10 Reasons Why You Do Not Want to Bug Out

The Prepper Journal ^ | 10 Jan 15 | Pat Henry

[immadashell]

Staying dry is one of the most important things in survival situations. Your home does that much better than a bug out bag.

[kvanbrunt2]

for contrast via movies mad max v a charlton heston movie of him in a fortress in a city. he could get canned goods and stuff during the day. rolled up the blinds at night — the night people wanted to kill him

[Patriotic1]

I swear, I think some people think that surviving in a true disaster is going to be "fun" and that things are going to be like some script from a television show or movie. It won't.

As the Walking Dead proves, the people who are alive are usually more of a danger than the walkers. So if you watch that, you will be disabused of any 'fun' ideas.

[dynachrome]

“found out the siphon would not work on modern cars.”

The modern solution is to poke a sharp screwdriver thru the gas tank and drain into a container. Not terribly safe

[kvanbrunt2]

Q: “What’s for dinner tonight?”

A: “How about Mexican?”
not jose again

[wally_bert]

Had to love the 80s Chevy/GMC 4WD stepsides.

[Jim Noble]

I bugged out in January 2002.

Good luck y’all.

[fso301]

Whenever you get to wherever you are going, someone will notice, put 2 and 2 together and become uncontrollably curious as to what all you might have that they could use.

[wally_bert]

[loungitude]

Q: “What’s for dinner tonight?”

A: “How about Mexican?”
not jose again

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no, not jose, hose B

[MrEdd]

In unequal persecution, refugees fare far better than those who stay and die.

[CapnJack]

Set up a couple of UA571-C Sentry guns at each corner of your property and you'll do just fine.

[RetiredTexasVet]

After a couple of Progressives I know laughed at any prepping, I suggested that they should practice for the FEMA camps by staying at the Salvation Army homeless shelter for a week of so to acclimate themselves to their future.

[laplata]

Is that a Chinese traffic jam?

[SkyPilot]

Broke into the wrong damn rec room!

[Lurker]

I altered my gen set to run on natural gas. It’s by far the most reliable utility around here, other than water. I can go for days as long as NiGas keeps things flowing.

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[SkyPilot]

Those who went to shelters quickly discovered what Federal prisons can be like. Not all shelters, but many, were little FEMA camps in training. They search you, and pepper you with a list of questions. Then come “the rules.” If you are in the hands of decent people, you should be OK. Our evangelical church was once asked to set up cots and make our church an emergency shelter option. You could not have had better people caring for you. The Super dome after Katrina? That place was a lawless crap hole. Other shelters are run by Nurse Ratchet types.

[SkyPilot]

Yup, that was realistic. Plus on shows like Walking Dead they show the characters forging, forming alliances, and dealing with outside groups that want to kill them, when I see shows where they use lots of candles and have buckets of water in the kitchen to clean dishes, then it lends a bunch of realism.

[Pollster1]

There are situations in which I would bug out, but they are extreme. Bugging out is a terrible option for me. I can’t imagine feeding my wife and family in the woods year-round as a long-term plan. If I bug out, chances are it’s a very brief tactical retreat before retaking my home and my neighborhood.

At home, I know the neighbors, and there are quite a few who shoot at least monthly. At home, I know my house and the surrounding terrain. Any group strong enough to take my home and hold it is too big to stay there for long. Even if they take my stuff, I’d rather be in my own home than under a lean-to. Even if they burn my home, I’d rather be in a shelter built in the ruins than in a shelter built in the woods. And, I’d rather fight from home and keep outsiders from taking my home and my stuff in the first place, instead of trying to protect what I can carry while on the run through a potentially hungry stranger’s neighborhood.

[sergeantdave]

Good article.

In a zombie apocalypse, the safest place to be is in a pro-2nd amendment, Christian community.