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To: JRandomFreeper; blam; greeneyes; All
I don't understand the “all or nothing” people - like, “I'm definitely not leaving”, or “I'm definitely going to the woods.” It depends on the problem. I get hurricanes through here but I'm not on the coast - about 100 miles from the coast but Ike tore up a lot here and power was out 5 days. I'm not leaving for a hurricane - am well prepared to live well for as long as it takes for power to come back on.

However, if the next hurricane takes the roof off my house or throws one or two big trees into the house and I can't stay here, I'll take my two bug out bags, other things I have prepared and go to the nearest place I can stay.

Tornados come here and there is no place to go to miss one as no one knows when one will come to your particular location. I have a safe bathroom to wait out a tornado warning - which means one on the ground. If the house falls down around me, I've got the two bug out bags in that bathroom. That is everything one would need for six days.

I am safer in this house than anywhere else because I made it this way. But, I can leave if my individual house is destroyed but in that case all of humanity won't be on the roads. As long as my house is standing, I'm not leaving and I'm fine.

23 posted on 01/19/2013 4:39:35 PM PST by Marcella (Prepping can save your life today. Going Galt is freedom.)
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To: Marcella

You do what you have to do to fit the occasion. I am better off here at home for anything that hits. If the house gets a direct hit by a tornado or earthquake, I might have to leave, and stay somewhere else.

I would even consider staying in a tent in the backyard or sleeping on a mattress in the back of the Van if necessary for a short period of time.


70 posted on 01/20/2013 12:17:36 AM PST by greeneyes (Moderation in defense of your country is NO virtue. Let Freedom Ring.)
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