[LMB] Port on a plane OT:

[M Traber]

CatMtn at aol.com wrote:

> I believe it was--I had a wonderful time in the snow.  I lived near  Akron, 
> and the semi that was buried was near there on the road to  Mansfield, Ohio, 
> IIRC--the driver was trapped in it for two or three days,  when his brother 
> found him and dug him out.  He wasn't injured in any way,  but it must have been 
> pretty grim.  That storm was what encouraged me to  keep a "survival kit" in my 
> car since then--at least a blanket, various food  items, a few bottles of 
> water, a couple of candles, and other small but useful  items, also books (of 
> course).
>  
> Mary

Senior hubby aquired me an arctic survival suit that was left over on 
the sub after they did a magellan and a bluenose at the same time 
[around the world under the arctic icepack.]

I can comfortably sleep in a snowbank at something like 20 below 0 if I 
had a mind to.


I also tend to keep half a case of the triple lie [meals, ready to eat] 
and a 6 or 7 3packs of the funky fuel tablets that work great as fire 
starters with the mini-stove, and 2 survival 'candles'. When I know it 
is getting rough and I have a long trip, the small dome tent, the low 
army cot and the subzero mummy bag make an appearance. We also have a 
nonbattery flashlight that can hang from the center of the dome to read 
by. DId I mention we almost always have about a dozen or so books in the 
car=) Neither of us likes being stuck without a good book.

[and i have the sanitary collection bags from a particular type of 
camping toilet just in case=)]

One person can survive handily for 4 or 5 days by melting snow in the 
old fashioned metal mess kit, and noshing slowly on the MREs. 3000 kcal 
is more than enough to keep warm!