Dooms Day Survival Box

If anything like Terminator or The Day After Tomorrow ever does happen; it would be important to have a dooms day box in which contains everything you would personal need to survive a nuclear holocaust or massive environmental weather changes. In the box would contain some of the essiental tools needed for survival. So lets get started...

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Step 1 Medical Supplies

In case you ever find your self in need of a band aid after a nasty duel with a T-101 Terminator (if you survive) or rabid squirrel, you may want to keep the cut, bruise, gash, well protected so it can heal correctly. Oh and F.Y.I. it would be best if this stuff be in its own container. It can include anything from band-aids to toilet paper, some of the stuff I put in my box are...

-Band aids
-Bandage tape
-Scissors
-Nail Clippers
-Blood stopper
-Qtips
-After bite

I would strongly suggest that you do not put any advil or similar pain killers in there, just because most of those types of pills have a due date.

Comments

[lperkins]

I know it's not PC to say so, but if you're really planning on a doomsday scenario, your kit should include weapons. When you crawl out of the rubble of a nuclear holocaust, there won't be any police protection. If you have a kit like this, and no means of defending it, you won't have a kit like this for very long. You want one of the most effective weapons you can legally possess, (gun, crossbow, atlatl, whatever depending on where you live) and one of the most sustainable weapons you can possess (sword, carving knife, stick, depending on where you live.)

If you're skeptical, just look at New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina where police officers were caught *joining* the looters. When society breaks down, the only people you can count on to defend you will likely be your family and your friends. Be sure you're capable of doing it.

[lperkins]

Money is good, though it may be worthless if the disaster really is of doomsday quality. Add in some small jewelry items (rings, bracelets, necklaces, etc.) human beings will do all kinds of things for shinies. But honestly the rest of the contents of your box are likely to be far more valuable in any kind of prolonged apocalypse.

[lperkins]

Surplus Navy ammunition boxes are good choices. They're designed to be in and around water, so most of them have rubber seals to keep out moisture.

[lperkins]

Add a flint and steel and some cotton balls soaked in wax. The flint and steel will light more fires than the options you have there, and the cotton balls will provide tinder in case everything you can find is wet. A waterproof box for collecting and storing tinder and fire-producing items is always a good idea.

[tppatriot]

Excellent effort! ANY thing is better than nothing. It's absolutely amazing what you can fit in a pocket sized pouch, AND how much you can do with so little. That said, bartering is going to be the way. Cigarettes (I don't smoke), batteries, coffee, skills, will be the currency of the realm.

[lperkins]

A pack of Cigarettes is an extremely useful object. You can use them for barter, for carrying fire, as tinder, and you can extract enough nicotine from them, even with primitive equipment, to be usable as an insecticide (depending on what kind of apocalypse comes to pass.)

[lperkins]

For a "doomsday" first aid kit, you're also going to want to add a tube of super glue (bonds cut skin in seconds) a roll of 3M electrical tape (The stretchiness lets it be used both to hold bandages and as a tourniquet) A needle and mono-filament fishing line (for when the super glue runs out) some small buttons (for padding sutures). Razor blades, a scalpel, a good pair of shears, and two pairs of forceps, a large quantity of sterile gauze, a bottle of alcohol and a box of rubber gloves.

That's the minimum. Painkillers and antibiotics are good things to put in as well. Also a couple of epi-pens and other, similar, "if someone needs this and I don't have it immediately they'll die" supplies. Do some research, be sure to get drugs that lose potency as they age, not ones that become toxic where possible. Also include a reference manual for medicinal uses of plants native to your area. Replace anything that goes bad when necessary. Remember, for a true "doomsday" kit, you have to assume that trained medical attention will be unavailable.

If you can't legally get antibiotics for this purpose, sulphonamides make a second-best substitute. They're not as good since they cause liver damage if taken internally for prolonged periods, but that's better than dying of gangrene. They can be procured "for animal use only" in many places. (Please note I'm not recommending that you use any such thing on a human being in any situation where there is any alternative other than slow, lingering death. Such use would be illegal. If there's medical assistance available, use it.)


There are undoubtedly more things that would be good ideas to have. Remember, "doomsday" means that you have only what you have, so be sure to have everything you'll need.

[dracorabbid]

don't forget duct tape

[Set124]

Be sure to bring a towel. It's one of the most important things anyone could have. Oh, and the answer to life, the universe, and everything, is 42.

[luudvig]

LOL, now you only need a underground bunker or something :P

[lemonie]

Congrat's on making the effort to photograph this nicely. You need a good knife in there, useful for so many things. I'd suggest something other than money as currency - doomsday situations can render paper worthless. And how about a bottle of meths - it's antiseptic and a fire-lighter? L

[TXTCLA55]

Yes, a good knife would be needed. Thanks.

[salec]

Swiss-army knife has a lot of goodies on it.

[lemonie]

If you've got room, could you squeeze in some Kendal Mint-cake? It's essentially a brick of mint-flavoured sugar, but a concentrated form of ready-energy. You might appreciate it while finding other food.

L

[unidyne]

In case of a true disaster, currency may be worthless. Consider adding small silver coins (such as pre-1965 USA dimes & quarters).

[lane29]

u just need a big silo of gas instead of all that so when the world turns into the movie road warrior you will be rich and be able to get watever you want

[canengri]

You could use storm matches, they're made to light up and stay lit in adverse conditions, camping shops sell them. Alternatively, cover some matches in melted candle wax. Keeps them waterproof and helps them light. Super glue can also be used to close wounds, however, do not use unless in emergency situation, where no medical help is available. Super glue was developed by the military for this purpose after all. Replace pens and lighters frequently, the contents may evaporate and dry up after a while. A multi-tool is also a good idea as it incorporates lots of useful heads and blades.

[SuperXmouse]

Dont forget duct tape

[harvey639]

 I put some water purification tablets in mine.

[Wesley666]

Why would you need money?  If the world ends everyone is going to turn to looting and money will b useless...unless civilization starts up again, then you might want to hoard it...

[romwil]

 Pencils - no need to keep replacing them.  

[milsorgen]

 for money your not going to want US currency, probably precious metals or pop caps

[tesla coil]

Put in a GEIGER COUNTER there good for surviving the following : nuclear war ,terrorist attack , Zombie invasion , Atom bomb , Hydrogen bomb, ect;

[Colonel88]

ZOmbie invasion? then put in a gun!

[mwhpro]

this reminds me of fallout for some strange reason haha

[Udon]

Yeah, you should also keep a PipBoy 2000 in your kit. Along with some giant cockroach guts. For radiation poisoning. And a salamander on a stick. NyumNyumNyum.

[Udon]

DoomDoomDoomDoooooooooomm. You should also carry a few cables ties and a roll of wire. Carry strong aspirin pain-killer - they're all purpose, and they last for years. What's the metal dector for? Why would you want to dect metal? But after a doomsday (DoomDoomDoomDoooooooooomm...), or a war, money would make pretty classy bogpaper, but little else. Gold would be better - it will never lose it's value. And you REALLY should carry latex gloves as latex gloves - I once had to crack open my kit for a guy who'd been badly slashed on his arm. But I discovered later he had done it himself and was so high. And afterwards I was covered in his blood. That was a hassle to get HIV/AIDS tests, Hep tests, and again 3 months later. To take ARV's or not? I was fine, but it was really stupid to not to bring latex gloves.

[vrodney]

Potassium iodide don't leave home without it

[canengri]

I have a reel of fine but strong fishing line, fish hooks, plus needles in mine - the fishing line and hooks - that's obvious - but fishing line can double as snares to trap animals, and with fine curved needles you can use it to sew wounds should you need to and with straight ones you can repair your clothes. I also have a reel of linen thread - its stronger than cotton and more durable. You can also use fishing line to secure all sorts of things like tarp canopies and branches and because of its strength it can remain quite thin so you get a lot in a small space! Your idea for this kit is great btw. I like the solar engine idea, never thought of that for mine, think I'll add it.

[canengri]

what about a dynamo (wind-up) radio/torch?

[canengri]

like the solar power idea. In the type of situations you are describing needing this, the money would probably be no more use than as fire lighters. Likely the economy would collapse if such a disaster arose. However, not such a bad idea as you might find you only need this kit to survive until order is restored and money may still be required. I doubt it would retain its value though.

[canengri]

A plastic bag is also a neat idea to cover dressings to keep them waterproof - a bag you can get your whole hand in for example. You can also use it to cover burns. Good post, neat ideas.

[tomha_the_cat]

Great kit, I have several of my own creation. you need a multi-tool like a leatherman, way less weight to carry when running for your life. ;)

[jtobako]

Use a container you can carry without using your hands. Plastic bag-use as an emergency latex gloves, rain gear, body bag...

[thepelton]

Do you mean a backpack for a container you can carry without using your hands?

[jtobako]

Backpack is good for things that you use at the end of the day or when you have time to stop and unpack. I find an over the shoulder bag or pocket more useful for 'on the go' tools.

[sageserver]

Money burns really well, just to tell you...

[Oroka]

Well, that is Canadian paper money, which is actually cotton and plastic for durability, not sure how it burns, probably longer than straight paper.

[TXTCLA55]

Yep, canadian money does burn well! So I guess if you can't buy anything with it...you could always burn it for warmth or as a fire starter!

[sageserver]

i dont know 'bout canadian money but US money burns very good.