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Earthquake!

I'm Patrick Norton.

I'm Michael Hand.

And was perhaps the single worst dramatic reenactment

of an earthquake will ever see on DIY Tryin.

We'll put an earthquake affect on there.

It will look very convincing.

Fix it and post.

This is a weird but fun episode-- kind of.

This is a planning episode.

This is a preparing episode.

This is an episode about building your own emergency

kit.

I recently got partnered up with Subaru to drive a 2015 legacy

and put to some pretty extreme challenges involving-- well,

kind of like the elements.

You were facing off against the elements,

and that's what we're doing this episode.

Yeah, because as our friend Anthony used to say,

nature hates you.

If you go to Home Depot or Lowe's or Amazon.com and search

for emergency kit, it will be like a little backpack.

I've seen emergency supplies for a family of four

being sold for $130 and it's a $3 backpack

that's going to fall apart if you put any weight in it.

Or maybe the backpack is completely full

with six packs of water, a pair of fricking

latex gloves, a couple of dust masks,

two ponchos and a mylar space blanket.

You can do better for your family.

And probably for your individual self, and possibly

for less money.

So ready.gov has a really good resource of the basic supplies

that you need.

We kind of went off of that and we made a list of 10 things

that you need in your next emergency bag.

Basically-- water, food, shelter, communications,

first aid, tools.

You need something to store it in.

You need somewhere safe to store it.

You need somewhere to carry or some way

to carry it if you have to leave home-- if you get evacuated

and you have to abandon ship, as it were.

So I'm a one person family.

So I have this military--

Party of one!

Yes.

That's not sad at all.

So I have this military duffel bag

that I think is kind of perfect for it.

Because it's a duffel bag, it also his shoulder straps,

and it's big enough to hold everything that I need.

Yeah.

You could actually throw a sleeping bag in there.

You could throw spare clothes in there.

If you have garbage bags, you can

put the sleeping bag in a garbage bag,

zip tie that thing shut or tie a knot in the top

and keep it dry.

And being dry is a big deal if you are in a hurricane

and you want to stay warm.

Because a lot of what we're dealing with here

is hypothermia or hyperthermia.

Water, food, shelter, comms, tools to get into your house,

if your house is partially damaged,

or get out of your house if your house is partially damaged.

So FEMA suggests that you be ready

for three days worth of disasters--

72 hours.

Three days worth of water, food, all that.

Do us a favor-- practice and prepare-- like number zero.

Zero.

Zero.

We're getting to the list, now.

Yes.

Practice and prepare now.

Have first aid.

Know first aid.

Staring at somebody who's bleeding and unconscious

and not breathing is not the time to think,

I can go to firstaid.com and learn about this.

So number one, we kind of mentioned this-- water.

So you want to have one gallon of water, per person, per day.

That can stack up.

Yes.

So four bottles of water, which is 64 ounces, which

is half of your daily supply-- weighs four pounds.

So three gallons of water is 24 pounds

per person, which for my family would quickly

add up to 96 pounds.

You're probably not going to carry all of that.

What you can do is carry bottles-- bottles of water.

Have a couple of flats of like a bunch of bottles of water.

Each flat is worth a five gallons-- each flat

is five gallons of water.

I've got 5 or 10 flats.

And just store it in the basement.

So I can do that when I get home.

Food-- super meal spec massively ready coast guard food.

Full on tactical recon rations, comma, FOOD in capital letters.

Like it's usually like this brick

of food in the emergency kit box.

I guess you break off a piece and you gnaw it like hard tack,

if you're on a British ship in the 19th centruy.

Sounds appetizing.

Look, in my get home bag, I almost always

have a jar of peanut butter and a spoon.

Yes.

So that's an important thing to note.

Have canned or non perishable foods,

but have stuff that you're going to eat-- your family's

going to eat.

Because you're not going to enjoy the emergency at all,

it's just gross stuff.

Just because you can choke just about anything down

with enough hot sauce, doesn't mean you

should be in that situation.

So in my bag, I have actual Indian food.

Is that vacuum packed?

It's vacuum packed.

And it's already cooked?

Yes.

That's awesome.

You can just eat it.

I don't know if it's the best thing,

but I enjoy it at home so-- why not?

Awesome.

So number 3-- maybe they should be number 2-- shelter.

So it depends a lot on what region you're in.

If you're in Palm Dale in August,

are you going to burn in the sun?

Yeah.

If you're in the Montana in January,

are you going to freeze?

So be prepared on what your region has.

Space blankets, I think they're cool.

But they can feel-- they're very noisy.

If you're large, there don't really cover a lot of you.

So a sleeping bag would be best, but that's also very bulky.

So this is kind of an in between thing.

It's a thermal-- I don't know--

A thermal bivouac-- a thermal bivvy.

So this is something that you can Velcro around you,

but it also is very warm.

And it's very compact.

So it's a good in between.

And it's waterproof, in case you're

in a watery part of the world.

You know, a pop up shelter, or even a tarp

to hide underneath if you're in Phoenix00

that could be a really big deal. if you've

burned out your house.

Number 4--

How are you going to poop?

Everybody does it.

Everybody does it.

We were just look at that book.

So this is a luggable loo, or more accurately-- well, I

can even pop up.

This is a luggable loo, and this is a five gallon can,

five gallon bucket with a garbage can liner inside of it.

And you put the luggable loo lid on top.

And this-- throw in some cat poop-- Cat poop!

Don't pup the cat poop in.

Throw some cat litter in on top of your business.

Put the lid down.

And if you have a family, especially with teenagers--

don't turn it upside down like that.

All right -- number 5-- a crank radio.

So there's a lot of combo things that are very useful.

One, you don't have to rely on batteries.

But also, they have AM/FM radio, so

that you can know what's going on around you.

Weather radio.

And they have sirens so you can signal people.

Like I said, these are really cool.

And a lot of them have built-in chargers.

So you can charge your phone, your devices,

or any-- this one does 12v things.

This is an Eton one that you really like.

Yeah, they do one that's about half this size.

Cost $15 off of at Amazon.

Cost $30, $35 at your local big box store.

Have an external charger for your phone,

that's an even better step.

Yeah this is like 12,000 mil amp batteries.

This is like four, six, full charges for my phone.

But having some kind of a crank charger for your phone,

is an even better idea.

And even better than that, is knowing

how long you have to crank this to make your phone like talk

for 10 minutes.

Be prepared, and test out all your equipment.

Flashlights, headlamps are good.

They have crank flashlights as well.

Just make sure they you have something that you can see,

because electricity might be out.

Yeah, and lots and lots of batteries

for your battery powered devices.

I think headlamps are much more useful than flashlights.

Ljusa-- Ikea has hand cranked flashlight.

Those are brilliant for kids, because they

have to crack it to use it and then

they won't waste your batteries.

Everybody says you need to have a whistle for signalling.

(WHISTLE) That one works, the other one in the package

didn't.

So again, check things before you try to use them.

Waterproof matches and waterproof container.

I've got a BioLite stove, and we're

going to cook water and have warm food,

and it's going to charge my phone at the same time.

Not if you can't light it.

And everybody thinks, I've got a fire starter.

I'm going to be totally safe.

I've got a fire starter.

I've got a fire starter.

Look, this looks amazing, and it's awesome,

and it's really entertaining at night.

But until you've actually started a fire

with one of these things, you haven't actually

started a fire with one of these things.

It takes practice.

Practice everything before the emergency.

Also, kind of thrown into this is dust masks,

because it can get dusty.

There could be lots of debris.

Just keep your lungs safe, as well.

I have a pair of mechanics gloves-- these 4x liners.

And these are amazing, they make them last forever.

Pretty much everywhere I go.

For $2, you can have an awesome pair of traditional suede work

gloves, which will keep your hands from being torn to shreds

while you're clearing debris after horrible things have

happened.

Number 9-- baby wipes.

Love baby wipes!

These are amazing, basically for sanitation.

You can use them in all aspects of life.

And not just for babies.

And actually, baby wipes and a toothbrush

can make you feel 1,000% better if you're covered

with scum and feeling really, really awful.

Clean socks and underwear in a sealed Ziploc bag

can be amazing.

By the way, 10-- make it personal.

Yeah, these are all very general things,

but you know what your family needs to survive.

So if you need to have specific prescriptions,

prescription glasses--

In the bag.

Pet food--