Message from @Mark Vandal

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2017-08-25 19:51:40 UTC  

Ty

2017-09-01 19:18:12 UTC  

sorry i havent posted much. im very preoccupied with IE stuff but i will try to post when i can

2017-09-01 21:17:55 UTC  

@Mark Vandal that shelter is a great concept. I saw that for the first time on dual survivor.

2017-09-01 22:31:33 UTC  

@Mark Vandal good video! If I may make a request- can you find one teaching people how to build a shelter out of things found in the woods? Sticks leaves etc. That way if they don't have a tarp or poncho and worse comes to worse they'll know what to do

2017-09-01 22:32:30 UTC  

Will do. I wish I had pictures of the one I made in the mountains it was cool as hell

2017-09-01 22:32:45 UTC  

Had to sleep in that thing and almost froze my ass off

2017-09-01 22:42:19 UTC  

Haha I love making my own. I've had some really nice ones. A few friends and I built one big enough to sleep six comfortably. It's probably even still standing. I'll have to go look

2017-09-02 04:50:46 UTC  

Anyone gone over land nav yet?

2017-09-02 12:02:27 UTC  

Not land nav anything but land nav...

2017-09-02 14:18:34 UTC  

Speaking of, here's a fun little trick I got to tryout recently. If you have no compass but the sun is out, put a stick in the ground and mark the tip of the shadow it casts. Wait 15 minutes or more and mark the tip again (it will have moved). Draw a straight line between the two marks. That line will point EXACTLY west to east.

2017-09-02 17:18:32 UTC  

From first mark to second Mark is east

2017-09-02 20:43:05 UTC  

Yup. Works like a charm. Tested with a compass and it was eerily accurate

2017-09-03 04:08:45 UTC  

I asked in tech, but is anyone @here a ham operator?

2017-09-03 15:51:14 UTC  

I have a beofeng but I haven't had time to sit down and practice with it in any serious sense. However I intend to have my cert by the end of the year

2017-09-05 00:30:21 UTC  

Don't really see a point to bug in if you have a way out for something like a hurricane. Just seems too "lone wolf-ey" to me if you don't have a good relationship with your neighborhood.

2017-09-05 01:05:16 UTC  

Eh. Im from Florida. Hurricanes aren't that big a deal. Bug in is a legit option unless you're close to water or it's a really fuck off storm like Andrew or Katrina

2017-09-05 01:05:57 UTC  

"Bug in"?

2017-09-05 01:06:32 UTC  

These idiots at my work talking about how all the water in the store is cleaned out. They're laughing saying they'll just buy gatoraid. Then saying survival of the fittest. They're both fat fucks for one and you can't cook food with gatoraid.

2017-09-05 01:06:39 UTC  

@Zyzz hunker down

2017-09-05 01:12:40 UTC  

@Zyzz it means in the event of a disaster stay in your home(bug in) instead of leaving(bug out). Depending on the disaster both are legitimate options. Some people are delusional about there ability to survive with a bug out bag going to a forest and living off local game, I wouldn't recommend it,. I would suggest everybody has at least 6 months of long term food storage I'll do a post about it.

2017-09-05 01:13:32 UTC  

Bug in is the more legit option 9 times out of 10

2017-09-05 01:15:07 UTC  

@Mark Vandal Agreed, unless you a pre stocked bug out location. Living as a refugee is very diffuclt .

2017-09-05 01:16:21 UTC  

also it depends on the diaster things like floods are legit bug out options if other cities are up and running you can go too.

2017-09-05 01:18:07 UTC  

@funny about your buddies at work most people can't fathom not buying food or water in stores things like water filters never cross the average persons mind

2017-09-05 01:18:08 UTC  

I had to bug out last year. The big hurricane that came through Florida came right over me and I lived by the ocean. I was gonna bug in but my buddy in the guard told me it was gonna,be bad and told me to get out. I woke up at 4 am the next morning to beat traffic while the hurricane was starting coming in. Grabbed my bag and my rifle and dipped out to a location inland

2017-09-05 01:18:37 UTC  

My whole area,flooded so I'm glad I got out.

2017-09-05 01:20:32 UTC  

@joe broebbels I have a baofeng and have been studying for my license and messed around with SDR (software defined radio) for my work doing aviation engineering, what do you want to know?

2017-09-05 15:45:53 UTC  

I'm currently prepping for the storm down here. When I have all my stuff ready I'll post it here. Waiting for a case of MREs I got on the way

2017-09-05 15:51:43 UTC  

@Mark Vandal where did you buy your MRE?

2017-09-05 15:54:00 UTC  

Amazon. If you're just now ordering them hurry.

2017-09-05 15:55:09 UTC  

Those are for my survival kit as well not just the storm. I've been putting off ordering them till now

2017-09-05 15:55:58 UTC  

@Deleted User Check your local surpluss stores

2017-09-05 16:00:50 UTC  

What is "bugging out."

2017-09-05 16:05:16 UTC  

@Deleted User Bugging out is grabbing your gear and moving to a safer area you've already prepared

2017-09-05 16:06:02 UTC  

Bugging in is prepping to stay where you're already at

2017-09-05 16:06:37 UTC  

Ah kk ty

2017-09-05 16:07:31 UTC  

@Mark Vandal I keep bpa free containers around the house to drain my water lines into. Have you ever seen the huge bladders they make for your bathtub?

2017-09-05 16:07:45 UTC  

@Deleted User you got it brother

2017-09-05 16:08:26 UTC  

Talking about those black ones that you can hang outside and the sun heard it?

2017-09-05 16:09:29 UTC  

Uhhh I don't know. I was thinking of those huge bladders that hook up to the spigot in your bathtub for emergencies

2017-09-05 16:09:45 UTC  

It's the same size as a standard bathtub