your BOB
 

Completely off topic and as far from Kendo as one can get, but I'm still curious (as usual)

The sunrise propane explosion, bombings in India, recent earthquakes, and zombie walk sorta got me thinking. I used to have a bag, but the contents have been pulled out and scattered around my house.

How many of you have something we affectionately call Bob? otherwise known as an Bug Out Bag. And what's in it?

I'm not sure if folks outside the GTA know about Sunrise Propane or about the Zombie Walk (sadly, I had to be out of town Sunday to take my naginata ikkyu test), but I've actually felt less inclined to have such a thing since I moved to Toronto from New York state.

OTOH, we have four places out of town to evacuate to on short notice, one of which is in a rural area well-protected from fallout, and we have lots of useful things in nooks and crannies in our vehicle, which we can sleep in lying flat. That's mostly for camping purposes rather than emergency preparedness, though. Oh, and we have a boat capable of sailing across Lake Ontario.

A Swiss Army knife, a paperclip, and a bag of Cheetos is all I need.

Actually, come to think of it, I don't really have anything prepared for emergencies, but I can cobble together a few things in a hurry. I have a couple of battery free flashlights and lanterns, some sleeping bags and pads and a tent, camping stove with extra fuel, and a ton of other stuff I'm forgetting. Most of the stuff I could use comes from my backcountry camping/hiking/research days, but I suppose if I wanted it to be a full-out emergency package I could flesh it out a bit without much trouble.

In the car, especially during winter, I have still-sealed auto fluid extras, jumper cables, a couple of blankets, spare gloves & socks & warm boots, folding shovel, battery free flashlight, extra cell phone charger, a couple maps, and a road emergency kit. It all packs away neatly in a small Rubbermaid container that sits in the trunk.

However, to distract the oncoming zombie hordes, I really should have a couple of brains sitting in there, too.

Living in the countryside (near Kitchener, about an hour from the GTA) our main concerns are power failures and being snowed in, rather than major disasters such as explosions and damage-causing earthquakes (no tall buildings, ha ha), so our BOB consists of winter-protection supplies in case we're stuck without power in the winter (canned food, flashlights, blankets, first-aid kits, a mini generator and the like).

I was really upset that I couldn't come to the zombie walk :'D I'm in the Facebook group and they kept sending me messages telling me how fun it would be, alas, I was stuck at a family fuction, grumbling about how I could have been dripping in blood rather than babysitting the baby cousins B:

A six pack of beer and a blowup doll. That pretty much covers the basics. Zombie hordes can bite my ass, Betty Lou forever!

-Charles

Meh, I live in Japan...Zombie hordes are no biggie here. You see them everyday on trains and shuffling through the streets of Tokyo. Most of them have quite respectable jobs and you don't even have to pay them for all the overtime they work.

Tried to rep ya for that Kagerou, but the Kendo gods ain`t listening today!!!! More suburi, training time, sacrificing some goats, a bit of sake and a couple virgins er wait don`t owe you that much yet lol. Save them for myself lol. Let me know on the Jinbocho trip okay!

p.s. family joke is also called bob or bobette ie big oblong belly!

When I used to work in an office near the pentagon, I kept one. Since 9/11 happened near by and basically traffic/subway didn't go anywhere, it was a good idea to have one for food/water at the very least.

Now that I work at home I still have one, but I don't have a plan of where to go.

Having a BOB in and of itself isn't going to help you long term unless you have a place to go and resupply, or have developed skills on your own to survive. Having a BOB and thinking you can just go live off in the woods is a pretty silly fantasy.

You only have to worry about the zombies here if they've been drinking. Which is every night.
I'm more concerned about a goddamn Godzilla attack.

Whatever was left over from that whole Y2K thing (sans the food). My parents had purchased bags and packed the essentials in each of them for us. I figure I could still use it in the future.

Yeah and those kind spew toxic waste on you before they try to drag you off

I'm more concerned about a goddamn Godzilla attack. Don't you mean Gibbozilla? Once he's done with Kawasaki it's either Tokyo or Yokohama next. Don't like dem odds.

I like your style :3

Don't forget your shiniken! http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...ies/tongue.gif

Letting things like that affect your daily life immediately legitimises the Terrorist's aims.

Being English, I ignore them utterly and live my life.

Yes, because being snowed in during a power outage in the middle of a -40C winter was obviously caused by terrorists, and my unwillingness to get screwed over by mother nature obviously makes me some sort of terrorist-enabler :'D

Damn you, canadian terrorist winter!

Not being prepared for an emergency or natural disaster doesn't make you more badass, just more likely to be the person mooching food off of someone if something does happen.

Yeah but them terrorist winters are the only thing stopping dem zombies from invading Canada. Never seen zombies in cold weather now have you.

I never had a problem with those kinds of nasty winters...lived too close to lakes Ontario and Erie. I do remember the utter chaos the ice storms caused in Quebec. Now that I'm in Japan it's earthquakes, but honestly I figure anything big enough to cause major problems will probably just kill me outright. Yeah for optimism!

the last Toronto Zombie walk was pretty damn cold, but that's 'cause I was an idiot and didn't dress for the weather. I'm sure (real) zombies, however, being dead, care not for heat or cold. In fact, the cold weather has at least one benefit and one negative. The benefit being the slowing of the decomposition process (whereas say, in Florida, they'd decay much more rapidly). The negative would be the slowing of the zombies due to the freezing of their muscles and joints, which when you're on the hunt for warm, tasty brains is certainly a hindrance. as you can see, I spend a considerable amount of time thinking these things through. This is possibly not a good thing xD

As for winters, as much as I hate extreme cold, I can always bundle up if I have to go outside. I hate extreme heat more, because if you're stuck outside you can only get as far as naked, at which point you're still hot :/

I remember a few years ago when I lived in Kitchener school was canceled for a week because on an ice storm that left a lot of people unable to even open their doors. It was beautiful outside, though xD

you need this site

http://www.allthingszombie.com/forums/index.php

I actually used to be on there xD!

Though I apparently don't remember my password B: Oh well, I can always re-join :3

Dear god....and you admit to this in public?