little 0:05:20.120 --> 0:05:22.080 things in it that I might need, whether it's like 0:05:22.480 --> 0:05:25.680 no spray or breath mints or you know, a bat, 0:05:25.680 --> 0:05:28.000 a rang, what what have you. I've got it all 0:05:28.080 --> 0:05:30.600 in there in my little utility satchel. And Uh, I 0:05:30.839 --> 0:05:32.320 get a lot of crap for it, but I I 0:05:32.400 --> 0:05:34.640 stand by it. You know what Ben got me this. 0:05:34.839 --> 0:05:37.440 I think it's called a Supreme bag. I think that's 0:05:37.440 --> 0:05:41.440 what it's called. But it's a small bag. It looks 0:05:41.480 --> 0:05:43.880 almost like a Fannie pack, but a little larger and 0:05:43.960 --> 0:05:46.320 much cooler. But you can put it over your shoulder. 0:05:46.839 --> 0:05:50.800 When I was watching my son for about a week 0:05:51.000 --> 0:05:54.360 week and a half, uh, that became like I had 0:05:54.400 --> 0:05:56.560 to have that. If I didn't have that bag that 0:05:56.680 --> 0:05:59.160 had like snack or food for him, water for him, 0:05:59.560 --> 0:06:01.760 all the acing necessities. If I didn't have a small 0:06:01.760 --> 0:06:05.000 bag like that, I would have been out of luck. So, um, 0:06:05.040 --> 0:06:06.919 that kind of thing that you're talking about, Noel, is 0:06:07.360 --> 0:06:10.320 could be really helpful. And it's fashionable too, Matt. It's 0:06:10.320 --> 0:06:13.080 fashionable too. And no one thing I would point out 0:06:13.120 --> 0:06:16.520 about your your satchel strategy is I like that you 0:06:16.600 --> 0:06:19.600 also have all your all your bags that I've seen 0:06:19.720 --> 0:06:23.400 have these highly adjustable straps so you can put it 0:06:23.440 --> 0:06:26.320 really close to your back, which is great in a 0:06:26.680 --> 0:06:28.800 um in a situation where you need to keep an 0:06:28.839 --> 0:06:32.200 eye on snatching grabs. And it also it kind of 0:06:32.240 --> 0:06:35.080 transforms it into a single strap backpack. I think that's 0:06:35.080 --> 0:06:37.159 really smart totally. You can wear it up high on 0:06:37.200 --> 0:06:38.960 the small of your back if you're riding a bike, 0:06:39.120 --> 0:06:41.080 like as a messenger bag. I even have one that 0:06:41.120 --> 0:06:44.880 has a cross chest attachment that allows you to really 0:06:44.880 --> 0:06:46.520 wear it up high on the back and gives you 0:06:46.560 --> 0:06:48.840 more support. Um, I don't know. I'm I'm a big 0:06:48.839 --> 0:06:51.600 fan and I will never let uh an eleven year 0:06:51.600 --> 0:06:56.640 old bully me into thinking otherwise. So uh so I 0:06:56.640 --> 0:06:59.520 I agree, you know, uh, Matt, Paul and I have 0:06:59.600 --> 0:07:03.760 your back on that one, of course, but eleven year 0:07:03.800 --> 0:07:06.800 old are some of the most powerful, brilliant people in 0:07:06.839 --> 0:07:09.360 the world, so we we would have to team up. 0:07:09.560 --> 0:07:12.880 But we've got your back. Before we get into today's show, 0:07:13.560 --> 0:07:16.160 how about we do a quick, just a very quick 0:07:16.160 --> 0:07:20.840 Twitter roll call. Yes, shout out to Grumming six hundred 0:07:21.040 --> 0:07:24.920 who posted two conspiracy stuff to let us know the 0:07:25.000 --> 0:07:28.600 breaking news as we record this, it's been confirmed UK 0:07:28.800 --> 0:07:32.920 Prime Minister Boris Johnson has tested positive for COVID nineteen. 0:07:32.920 --> 0:07:35.680 Did you guys hear about that just this morning? Yeah? 0:07:36.080 --> 0:07:42.000 And another secretary that's high level also tested positive. Yeah. 0:07:42.160 --> 0:07:44.560 And wasn't there an official that was or maybe an 0:07:44.560 --> 0:07:46.960 official I think it was an evangelist who was a 0:07:47.000 --> 0:07:51.920 COVID denier has now tested positive as well, called called 0:07:52.000 --> 0:07:55.320 karma right there. Yeah, we're getting to the point where, 0:07:55.760 --> 0:08:00.000 instead of knowing of famous, notable figures in the world 0:08:00.000 --> 0:08:03.280 old getting COVID, you may soon, by the time this 0:08:03.320 --> 0:08:05.840 episode comes out, you may personally know someone who is 0:08:05.880 --> 0:08:09.560 confirmed to have contracted it. But again, the US, unlike 0:08:09.600 --> 0:08:12.560 the rest of the developed world, is not rolling out 0:08:12.600 --> 0:08:15.760 testing in in a very efficient way, and so now 0:08:15.800 --> 0:08:19.880 that many of us are forced to contemplate the the 0:08:20.040 --> 0:08:23.360 sudden and unexpected changes in our day to day lives 0:08:23.360 --> 0:08:27.080 and status quo. We also have to think about how 0:08:27.200 --> 0:08:31.680 we will adapt if our normal environment, whether that's our 0:08:31.840 --> 0:08:35.200 our home space or you know, our neighborhood, how do 0:08:35.280 --> 0:08:39.320 we adapt if that place becomes either unsustainable at some 0:08:39.400 --> 0:08:43.000 point or dangerous. You know, what do we do if 0:08:43.040 --> 0:08:45.040 we have to get out? Or what do we do 0:08:45.200 --> 0:08:50.280 if our normal methods of survival like running water, easily 0:08:50.320 --> 0:08:52.160 available food, and so on. What what do we do 0:08:52.200 --> 0:08:54.360 if they run out and we have to survive until 0:08:54.400 --> 0:08:58.360 help gets to us. That's where a bugout bag comes in. 0:08:58.559 --> 0:09:01.679 So here are the facts. Uh, this is a question 0:09:01.679 --> 0:09:03.760 that I had. I'd never heard this term before, bug 0:09:03.760 --> 0:09:05.480 out bag. I'd love to explore a little more about 0:09:05.480 --> 0:09:07.839 where that comes from. But another term for it is 0:09:07.880 --> 0:09:11.840 a go bag. Um. At its most basic essence, it's 0:09:11.880 --> 0:09:16.040 really just a bag that contains those bare necessities that 0:09:16.080 --> 0:09:18.679 you really need to have handy, and the contents can vary. 0:09:18.720 --> 0:09:20.080 We're gonna get into that. But here's some of the 0:09:20.080 --> 0:09:22.960 reasons you might need to have one of these ready. Uh. 0:09:23.000 --> 0:09:25.360 The one I always think of is if you know, uh, 0:09:25.400 --> 0:09:28.120 you're you, you're some kind of high level criminal and 0:09:28.120 --> 0:09:30.000 you've been found out and need to go on the lamb, 0:09:30.240 --> 0:09:32.240 or maybe change in identity. That's sort of the more 0:09:32.320 --> 0:09:35.200 like alarmist fiction any type one, but it's it's not 0:09:35.360 --> 0:09:37.559 entirely fictional. UM. So maybe you need to leave one 0:09:37.600 --> 0:09:41.000 location for another. UM. Or you're stranded in a location 0:09:41.559 --> 0:09:43.199 like you said at the beginning of the show, Matt 0:09:43.240 --> 0:09:46.360 with the snow apocalypse UM and being able to need 0:09:46.440 --> 0:09:50.000 to survive using your car as a temporary domicile, UM 0:09:50.080 --> 0:09:54.640 in really difficult conditions UM climate wise, UM. Or you're 0:09:54.679 --> 0:09:57.199 forced to be mobile for some amount of time. That's 0:09:57.200 --> 0:10:00.280 a little more of the potential on the lamb or 0:10:00.440 --> 0:10:03.600 just a potential, like you need to be on the 0:10:03.600 --> 0:10:05.680 move for whatever reason. There's many reasons this could be 0:10:05.679 --> 0:10:08.120 the case. Well, well, yeah, the the whole point is 0:10:08.960 --> 0:10:13.360 there are endless reasons that you may need to do 0:10:13.440 --> 0:10:16.360 one of those things, be mobile, if you get stranded, 0:10:16.480 --> 0:10:18.920 or you just need to leave for one reason or another. 0:10:19.320 --> 0:10:22.560 And it could be due to a natural disaster, some 0:10:22.640 --> 0:10:25.960 kind of you know, I mean like the reality of 0:10:26.400 --> 0:10:30.360 maybe an active shooter somewhere near you, your car breaks down, 0:10:30.840 --> 0:10:34.160 maybe you're in the middle of a pandemic and civilization 0:10:34.240 --> 0:10:37.280 seems to be collapsing all around you. The whole idea 0:10:37.320 --> 0:10:39.319 is that when you have access to a bug out 0:10:39.360 --> 0:10:43.640 bag that you have prepared carefully, this thing can keep 0:10:43.679 --> 0:10:46.880 you safe and healthy for at least a temporary amount 0:10:46.880 --> 0:10:50.560 of time. And we'll talk about exactly how long you 0:10:50.600 --> 0:10:53.120 can essentially set your go up, your bug out bag, 0:10:53.200 --> 0:10:57.000 or your go bag to last you. Yeah, yeah, that's 0:10:57.080 --> 0:10:59.480 that's a key part here. It is meant to keep 0:10:59.480 --> 0:11:03.840 you safe and healthy for a temporary amount of time 0:11:03.880 --> 0:11:06.880 because one of the golden rules is that you you 0:11:06.920 --> 0:11:09.959 typically want to be able to pack no more than 0:11:10.080 --> 0:11:14.199 you can carry for a sustained amount of time by yourself, 0:11:14.280 --> 0:11:16.760 even if you have friends and family with you. So 0:11:17.000 --> 0:11:20.240 to that question, where does the term come from. I've 0:11:20.240 --> 0:11:22.839 heard it called a bug out bag, a go bag, 0:11:22.880 --> 0:11:25.960 and go home bag, but the origin of bug out 0:11:25.960 --> 0:11:29.400 bag is largely believed to come from what was once 0:11:29.440 --> 0:11:33.520 known as a bailout bag used by pilots n aviators 0:11:33.520 --> 0:11:36.360 in the military. So back in the day, the bailout 0:11:36.400 --> 0:11:39.960 bag had a couple of items that were critical for 0:11:40.160 --> 0:11:43.559 pilots if they were shot down or if they they 0:11:43.559 --> 0:11:47.360 experienced the engine malfunction and they landed in the middle 0:11:47.360 --> 0:11:50.360 of nowhere or even enemy territory, and things like a knife, 0:11:50.880 --> 0:11:56.080 you know, compass basic survival gear of course. You know, 0:11:56.240 --> 0:11:58.800 remember when you're putting together your bug out bag, you're 0:11:58.800 --> 0:12:01.080 probably not going to be being out of a plane. 0:12:01.400 --> 0:12:03.960 You're probably not going to commandeer an island or do 0:12:04.040 --> 0:12:06.800 any sort of you know movie stuff that John Wick 0:12:06.880 --> 0:12:10.600 mission and possible type situations. You're just making sure that 0:12:10.640 --> 0:12:13.360 you're as safe and healthy as possible while you either 0:12:13.440 --> 0:12:18.440 reach permanent safety or get emergency assistance. Uh, what other 0:12:18.679 --> 0:12:22.280 seed want to plant here? The old bailout bags used 0:12:22.320 --> 0:12:26.240 in air forces did used to contain at least according 0:12:26.280 --> 0:12:30.200 to the stories, did used to contain um a a 0:12:30.360 --> 0:12:33.800 small amount of like gold or silver bullion. And that's 0:12:33.800 --> 0:12:37.320 been the subject of a lot of alarmist uh prepping 0:12:37.440 --> 0:12:41.199 industry sales points now, you know, but we'll we'll get 0:12:41.240 --> 0:12:44.360 back to that. So another question you would probably have 0:12:44.440 --> 0:12:48.200 to ask, in a question many of our fellow listeners 0:12:48.200 --> 0:12:50.920 have received in the past, is is it crazy? Is 0:12:50.920 --> 0:12:53.800 it overkill to have a bug out bag? The answer is, 0:12:53.880 --> 0:12:56.920 in general, no, no, it's not. It depends on how 0:12:56.960 --> 0:12:59.680 weird you get with it. You will get reactions though 0:13:00.559 --> 0:13:02.640 from maybe a lot of depending on who you're surrounding 0:13:02.640 --> 0:13:06.120 yourself with. I just know my immediate family and friends 0:13:06.120 --> 0:13:08.160 are like, you you have what? What's? What do you 0:13:08.200 --> 0:13:11.200 have in your car? What? Why would you do that? 0:13:11.400 --> 0:13:14.440 And then you have to explain And then a lot 0:13:14.520 --> 0:13:17.840 of times you'll notice people are um a little more 0:13:17.920 --> 0:13:20.360 understanding I guess after you give them all the reasons. 0:13:20.480 --> 0:13:24.240 But yeah, I would say I have encountered that sentiment 0:13:24.440 --> 0:13:26.400 quite often. What's one of those things that's really easy 0:13:26.440 --> 0:13:30.680 to pass judgment on until you know the situation reveals 0:13:30.720 --> 0:13:33.880 itself where you were actually the smart one, you know, 0:13:34.360 --> 0:13:36.040 I mean, like what we're in right now, or the 0:13:36.080 --> 0:13:39.600 snowpocalypse situation. I mean, I don't think anyone would judge 0:13:39.600 --> 0:13:42.160 you if you had made the right preparations and then 0:13:42.400 --> 0:13:45.880 that that situation presented itself and you were much more 0:13:45.920 --> 0:13:47.960 able to take care of yourself and your loved ones 0:13:48.040 --> 0:13:50.440 than others who maybe thought that was a wacky idea. 0:13:50.520 --> 0:13:53.559 So I think reducing the stigma things like this is 0:13:53.640 --> 0:13:56.480 really important because it's not just some kind of doomsday 0:13:56.520 --> 0:13:59.960 prepper thing, you know. I think maybe the term bugout 0:14:00.040 --> 0:14:02.560 bag makes you think like, oh, I'm bugging out, I'm 0:14:02.559 --> 0:14:05.559 freaking out. Everything's crazy, you know. But um no, it's 0:14:05.559 --> 0:14:09.920 absolutely just good emergency preparedness, right, it's a it's an 0:14:10.000 --> 0:14:14.800 emergency preparedness set. There you go. That sounds a little 0:14:14.840 --> 0:14:18.520 more legit. I like to maybe we just call it, um, 0:14:18.559 --> 0:14:22.840 maybe call it an improvisation kit. I don't know, something yeah, 0:14:22.920 --> 0:14:26.400 something yes and bag, yes and bag. There we go. 0:14:26.480 --> 0:14:30.960 That's good. So yeah, it's possible, like any anything, it's 0:14:30.960 --> 0:14:33.840 possible to go overboard when building out kit like this. 0:14:34.320 --> 0:14:37.360 But most of the most of the stuff at least 0:14:37.400 --> 0:14:39.800 that we would cover or that we would we would 0:14:39.800 --> 0:14:42.960 recommend looking into is pretty reasonable. And a lot of 0:14:43.000 --> 0:14:45.000 it depend on the time you want to put in 0:14:45.480 --> 0:14:49.320 UH and your level of UH mcguiverants depending on your 0:14:49.400 --> 0:14:51.360 mcgeiver factor. A lot of this can be made with 0:14:51.440 --> 0:14:56.360 easily obtainable supplies. That's really important. Right now as we 0:14:56.440 --> 0:14:59.760 record this, there's a lot of information out there about 0:15:00.000 --> 0:15:04.080 a paredness about bug out bags, and some of it 0:15:04.200 --> 0:15:08.320 is misinformed. UH. Some of it is coming from a 0:15:08.360 --> 0:15:10.960 place with an agenda. It's coming from folks who want 0:15:11.000 --> 0:15:14.360 to sell you something, and this can lead to overkill 0:15:14.520 --> 0:15:17.280 More importantly, it can lead to spending a lot of 0:15:17.320 --> 0:15:21.160 money on things you don't need or like bone broth. Yeah, 0:15:21.200 --> 0:15:25.400 like bone broth or your gold bullion or uh, you know, 0:15:25.680 --> 0:15:29.080 paying paying out the wazoo for something that's kind of 0:15:29.160 --> 0:15:32.080 cheaply made and may actually break if you ever use 0:15:32.160 --> 0:15:36.080 it on a regular basis. So like for an overkill thing, 0:15:36.200 --> 0:15:38.640 you don't need to pack huge amounts of heavy equipment. 0:15:38.680 --> 0:15:41.240 You need stuff you can carry and you can use. 0:15:41.760 --> 0:15:44.880 So this gets us two different like types of bug 0:15:44.880 --> 0:15:48.320 out bags. Matt. You mentioned there was a tradition. Traditionally 0:15:48.320 --> 0:15:52.160 they're defined by the amount of time, right, what what 0:15:52.400 --> 0:15:55.000 is that amount of time for you guys? Well, usually 0:15:55.040 --> 0:15:57.880 it goes by hours, but it's really like a day, 0:15:58.040 --> 0:16:01.840 Like you do a twenty four hour bug out bag. Um, 0:16:01.920 --> 0:16:05.040 that's kind of your just standard. This is the absolute 0:16:05.080 --> 0:16:07.360 minimum that I would need to be okay for a 0:16:07.400 --> 0:16:11.480 full day and night, um, and then you it generally 0:16:11.520 --> 0:16:13.960 goes from that to two days, like forty eight hour 0:16:14.000 --> 0:16:17.480 bug out bag. Um. The cool thing about these things 0:16:17.720 --> 0:16:20.280 is that let's say you've got a twenty four hour 0:16:20.440 --> 0:16:24.160 or forty eight hour bag set up as a singular thing. 0:16:24.680 --> 0:16:28.240 Let's say in your trunk you keep extra supplies that 0:16:28.240 --> 0:16:31.720 would turn that into a ninety six hour or longer 0:16:32.120 --> 0:16:35.440 bug out bag situation, just because you the only things 0:16:35.480 --> 0:16:39.640 really that are limiting you there would be your um, 0:16:39.680 --> 0:16:42.880 your food, your water, things that would run out because 0:16:42.880 --> 0:16:44.520 a lot of the tools and things you keep in 0:16:44.520 --> 0:16:46.800 a bug out bag aren't gonna limit you by a 0:16:46.880 --> 0:16:52.720 number of hours, right. Uh, the the hour limitation or 0:16:52.760 --> 0:16:58.080 the our definition there is gonna really hinge on three things. 0:16:58.280 --> 0:17:01.440 It's gonna hinge on well, let's call it three point five. 0:17:01.480 --> 0:17:03.560 It's gonna hinge on the amount of food you need 0:17:03.640 --> 0:17:06.560 to survive every twenty four hours, the amount of water 0:17:06.680 --> 0:17:09.600 you need, which is even more important, and uh, the 0:17:09.640 --> 0:17:13.240 amount of medication you need if you're on a regular 0:17:14.000 --> 0:17:18.199 uh medication schedule that's vital to your health. So this 0:17:18.240 --> 0:17:21.200 means that a bug out bag can be defined also 0:17:21.240 --> 0:17:23.720 by what it's not. It is not a long term 0:17:23.800 --> 0:17:26.720 survival kit, you know what I mean. You're not gonna 0:17:26.920 --> 0:17:29.240 take this stuff in here and build a cabin and 0:17:29.280 --> 0:17:33.120 just live there forever. It's not a boating or aviation 0:17:33.240 --> 0:17:36.359 emergency kit. You can put it in the trunk of 0:17:36.400 --> 0:17:40.560 your car, but for an auto survival kit specifically, there's 0:17:40.560 --> 0:17:43.040 going to be things in that kit that you don't 0:17:43.080 --> 0:17:45.080 need to have in a bug out bag, right, Like 0:17:45.200 --> 0:17:48.200 you don't need fix a flat in your bug out bag. 0:17:48.680 --> 0:17:51.600 You don't need uh, you need in your car, but 0:17:51.680 --> 0:17:54.040 you do need it in your car, absolutely uh. And 0:17:54.119 --> 0:17:56.520 you can carry more in your car too, obviously. I 0:17:56.560 --> 0:17:58.479 think that's a really smart way of looking at it then, 0:17:58.560 --> 0:18:01.679 because no one would ever begread you keeping supplies in 0:18:01.720 --> 0:18:04.880 your car, you know, for the event of a breakdown, right, 0:18:05.280 --> 0:18:07.439 But yet people seem to look askance if you have 0:18:07.520 --> 0:18:11.280 some sort of like contingency plan bag for like some 0:18:11.359 --> 0:18:14.960 other you know, larger emergency that is not automotive related. 0:18:15.160 --> 0:18:17.760 So I think that's a really good point. It's weird 0:18:17.840 --> 0:18:22.720 because I guess it's all in presentation, right, Like the 0:18:22.320 --> 0:18:25.320 the stuff that I would keep in my car, I 0:18:25.359 --> 0:18:28.399 do have it, I do have it separated out. But 0:18:28.520 --> 0:18:32.080 there's the car stuff, you know, like the signal flares, 0:18:32.160 --> 0:18:34.639 that kind of that kind of thing, jumper cables, and 0:18:34.680 --> 0:18:37.159 then there's the bag you can grab, but it doesn't 0:18:37.160 --> 0:18:39.120 look as crazy if it's in your trunk, right, because 0:18:39.160 --> 0:18:42.760 everybody's got weird stuff in their trunks. But hey, speaking 0:18:42.800 --> 0:18:45.920 of trunks. Uh, guys, why don't we why don't we 0:18:45.960 --> 0:18:49.280 start going through like what we have. I'd love to 0:18:49.320 --> 0:18:54.360 give you guys a rundown of my bugout trunk. Uh, 0:18:54.960 --> 0:18:57.240 you know, before we get on two further in this. 0:18:57.520 --> 0:18:59.960 But before we do that, maybe let's take a quick 0:19:00.040 --> 0:19:09.600 word from our sponsor. Alright, we're back, Matt. I'm intrigued. 0:19:09.920 --> 0:19:12.360 What what's are you going to give us the rundown? 0:19:12.400 --> 0:19:15.080 Are you going to do it unboxing video? Okay, so 0:19:15.280 --> 0:19:18.000 before we get into no, I'm not gonna do it 0:19:18.080 --> 0:19:21.399 out boxing video, but before we get into you know 0:19:21.480 --> 0:19:23.640 what you should probably be thinking about putting in your 0:19:23.680 --> 0:19:25.240 bug out bag. I just want to kind of give 0:19:25.320 --> 0:19:28.200 you my rundown. And i'd love to hear you, guys 0:19:28.240 --> 0:19:32.239 just what you keep with yours, if that's okay. Um, So, 0:19:32.320 --> 0:19:35.680 first of all, I've got an old, old old Toyota 0:19:36.240 --> 0:19:39.040 that I ride around in, and in the trunk, I've 0:19:39.080 --> 0:19:43.359 got sleeping bags for my family, blankets, jackets, bottled water 0:19:43.440 --> 0:19:45.760 for at least two days, energy bars for at least 0:19:45.760 --> 0:19:49.560 two days, a fully charged battery powered generator back there, 0:19:50.160 --> 0:19:53.160 and and those are just the basic things in like 0:19:53.520 --> 0:19:55.600 if if the car breaks down or something and we 0:19:55.680 --> 0:20:00.159 need to walk all ah, a snowpocalypse or something like that. 0:20:00.800 --> 0:20:04.720 Then we've got uh my bug out bag itself. Should 0:20:04.720 --> 0:20:06.760 we go over that yet or should we do? Do 0:20:06.800 --> 0:20:12.120 you mind? So I've personally got closed for two days 0:20:12.160 --> 0:20:16.280 for myself, a lighter, a flashlight with batteries, small knife, scissors, 0:20:17.160 --> 0:20:21.480 just basic toiletries like travel toiletries for that will last for, 0:20:21.560 --> 0:20:25.040 you know, whatever, a week or something, wet wipes of paper, towels, 0:20:25.480 --> 0:20:31.480 contact lenses, passport, two dollars cash, spare house key, spare 0:20:31.520 --> 0:20:38.640 car key, a sharpie, black pen, and extra eyeglasses. And 0:20:38.760 --> 0:20:41.120 here's the things that I'm putting in here that I 0:20:41.160 --> 0:20:44.000 need to put in there, which is something that I 0:20:44.080 --> 0:20:47.080 hadn't really been thinking about, but while prepping for this episode, 0:20:47.440 --> 0:20:50.159 I'm thinking I should probably get a small tent of 0:20:50.240 --> 0:20:53.439 some sort or a tent that could sleep up to 0:20:53.520 --> 0:20:55.560 three people, just when I'm thinking about my family and 0:20:55.600 --> 0:20:58.760 if we're traveling together. Um. And the other thing I 0:20:58.800 --> 0:21:01.359 don't have in there is um a really good first 0:21:01.400 --> 0:21:05.000 aid kit that's compact. I'm looking. I'm in the market 0:21:05.040 --> 0:21:06.680 for one of those, So if you find a good one, 0:21:06.760 --> 0:21:08.680 let me know. Now here's a question for you, Matt, 0:21:08.720 --> 0:21:12.320 why not have a small compact handgun in there? I'm 0:21:12.320 --> 0:21:15.240 I'm not being I'm not joking. That is more of 0:21:15.280 --> 0:21:20.639 a personal question to my family situation, and just it's weird, 0:21:20.840 --> 0:21:24.600 right having a small handgun and having a four year 0:21:24.600 --> 0:21:28.480 old or you know, a young child. It's like you 0:21:28.520 --> 0:21:31.600 can either protect your family or something terrible can happen 0:21:31.720 --> 0:21:35.880 in the statistics show that it's more dangerous in most 0:21:35.880 --> 0:21:40.080 scenarios to have a handgun around a younger child. Um, 0:21:40.160 --> 0:21:42.160 even if you're trying to protect yourself from other people 0:21:42.200 --> 0:21:46.399 with handguns. So that's a personal, very personal choice. UM, 0:21:46.440 --> 0:21:49.639 And it is not my decision. Actually, I gotta defer 0:21:49.760 --> 0:21:53.119 to the most powerful person in this relationship, which is 0:21:53.160 --> 0:21:55.720 my wife. So she doesn't want it, so it's not 0:21:55.760 --> 0:21:58.600 gonna happen. Um. I would very much like to have 0:21:58.720 --> 0:22:02.320 something like that, but it's not gonna happen anytime soon, 0:22:02.680 --> 0:22:07.240 got it? So? UM, With with that in mind, I 0:22:07.560 --> 0:22:09.640 think you've done I think you've done a good job. Met. 0:22:09.720 --> 0:22:11.840 I want to make sure I didn't miss this. Do 0:22:11.880 --> 0:22:15.360 you have like a multitool, like a leatherman or anything 0:22:15.400 --> 0:22:18.000 like that in there? That is exactly what I need. 0:22:18.240 --> 0:22:20.480