So in the middle of this crisis 10 refugees show up at your door of your country hideaway that you thought nobody knew about. Six of them are kids under five what would you do?
As I said before on this forum, I would've evacuated my family long ago. That said many don't have the means or the wherewithal to take such a step.
Please go deeper than "that can't happen here". The US military learned some hard lessons in Iraq and Afghanistan, particularly regarding urban warfare. Slug it out and lose a soldier every city block or you just level everything. The rules of engagement in effect at the time pretty much stopped that. A minor tweak of the ROE's and you could be facing a similar situation as Ukrainians.
All you need is guns and ammo. You can always get what you need from your neighbors.
Offer them a hot shower and meal.
Determine if they are trying to get somewhere other than here.
Maybe offer them rest.
They are saying it’s 3 days walk to the border. Provide them with water and canned meals to get that far.
10 people of which half are children. Do the math of what you could spare.
Ask them not to disclose your location.
Pray
Thanks for your post. So, my take-away is that a bugout bag is a good thing. Personally, I have been resistant to the idea of a bugout bag with the thinking that, “Where the heck am I going to go?”
I think that’s still somewhat true as Europe is geographically different than the US, after all, pretty sure I wouldn’t bug out to Mexico, and Canada? Certainly not that dictatorship.
So, I’m still thinking about the whole bugout bag thing.
Prepping for major emergencies and disasters can take years to accomplish. My advice for those who aren’t ready is to put together a basic kit that can get you and your immediate family covered for about 3 days.
It’s also my opinion that serious prepping involves drills and practice. In order to identify and correct kinks in your plan and acclimatize you and your family
The most valuable commodity in any time of war has always been and will always be a foreign passport.
Data point.
A Mountain House item I ordered from Costco 3/1, that I received 3/7, is still available - and is priced 9.1% higher.
I thought that the people were fighting the Russians and giving their rear-ends a though lashing. Now we hear that is not true. I’m shocked. /sarcasm (directed at the lying press)
“So in the middle of this crisis 10 refugees show up at your door of your country hideaway that you thought nobody knew about. Six of them are kids under five what would you do?”
(Disclaimer: For purposes of my following response I’m assuming TSHTF and law enforcement is non-functional.)
I’d start by critically assessing the one adult with the five kids. If I have even a remote consideration that it’s a kiddie diddler, kidnapper, trafficker, or etc. then it gets blasted and the kids taken in until such time I can get them to safety.
Move away from strategic nuclear forces locations - 50 miles at least, 100 miles better.
Then get organized.
Yesterday I finally quit procrastinating and bought a water filtration system. Filters are supposed to process 20k gallons. There’s a catch basin in my backyard as a water source. This purchase completed my prepper troika of guns, food and water.
Our gardening skills suck and our soil isn’t the great. We live on a small savings and fixed income. Do you really think this war in Ukraine is going to become world wide and we will be in deep trouble here? How can we prep?
Prepping does not work when it is in range of artillery. So, that means diversify. Have 2 or 3 geographically separated locations. This provides for a higher liklihood of one or more stashes surviving. My 2 cents.