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Add These Items To Your Survival Kit For Winter Preparedness
by Ken Jorgustin | Updated Nov 18, 2019 | Survival Kit |
It’s cold. It’s dry. I had been working outside for awhile. Later that old familiar feeling of chapped lips hit me. So I had to go look for that tube of relief.
It got me to thinking about the unique items that I add to my survival kit or every-day-carry for winter.
Assuming that you already have other recommended gear and supplies in your kit, here are a few additions to consider for winter.
Lip Balm
One of them is some sort of lip balm. My favorite has been Carmex. I keep it in the truck, my 4-wheeler kit and the one in my snowmobile. And I carry a tube if I’m going through a spell of cold, dry weather working outside.
Hand & Foot Warmers
I don’t like really cold hands or feet! Who does, right? Gloves, hats, and insulated boots are a no-brainer. And typically these are adequate and not a big problem when you’re working, because blood flows readily into the extremities when you’re using them.
But when it gets really, wicked, cold, that’s when it’s time to get some more help! My winter transition involves getting out the box of hand warmers and the other box of foot warmers. I’ll take individually wrapped warmers and add them to my various kits.
My favorite has been “HotHands” (view on amzn) and their toe warmers
(I buy the box of 40, and they last for a number of years)
Goggles
Goggles for the eyes! Let me tell you something… Cold wind will impair your ability to see! Cold dry air/wind on the eyes is painful. And your natural reaction will be to squint or shut your eyes.
I regularly use googles during the winter while snowblowing when it’s windy, extra cold, or snowing a-lot. Fall season and early winter I will wear googles riding my ATV doing trail maintenance.
But for a survival kit, the use-case might be hoofing it home during a snow storm (for whatever reason)? Though arguments can be made for staying put and sheltering for a time (which I won’t get into here).
Sunglasses
They help to an extent (a small extent) like googles during poor conditions. However the big reason for having sunglasses for winter is the blinding snow!
It’s amazing how BRIGHT all that white snow is on your eyes. Sometimes you really have to squint big time in order to reduce the painful light rays! Who wants to be out in that stuff squinting the whole time?!
What about you? Anything unique and particular that you might add to your own “kits” for during the winter months?
