Posted on 04/19/2012 4:44:54 PM PDT by blam
However, if you don't have a well-defined bug-out destination that is better located and is very livable then you should simply not plan to bug-out.
Very few people could survive in a forest - a few could - but very few.
Regarding hunting/gathering for food - even if it were plentiful you're likely to spend more calories doing it than the calories you take in (guess where that leads?)
When I was a kid I remember how surprised and disturbed I was to visit my favorite fishing pond and find some other kids on motor cycles running a "sein net" through the pond to empty the pond of fish. In times of desperation this is exactly what would play out everywhere there are "meals on hooves".
The author is 100% right to caution anyone about bugging out.
There’s food in them thar hills and millions will be trying to get it.
Damn good advice really. If you think about it, if large numbers are all trying to bug out, the roads would quickly become parking lots. Most of us would be better off staying put.
I simply don’t have the money to plan for everything. I am 50, my wife 54 and has diabetes, and her sister is mentally handicapped. Fleeing unless NO OTHER CHOICE would be a death sentence. Better to fortify and stock up as best I can and ride it out. I have stockpiled and continue to do so to make it at my home.
Thats the plan for me anyway...
I live in the hood in a city but hold out or be overrun. I’ll die fighting like a man or I will survive. I do have some bug out plans but realize that most likely it won’t end well and I will only do so as an absolute last resort.
I agree. Though Patton said, "...Never dig in" I see no viable alternative when defending family and assets.
I don't live in a flood plain or a earthquake prone area nor have we seen a tornado in these parts. We do get a hurricane every 10-15 years or so. But we've weathered those just fine.
'Tis the zombies I'll be girding me loins for.
preppers I’ve talked to generally prepare their cars so that they can get home from work or wherever. As for me, at my age, if it all falls apart suddenly, well, someone, someday will be burying a very skinny man.
A Michigan winter won’t be a lot of fun but its got it its advantages. Right off the top it will send a lot of zombies heading for the south which would ease pressure. It also helps with food storage for a few months.
Although we prepare and often talk about the worst case situations, I don't think we'll get to the worst possibilities.
My daughter, former Army, has a bug out bag. This in case of tornados or other such acts of nature. She has enough diapers for her kid, formula and other necessities to live for a week or so.
She’s doing this as a 3 day solution. Bugging out of a city due to nuclear, bio or chem is a much different scenario than a natural disaster. This is months of planning.
Again, we’re rural, much different than a city. If you live in a fire area, it’s a MUST you need a bug out plan. Unfortunately, most don’t recognize that importance.
Living on a sailboat, my bugout plan is a. weigh anchor b. raise the mainsail c. Bye bye
We’re ready. Our well can be hand pumped. We have fire power (guns and energy), and I’ve got food to last a year. We do need more medical. That’s where we are lacking. This is my next endeavor. We’ll be ready hunker down.
We’ll be ready to resist the government.
Geez! A refugee thread without a pic of Tom Petty?
A wise philosophy, for those contemplating this:
“Smart Indian build small fire, sit close.”
A stark contrast to sitting in a recliner, a row of remotes at hand, watching one of hundreds of channels on your big screen.
Or for that matter, living in a world requiring internet connectivity, versus olde fashioned human interaction, face to face, up close and personal and accountable, perhaps requiring more maturity, judgement and civility, etc.
Yup.
Like this, Southern Cross
I've often thought about a house boat going into the inland fresh waterways, many places to isolate when necessary.
Much appreciated. Ahhh...memories.
I've kinda thought that there should be main topics everyone should consider when they become of political maturity. If there are about 150 countries on the earth then there would be the same number of political systems. And so when a person becomes politically aware they would choose their system. My system would be Protestant Christian, flat income tax, acreage tax but not on buildings or businesses nor endless fees, free trade, right to work, death penalty, gun rights, information state rather than nanny state. Then I would move to that system at the age of political maturity. Someone else may be close to what I want but may believe in tariffs for instance, that would be a different country. That would eliminate a lot of complaining because you picked your own system instead of trying to push others into your system. lol
Wanna' bet? Remember the aftermath of Katrina.
To bug-out or not to bug-out. It should be purely situational. If a tidal wave/hurricaine/earthquake/flood or other massive natural disaster is targeting your home, it’s time to get out of Dodge. Other situations can probably be ridden out at by staying at home where you have your supplies.
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