Groups

I said last time that I was going to describe my packs. Before I get into that, I would like to suggest that now is the time to possibly join a survival group, a patriot group or best of all a militia. Be sure that whatever club you join, that it is legal and a group that will look out for each other and the country. My suggestion would be to check out your area and find out if there is a militia group near you. Make sure that it is legal and not just a bunch of nuts that will get you arrested if anyone finds out about it. Patriot groups and survival groups are also excellent. The thing is that they should be trying to better this nation and their area and be willing to assist each other in a survival situation. If you can find nothing near you, try the Internet. Be careful as there are a lot of strange clubs that are listed under the heading of militia. I am involved with one of these sites and would recommend it to everyone. "The Well Regulated American Militias" is the title of the web site. http://militias.ning.com is the URL. There are groups to join on the web site and many states have militia groups on the site. Think about it, you may need a militia to survive.

Now to the promised pack contents. This week I will cover the food, which is enough for two people for fourteen days. Everything on this list was purchased in a supermarket. There are no freeze dried foods and no MRE's. The reason I did it this way is so that I could rotate my food in the packs by eating it and replacing it. As I started this process in January of 1989 and have had the packs ever since, you can see where even freeze dried food would go bad in that time. Most food companies will tell you that their food should not be kept over five years. I do not believe that it will go bad in that time, but after a while, even freeze dried food begins to deteriorate. Some of these items, such as the cold cereal, were bought in large boxes and split into individual portions. Anything that would not crush was vacuum sealed and things like cold cereal were put into zip-locks, expelling as much air as possible. Let us go on to the list.

Two people, fourteen days: breakfast: 10 individual pkts. instant oatmeal (flavored). These were repackaged into vacuum sealed bags. "Five days." ten individual pkts. of cold cereal (types that could be vacuum packed). "Five days." Four pkgs. toaster pops (in original packaging inside individual zip-locks). "Two days". Two pkgs pancake mis (add water only) (Repackaged into vacuum sealed bags). "Two days".

Lunch: Six pkgs. oriental noodles, (original pkgs). "Six days". Twelve individual pkts. cup-o-soup (original pkts.). "Six days". On other two days eat lunch from snack foods. Dinners: Three pkgs. Mac and cheese, (vacuum sealed). "Three days". four pkgs. Rice-a-Roni (vacuum seal) "Four days". Two cans luncheon meat (spam) (take out of can and vacuum seal it). One pound Velveeta cheese (vacuum) two pkgs. dried toast, two pkgs dried beef, one box instant potatoes. These items to be used to make dinners other seven days.

Snacks and drinks: Thirty sticks jerky, four lbs. dried fruit, eight granola bars, eight one ounce pkgs. raisins, forty-eight tea bags, ten one quart pkgs. instant milk, one jar bullion cubes, jar instant coffee, jar of Tang, one lb. margarine, one lb. sugar, salt and pepper. All items in jars and cans to be repackaged into vacuum sealed bags.

This was my total food supply for two people for two weeks. While it may seem kind of repetitive and not exactly gourmet food, remember it is for two weeks and it is to survive not to savor. This food was split into the two packs as equally as possible. That way if we got separated, we would both have enough to eat. I am going to leave it at this point this time. Next time I will get into what else to add to the packs. Until then check out my political blog at: http://www.theerealamericanpolitics.blogspot.com.