Posted on 06/12/2009 3:21:05 PM PDT by appleseed
Thankfully we work at home here, but in the vehicle I have what I call a “Get home bag” It can last the wife and I a good day or two to get us home if we are away.. and the only real reason would be visiting someone in a nearby state or a vacation... in our vehicle.
In the home, in my store room I have 2 other BOBS packed as well as food and supplies in Rubbermaid tubs. It will ALL fit into my vehicle. We also store gas and keep the vehicle topped off most of the time.
Its easy once you make a plan.. now that said, I would ONLY bug out in extreme emergency.. I am pretty well isolated out here in Pahrump Nevada (and no.. I am not Art Bell.. lol) so I tend to think about getting HOME to my supplies and not bugging out to who knows where.
Remember if you plan to bug out PLAN alternate routes, and have a place to go.
You may think that place that “no one knows about in the woods” is a good place.. but trust me.. so do about 200 other people. Stake your Bug out location out well.. know its surroundings and plan everything you can. No one wants to plan while TSHTF
Yup, it makes much more sense to stay put and fortify your AO rather then to run to an unknown location.
"Kenya"
Good advice, but I hate thinking about it because the worst enemy when the SHTF will be the unlawful citizens, like in Katrina, that will use the event to murder, rape, rob, etc.
Haha - too obvious
Right on, right on.
I’ve warned family members to flat out refuse to ‘get on the bus’, and to head for the hills when it rolls through town to ‘rescue’ people.
I’ll take my chances in the foothills of the Appalachian mountains over a jam-packed stadium or dome any day of the week.
I have a packed BOB/72 Hour Kit that I keep in the back of our Tahoe all the time. As much driving around that I do with the kids, anything could happen at any time, and I want to be at least minimally prepared.
I think people underestimate the difficulty of getting out of a city. Picture the traffic jam after a large concert or sporting event, multiply that by ten (at least) and you get a pretty good idea. The thought of trying to get out of the Phoenix area scares the crap out of me. If such an evacuation happened in the summer, there would be an enormous number of casualties just from heat exposure.
For this reason alone I’d love to be living in Texas. Have you seen their road system? It’s incredible. Hundreds of roads leading to just about every nook and cranny.
I do have an article about the Vehicle 72 Hour Kit on my blog, which I think is helpful. thesurvivalmom.com
for later
bflr
ty for the pin as!
Many Freepers live in rural areas. You might want to check and see who’s already in the direction you’re planning to head in advance.
All you city folks who think that escape into the countryside is a good survival plan should think about what those already living in the country will be doing in anticipation of the hordes of looters from the cities coming in.
I can assure you that those already living in the back woods will be far better prepared to fend you off than you will be to trespass on their properties.
Even in civil times, city folk don’t have much success in dealing with the challenges of the woods.
Example: we had a city guy come visit our farm to deliver some building supplies.
After he unloaded the truck, he decided to take a walk in the woods around our home.
Three hours later, a neighbor called and asked if we knew anything about the crazy naked guy in their tool shed pouring gasoline over his body.
Seems like the city guy had never heard of ticks or chiggers and during his little stroll through the woods he became covered with them.
His solution - run to the closest farm, strip off his clothes and pour gasoline on his body to rid himself of the ticks.
Our neighbor normally would have shot a trespasser breaking into his barn - but in this case, he called the sheriff and then called other neighbors to see if they knew who the guy was.
If you live in the city, don’t assume those who live in the country or woods will welcome you with open arms.
Most won’t.
PING
Great post appleseed!
If the SHTF, the cities and suburbs would become one giant Charlie Foxtrot.
IMHO, the optimal situation would be to already be living at the bug out location. If the SHTF, traveling would be extremely dangerous.
What I’m trying to figure out is how to transition from currently living in a city, working at a 9 to 5 job, to moving to a rural area off the grid.
“Three hours later, a neighbor called and asked if we knew anything about the crazy naked guy in their tool shed pouring gasoline over his body.”
LOLOLOL!
Got my copy of Enemies Foreign and Domestic yesterday via UPS. Can’t wait to dig into it. Thanks for the heads up.
Once you start reading, you won’t be able to put it down! Also, be warned... your paranoia is going to be elevated. :-)
Over a decade ago when my oldest son was 10 we visited Boston. At the end of the afternoon we were sitting on a bench at some marketplace somewhere and he said to me, “The smell of cities makes me sick and gives me a headache. Can we go now?”
Sometimes I pity people who have to live in the parasite nests (”cities”) but then I remember what they elect and how they vote and I just want them to stay there, sitting crosslegged in their own urine and feces. Please, just stay there where you belong.
I just added your survivalmom.com link to my favorites, and will be adding it to the blogroll on my page. Thanks for doing this!
My wife already thinks I'm nuts. To her credit, she has been through the wringer just as I have been. I guess I'm lucky as far as the wife is concerned. She sees things as I do to a point, only my way of thinking is a little more radical than hers.
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