[Meandmine]

and I need a map. My greatest distance from home is usually Corpus to home. About 165 miles by road and 30 miles less straight shot.

If I had to walk it all the way, I could easily parallel the interstate for over 100 miles, then I need to go straight thru to cut of that 30.

I have been the last hour on google looking for a map that I can carry and keep track of where I am and about how far to go.

Any ideas?

I guess I should have said Id really like one with details like county roads as well as rivers and creeks, although unless it has been raining cats and dogs, those are all seasonal in this country.

 

[madamanon]

Can you still print Google maps? Or go to a county surveyors office?

 

[Meandmine]

Can you still print Google maps? Or go to a county surveyors office?

I just havent found a google map showing what I want. Still searching.

Talking about crossing 5 counties here.

 

[charliemeyer007]

get a copy of the book and cut out the pages you need. http://www.amazon.com/Texas-Atlas-G...sr=1-4&keywords=delorme+atlas+gazetteer+texas

The USGS still sells topo maps. Get them laminated and keep them in a tube of pvc.
http://topomaps.usgs.gov/ordering_maps.html

 

[Diddy]

Can you still print Google maps? Or go to a county surveyors office?

Google maps do topo (terrain) and can be printed.

I would suggest printing to a laserjet and not an ink jet, if at all possible.
Laserjet prints don't fade and will not run or smear.

 

[wvyen]

I have a good bit of map experience. "charliemeyer007" is spot on with this one. The Delorme maps have lots of useful info (roads, waterways, topography, vegetation, etc); the ink won't run if they get damp, you won't accidentally get the pages in the wrong order, and it is simpler than trying to figure out which sections you need to print and printing them. And depending on how much you need to print and the quality you use, it may cost almost as much in ink and paper.

 

[ready0]

I keep seeing this book mentioned. I really need to pick up a copy.

 

[Old Soldier]

I keep seeing this book mentioned. I really need to pick up a copy.

Yes you do! Get a copy of "One Second After" and "Alas Babylon", read each, they WILL motivate you.

 

[ready0]

Yes you do! Get a copy of "One Second After" and "Alas Babylon", read each, they WILL motivate you.

Old Soldier, I've read Alas Babylon. That's one of the things that got my mind percolating, years ago. I was in high school, pretty clueless, and my parents always seemed to have things under control so...yeah. I've seen enough since then to convince me that I'm way behind the curve on this one, but I'm working on it.

 

[Old Soldier]

Old Soldier, I've read Alas Babylon. That's one of the things that got my mind percolating, years ago. I was in high school, pretty clueless, and my parents always seemed to have things under control so...yeah. I've seen enough since then to convince me that I'm way behind the curve on this one, but I'm working on it.

"Alas Babylon" was required reading back when I was in high school. The Cuban Missile Crisis was less than 15 years in the rearview mirror at that time so my parents memories were still pretty clear, (I was only 2-3 at the time). That book and all its implications stayed in the recesses of my mind simmering for years until about 10 years ago when I began to take its lessons to heart and becoming more independent in my life style.

 

[NoFlyZone]

I keep seeing this book mentioned. I really need to pick up a copy.

I gave my wife a copy of "One Second After" a few years ago.

That was what opened her eyes to preparedness.

 

[DEFTanker]

For immediate maps I downloaded USGS maps from here:
http://store.usgs.gov/b2c_usgs/usgs...rd&carea=$ROOT&layout=6_1_61_48&uiarea=2)/.do
They are the old school style I was taught to read in the forest with a compass, ruck and ham sandwich. I also got a Delorme to accompany it.

I have always had an emergency bag with warm clothes and ziplock rice. I read "One Second After" last summer as was recommended by a friend. The second I finished that my life changed. And here I am. GHB, BOB, INCH, 2 months stored food (so far) for a family of 5 and more ammo than I have ever had. Damn book.....

 

[Dragon Tamer]

"One Second After" was the book that got me from thinking about it do doing something about it. Everyone should read it. I had some things but was not prepared for a longer term problem. Try "Day of Wrath" too. Makes you think seriously about school security.

 

[epr25]

I'm a printer by trade. I would not recommend google maps. When printed they are not good quality. If from the GIS link above you can get your desired location you could have a map printed and laminated. Or if you can find a reprographics blue print place they might have a material called copytuff. It's a very thin plastic but it's water resistant and tuff hence the name. It can't be ripped. I can be printed black and white it in color. It can be folded but I would recommend rolling it if possible. We sell this for $2 per sq ft so and 18 x 24 would be only be around $6

 

[RobbK]

What in one second after would even make you think about a get home bag?

 

[PurpleKitty]

I gave my wife a copy of "One Second After" a few years ago.

That was what opened her eyes to preparedness.

Worked for my husband, too.

 

[Tom Horn]

I too, highly recommend DeLorme Atlases, Detail is fantastic, often showing small roads and features that aren't on other maps (lake, ponds, golf courses, fishing, camping, little back roads, etc.). Each page of their state atlases are set up in grid, so many minutes, by so many minutes (varies w/state). Find the pages you need, copy on your scanner, laminate for your bug-out/git-home bag. Can supplement with Google maps on your phone, if power grid/comm grid still up and running.

 

[MIL-DOT]

I read maybe a hundred pages, but I just couldn't choke down any more than that. Even my enthusiasm and interest in the subject matter, couldn't get me past the slow, predictable, formulaic writing. It reads like some pablum from the likes of Lee Childs, or Clive Cussler, or Robert B. Parker, or any of the other popular producers of what basically amount to non-animated-comic-books. I mean, I really WANTED to like the book. I'd heard how cool it was, and hunted down a cheap,used copy on Amazon, but i just could not battle my way through the stilted, predictable writing. There are writers that are truly gifted and their writing flows naturally, and then there are writers that you can really sense are conscious of fitting the mold, of following a formula or a pattern, and to my eye, this guy's writing did exactly that.
I think had he writen another type of story, one that wasn't SHTF related, one that the audience here wasn't predisposed to relate to, many would have put it back on the shelf well before a hundred pages. :

 

[PurpleKitty]

You might try 77 Days In September. I sent that one to my Mom.

 

[USMC_G19]

You can tell google maps to give you walking directions. Works pretty well depending on the area. Out here on the east coast it uses known trails, sidewalks and other foot traffic lanes to calculate the route.