Finally putting together a BOB.

[Arkansas_Ranger]

Yes, it's finally happened, and here's how.

I was looking online at Cabella's one day for packable rain gear which I found. I didn't have any and needed it. That magically led to me looking at boots which oddly led to looking at knives. I then got back online and started looking at SOG knives. I'm actually wanting to buy one, but I'm torn between two. That led to looking at boots again for some reason, and I started looking at backpacks. I then found a neat Northface "hot shot day pack" (1850 cu in). I liked it, and I felt I wanted it. I started looking online and finally found a site that offered it about 15% cheaper with free shipping so I bought it. Granted if I ever make another hiking excursion (assuming I can take a day off some year) I'll use it for that, but I think I'll "BOB it out" in the mean time and keep it ready. I used to carry nearly everything known to man in my Dodge truck, but then I bought a new truck and found I liked having empty room more than neat stacks of "never necessary, necessities."

I've spent nearly a week refining a list of materials to pack into my little bag. Once I'm finished with it I'll share my list like most of you do, and we can all "ooh and ahh" together over it. So congratulate me. I've been officially Bob'd.

[wareagle69]

uh ok congrats i think, sounds serious being bob'd several things come to mind hmmm.

[Arkansas_Ranger]

Well, this BOB (since I'm single with no kids) is more or less a survival kit that I could take anywhere. I fortunately live in an area where my only real threat is a tornado, and even those are rare here.

[crashdive123]

I'm willing to bet that if you took a good, long look at it, you may face the potential for more threats than you realize. I don't know the specifics about where you are. If you're in a heavily populated area you face the potential threats from a utilities malfunction (gas leak). Near a rail line - derailment of cars carrying hazardous material. Meth lab? Forest fire? It's good to assess all of the potential threats and then prioritize them so that your preparations will be geared toward the biggest threat.

[Arkansas_Ranger]

I'm willing to bet that if you took a good, long look at it, you may face the potential for more threats than you realize. I don't know the specifics about where you are. If you're in a heavily populated area you face the potential threats from a utilities malfunction (gas leak). Near a rail line - derailment of cars carrying hazardous material. Meth lab? Forest fire? It's good to assess all of the potential threats and then prioritize them so that your preparations will be geared toward the biggest threat.

Oh, believe me. It's what I do. Having worked in law enforcement and EMS (paramedic) and having dabbled in firefighting and hazardous materials I'm probably one of the most "aware" individuals around. I've assessed everything regionally I can assess.

You mention a trail derailment which I thought of mentioning earlier when I brought up tornadoes, but you can't deal with a "death train." Those are trains that pass thru late at night when most people are sleeping. If I'm asleep and the train derails a half-mile from me I'm not going to know about it that night until I get a phone call or I look down at it from Heaven. If one did derail during the day with a forced evacuation I'd probably just go to my folks' house 90 miles east of here or a hotel nearby for something shorter. It's my native town so all my "business" is there anyway, plus I have clothes and stuff stored in their house. Likewise, if a tornado blew my house away I'd go back to their's. I suspect if one blew their's down they'd come here. If a significant episode of civil unrest ever develops I'll probably be summoned to quell it leaving me nowhere to escape to.

As I mentioned in my first post, my new Northface bag is going to be a sundry of seriously emergency BOBing and a basic survival kit. And I'll probably dump most of that out on occasion to use the bag for other excursions. So now lunch is over I better get back to work.

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