RE: My EDC is NOT Better Than Yours
I am surprised at how few people carry a knife. To me it's something I've carried since high school and even to school ignoring the "rules". Now I have taught my kids how to use one and how to shoot hand guns, rifles, and bow. Cross bow is probably next. Simple little bits of knowledge for their long term safety that I hope they never need...but better to know it then not.
I'm out and about a lot and much of your list mirrors mine. One thing that I also add to my EDC for regular life that most seem to have forgotten about is cash. Not sure how anyone leaves the house without enough cash to get by for the day and to not have at least a couple weeks worth sitting at home just in case shit happens. There are plenty of ways our banking systems can be interrupted for a few days to weeks and some are ones that would only shut down your personal bank leaving someone without money for food and gas.
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Thanks for reading and I'm glad you enjoyed the post. I love crypto, but cash is truly king for right now. In an earlier post, I talked about the grid going down from tornadoes in our area. Those without cash, literally, couldn't buy anything from the stores when they opened. For obvious reasons, I'm hesitant to tell anyone how much cash I carry or how much cash they should carry but one meal for each family member and a tank of gas at least. It's really hard to find a minimum amount to carry when we all have different circumstances. Would you agree? I always have a hard time explaining how much is the right amount for any given person/family.
Completely agree it's hard to say what is right for another person. But honestly I think if you don't have access to at least a weeks worth of food, gas, and other misc expenses you are very unprepared. A couple week's worth of cash is a pretty good amount of money to have laying around so I feel it's important to also have a safe place to keep it. But if you own guns odds are you already have a place safe enough for your cash.
A tornado is one of the ways that can really mess up the banking system in a local market. Without electric banks are dead in the water. No ATM's means those who are unprepared have no means to purchase anything. Also in a case like this you need to be ready to price gauging so your typical price for gas will jump drastically, along with water and other essentials. Even more reason to have plenty of cash on hand.
People were driving 60 to 70 miles away to find gas and ATMs when the tornadoes hit here. It's great that a bunch of people could get out that far, but how many people always have less than half a tank of gas? It really is crazy what a stash of cash will do for you.