Watch Robin Williams "The Survivors". It'll teach you everything you need to know.
Bug Out Facts, Fables and Fairy Tales.
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Wasn't there a movie about some plague that wiped out most of civilization and the main character had to take his family and escape from Los Angeles?
They ended up in some little town in Idaho and the father died from an infected paper cut.
They ended up in some little town in Idaho and the father died from an infected paper cut.
venomballistics
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nah .. the looters will be easier than you think.
They already are part of the criminal element and have taken up home invasion as a primary means of procurement.
if it's working for em now, why change?
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I'm pretty sure I could bug out and wander around lost in the woods for a day before I collapsed.
jlrhiner
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For me, thats it in a nutshell. I can do all the fancy woodcraft, and probably be a fair to great hunter gatherer. I could probably wander around un-supervised for a long time.
But not if I had to provide for anyone else. (Wives, children, grandchildren, close friends etc.) That requires a base, and group cooperation.
68lemans462
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Preppers... 
JJEH
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Being prepared and staying where you are rather than bugging out might be, in some instances, the better solution.
We recently watched the movie Goodbye World and were disappointed at first. But then we thought about it and it might be not that far from what we could face in the near future... who knows?!
We recently watched the movie Goodbye World and were disappointed at first. But then we thought about it and it might be not that far from what we could face in the near future... who knows?!
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This thread is making me hungry and Ive picked 10 gallons of apples this morning,roasted a couple pounds of chilies yesterday.Im thinkin apple pie with some bite [emoji28]
feralmerril
Absent Comrade
Some people take this stuff seriously. I have seen several of these on my trail rides.
We all have many times over what we REALLY need to survive. Look at your stuff. Most of us older people have pills that we are told we cant live without. With prescriptions you cant rathole too much. Illegal drugs are probley easier to get! Gas lasts only so long. I am reminded of a old cartoon that showed the last solider alive. He is standing in the middle of ashs far as you could see on the planet, smiling and gloating saying, I won!
Want to spend the remainder of your life in that world? Its fun to think about though.
We all have many times over what we REALLY need to survive. Look at your stuff. Most of us older people have pills that we are told we cant live without. With prescriptions you cant rathole too much. Illegal drugs are probley easier to get! Gas lasts only so long. I am reminded of a old cartoon that showed the last solider alive. He is standing in the middle of ashs far as you could see on the planet, smiling and gloating saying, I won!
Want to spend the remainder of your life in that world? Its fun to think about though.
The above will be the first and one of the largest challenges many of will face; total panic and gridlock. My biggest SHTF prep is having the ability to get to my wife and then getting us home SAFELY. I believe I've done a decent job of this.
Remember the best laid plans, generally go SOUTH, the second the first shot is fired.
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Great idea, one I think most of us are MORE than willing to aim for. Yet everyone of us has to remember that not everyone will be in tune with that, and sadly more than a few will believe it is ok to take what they want.
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venomballistics
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I doubt the city folk understand the take care of your own attitude we have.
Read Mel Tappan's books from the 70 and 80s for some interesting history.
My God Son was in the mix during Katina in Mississippi. He and some locals were armed on horseback keeping the peace in his neck of the woods. CELL PHONES were kaput for much of the time.
I really don't want or need nor will tolerate an invasion.
An old friend once remarked," I know where I'm going for food if I ever need it." The guy was a teacher with 2x incomes.
I told him he would be welcome to ask. Take any and he would be feeding my dog.
I left the east coast in 76 to avoid the mentality of city folks.
I don't miss it.
Some times the welcome mat is not down for strangers.
Oh ZOMBIES TOO
In times of trouble ya best have a plan and share the information with those who will be impacted.
Lord knows what it is like deer season with all the yuppies heading north.
yeah I know the general area your from, I was raised there.
Its certain death for virtually any outsider without strong connections to the area.
This is a given anywhere, However, Behind the cheddar curtain, its a whole new level.
On the WI tundra, you have 9 months of winter and 3 months of bad sledding.
During those three months of bad sledding, efforts are geared towards preparations, and reparations for the return of good sledding.
Also, economically, it is first to pay for bad times, last to play in good times.
Keep this in mind. even if it is the bad sledding season, they know they can ill afford to part with anything at all. They are earning their survival year after year.
Its hard work and not a whole heck of a lot of time to do it.
If you have not invested any sweat equity into it, you are not going to make it. Don't even try any of that new age entitlement mentality stuff on the Wi Tundra. Its a threat to their survival in good times leave alone times that might drive you there.
Give those folks some time and they'll figure out what to do with your corpse.
fertilizer feed or food, don't expect a hug from anything other than the arms of death and the dirt shirt.
I killed more than a few deer up that way as an act of mercy.
when an indigenous species has trouble, you have no chance at all.
Fact is, if "civilization" ceased at the end of business today, Darwin's law would go into effect immediately. Some of us would fare better than others, for differing lengths of time. In 5 years life would resemble the stone age with concomitant reality extant. Myself, I'm stocking up on "Positive Waves." Joe
City boy.
WuzzFuzz
Corncobs! An outhouse staple for decades They can do double duty first you eat the good stuf then later they can serve another vital function.
Gas stations....
If it's a situation where everybody bugs out at once, don't expect to get too far stuck in traffic for hours. Gas and lodging would be scarce or none. We had to bug out from the threat of a hurricane. The last one was awful and a lot of people bugged out. We felt more like refugees than survivors, that's for sure. The only way I would bug out is if there were impending danger to us in our home.
If it's a situation where everybody bugs out at once, don't expect to get too far stuck in traffic for hours. Gas and lodging would be scarce or none. We had to bug out from the threat of a hurricane. The last one was awful and a lot of people bugged out. We felt more like refugees than survivors, that's for sure. The only way I would bug out is if there were impending danger to us in our home.
gregintenn
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Not sure if it's the same thing, but there a weed around here that seems soft and comforting at the outset, but has a lingering effect similar to fiberglass insulation!City boy.
WuzzFuzz
I've warned my kids about this.
I watched evacuees from a hurricane not so many years ago pile into hotels as far north as Missouri. An LEO friend in Little Rock told of the gangs that started breaking into cars on hotel parking lots. Anything with LA or TX plates was a target, figuring the families had brought all the valuables. They rounded up a few dozen suspects, but recovered very little.
There was all the news of highways blocked with people running out of gas when Houston evacuated.
Anyone remember trying to get out of the big cities once the 9/11 situation became recognized as an attack? Looking down on a major freeway from an office building window, you could see there was no hope to move a car in the city I was visiting, much less actually get home. I stopped at a WalMart on the way to the hotel to grab a box of .45, as I only had 2 mags with me. Counter guy already had stories of fights over how much ammo people could buy. He had a couple stashed under the counter for people who were polite. Guess I was, as he pulled out one for me. But it was not a good feeling to look out at blocked traffic even late in the evening, and wonder what it might take to get home.
There was all the news of highways blocked with people running out of gas when Houston evacuated.
Anyone remember trying to get out of the big cities once the 9/11 situation became recognized as an attack? Looking down on a major freeway from an office building window, you could see there was no hope to move a car in the city I was visiting, much less actually get home. I stopped at a WalMart on the way to the hotel to grab a box of .45, as I only had 2 mags with me. Counter guy already had stories of fights over how much ammo people could buy. He had a couple stashed under the counter for people who were polite. Guess I was, as he pulled out one for me. But it was not a good feeling to look out at blocked traffic even late in the evening, and wonder what it might take to get home.
One apple cinnamon and one apple chili
Make sure you bug out on a full belly [emoji1]
Make sure you bug out on a full belly [emoji1]
