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Monday morning you wake up go through the motions of starting your day. You groggily start the coffee pot, strip out of your underwear and hop into a cold shower to jump start your body. As you stand there with your head under the spray, you hear vague reports on the radio about violence erupting in several east coast cities. “Typical…” you grumble.

Out of the shower, you put on a pair of khakis and a button down shirt. You scoop up the change and keys off of the dresser and find your socks and boots. Back at the coffee maker, the radio is talking about the dead cops in those east coast riots. You’d like to hear the rest, but you’re running late, so it’s out the door and off to work.

Once at the office, you say hello to all of your co-workers and settle in for a morning of exciting P&L statement review. When you turn on the radio though, NPR is now talking about local instances of rioting. From the description the reporter is giving and the background noise, you realize instantly what’s going on.

The shit just hit the fan.

“Aw Crap!” you scream. You thought it’d happen on the weekend.

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Amateur (or ham) radio is a hobby and a service. Amateurs are people interested in radio communications who get licenses from their respective governments to operate individual radio stations. They use these stations to communicate with each other all over the world.

Ham radio would be a great way for ZS members to continue to communicate in case of an emergency.

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A “Bug Out Bag” or BOB is a pack you can carry that contains various items you will need to survive for a short period of time. It should be designed to grab and take with you if you have to leave modern your conveniences behind in the event of an crisis.

A “Bug Out Bag” will be very personalized so there is no set forumular for building one but this article should give you a few ideas and get you on the right track. Ultimately you should take your BOB out on routine trial runs to help you optimize it and rotate the contents so nothing goes bad. It’s also a great excuse to go camping.

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The dead are walking the streets, the news has nothing of substance to offer and the authorities seem unable to get the situation under control. Rioting, looting, murder and mayhem appear to be the order of the day. You don’t want to stay put, but trying to get out of this mess ain’t gonna be easy either.

What do you do?

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