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   "gatt"  wrote in message   
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   | "Deb"  wrote in message   
   | news:7SQdh.8397$1s6.4147@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net...   
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   | > This would be a wonderful time for you to repost the 'basic tool and   
   | > survival pack' you keep in each of your cars.   
   |   
   | When we expect go out in the woods: Flashlight, machete, knife, first aid   
   | kit, fire extinguisher, flares, matches/lighter, CB/cellphone, blankets,   
   | towels, gloves, extra coats, tow strap, entrenching tool, tool box, food,   
   | water and a quart or two of oil and a working tire jack.  I have a spare   
   | serpentine belt too.   I know four-wheelers that carry crap like spare   
   | U-joints and axles, but that's a bit much. Also a full gas tank!  I also   
   | have a roll of TP and a tarp.   
   |   
   | Note that this is when we -expect- to go out into the woods or in bad   
   | weather.   
   |   
   | So far, I've had to hobble home from the Naches wilderness area with my   
   | brake line crimped shut by vice grips and my brake drum held together with   
   | bailing wire, and another time my wife and I had to repair damage from a   
   | deer strike that knocked the radiator back into the fan.  We've done   
   pretty   
   | well, but neither of these cases involved total isolation or extreme cold.   
   |   
   | > I do wonder why the search and rescue only started to drop survival   
   packs   
   | > today instead of a week ago.   
   |   
   | They didn't know where to look because of weather.   
      
   We carry a down aircraft locator beacon as well.  Never had to use it   
   ourselves but loaned it to a co work a few years back don't know if it made   
   any real difference but his family was found within 2 hours of his setting   
   it off.   
      
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