Whats the point of a survival kit?
The Boy Scouts were right; “be prepared”. Here in Alaska most residents carry survival kits, I carry them in every boat, car, truck, ATV and snow machine. But you don’t have to live in Alaska to end up needing one. What if you car breaks down traveling cross country in some remote area? Or if you fall of a bike in a forest and break your leg and need a fire? There are endless reasons to have one I named only a few. It can and has saved lives. City people today think having a cell phone makes up for being prepared it does not! Wht if you phone is stolen, lost, batteries dead. Etc. Now you’re sunk if lost or hurt in a remote area. I have used my survival kits in major cities when a kid needed a band aid or I needed matches. Every American should have one with them where ever they go.
SERIOUS ANSWERS ONLY PLEASE Is there really a bomb shelter or other type of place inside every Mormon church?
I'm Mormon, and yes you can be told. It's no secret that we have been counseled to store a years supply of food and other necessities. As for a bomb shelter, not that I'm aware of. It would be kind of dumb to have a fall out shelter and not tell any of the members. So since I haven't heard about it, my guess is there isn't one. What you may have heard is that there is a hole/cave in a granite mountain in UT that contains church history records. That's pretty common knowledge to among those who are interested in church history and family history. As far as weapons, communication equipment and the like, it's possible that some do have those things, but the counsel we've been given is to have a years supply of food, and other things that are necessary for the survival of your particular family such as toilet paper, several months of medications, extra clothing, some money, even things to keep the kids occupied. There are people who have a light/radio thing that can be either battery operated, solar operated or operated by a hand crank. Of course all of this is subject to the families own personal financial affairs (don't go in debt to get your years supply) and the laws of the land (in some countries it is illegal to have more than a couple months of food). We've been counseled to do this in case there is a reason to need it. We've also been counseled to use the food we store, so for many families their food storage may start out as a few weeks of extra food, then as their finances allow they add a little at a time until they have their years supply, all the while using it and replacing it as needed. We are counseled to be self-sufficient and this is one way we can. If something ever happened and either we couldn't get to the grocery store or there was a situation which caused there to not be food on the shelves then at least we wouldn't starve. It's nothing to worry about. You can do it too. There are several quality food storage places online, like Emergency Essentials.
Best fully prepared survival kit/bug out bag?
Ironically, surviving the "unthinkable" requires a lot of forethought, and careful planning. Keep your planning simple at first, otherwise it can become overwhelming. Make sure your plan focuses on providing the basics -- food, water, shelter, fuel, first aid, and communications. There are a number of ready made survival kits on the market that will provide these essential items and more (check out http://www.bigrede.com). If you have the time you might assemble your own kit from components which you may already have supplemented with specialty items (like a dynamo powered radio and flashlight, and freeze dried emergency food) that you can acquire. Either way, you will want to be sure that you do not allow your kit to become too heavy or bulky in case you find yourself having to take it with you in an evacuation. The following is a list of recommended items for your survival kit: Freeze fried or dehydrated food (at least three days supply for every person in your group) Water filtration bottles Water purification tablets Dynamo or solar powered radio Dynamo, squeeze, or shake powered flashlight Waterproof matches 30+ hour emergency candle 12 hour bright stick 5-in-1 survival whistle (includes compass and signal mirror) Mylar emergency blankets or sleeping bags Emergency rain ponchos with hoods Light weight, portable tube tent 16 hour hand/body warmer Portable cooking stove (with fuel tablets) Steel fork knife, & spoon chow kit Steel cup Leather palm work gloves Waste bags Dust masks Nylon chord/rope 16 function Swiss Army style knife Compact multifunction shovel Pocket tissues Hygiene kits Pocket first aid kit Note pad and pencil Are you ready? http://www.bigrede.com
How can I take a junk TV or radio and use its parts to make any type of loud sound from the speakers (Think survival situation, so the power source could be batteries.)? The simpler the circuit the better.
You would likely have better luck making some kind of air horn or siren made from mechanical parts. Even just a simple bull horn you can use to make a trumpet sound or amplify your voice. While you could theoretically make a simple wave generator circuit with a few transistors and other parts, it will take ages to pull out all the parts from the PCB, air wire them presuming the legs are long enough to wrap with wire or together, then connect to batteries some how. You could grab a piezo buzzer from a beeping toy or device which might have a fairly integrated system for this thats small enough to keep together as a unit.Not a survivalist expert myself but I would think if you have batteries you would be more likely to use them effectively to light a fire or to power a torch you can use to signal and keep safe in the dark. A lot of animals will be scared off by loud noise like banging on a tin can or something you can use like drum, those that aren’t will probably just attack you anyway unless you fashion a weapon or have one. So making a loud noise is probably again safer to cover off with mechanical things that don’t break so easy and wont run out of batteries. I doubt you could fashion something loud enough or safe enough for your own hearing in that situation.Again to signal for help you would be better taking the more reliable approach of having some kind of fire you can generate lots of smoke with in the day or stoke up in the night. If you have a torch I am guessing you could cover the lens with coloured plastic or paper and click it off and on so its obvious the source of light is man made to rescuers. If you watch a lot of the survival series on TV or read about how people survive in seriously bad situations, most of it comes down to the basics, food, water, shelter from the cold/heat, clothing, a way to signal for help, some basic first aid gear like torn strips of clothing in case you get hurt, if your lucky some first aid medicines to keep off infection and some kind of method to signal for help or draw other survivors who can help protect each other.