Monday, December 29, 2008

GearMania: Survival of the Coolest

Are you prepared for the collapse of human civilization? Are you ready to survive in a post-apocalyptic Hell-scape of global economic and environmental meltdown? If so, why? Do you really want to hang around when the world goes up in flames. Do you really want to survive in some cave, living on radioactive rat meat and having to burn your own crap for cooking fuel? Trust us. When the house of cards that is human civilization comes crashing down, you don't want to be here for the aftermath.

However, you still need a survival kit. Just in case your power goes out for a few days or your car breaks down in a snowstorm. Yeah, we know it’s not as much fun as being prepared for the End of Days, but it's a lot more realistic.

In a post-9/11 world, there are ample places to get superior survival kits, The Ready Store carries the kit seen here, replete with water purification tablets and a radio powered by solar or hand crank. Choosier survivalists can go to the website iPrepare.com, which has a feature for building your own kit, click-by-click. Absurdly, not even these two fine sites offer a cookbook with recipes for rat meat.