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Many people today are quick to make the decision to bug in. Too many times people fail to look objectively at their own situation, conditions in which they live, where they live, possible local conditions and other factors relating to this.
In reality, probably 60% or more of the people who openly state they plan to "bug in" should likely leave their home area during a wide scale disaster.
A few years back at a campout hosted by one of the internet forums in Florida. I taught a class on NBC defense focusing primarily on the nuclear threat. Earlier in the day the host produced a map of the state and asked that everyone that wanted to, to put a little pin flag (approximately) what city they were from. By far and large the majority of folks in attendance where from large cities. Most of the these large cities were also primary or secondary nuclear targets. The interesting part was that I sensed that few people REALLY understood the importance of getting away from those areas in a bad situation. Not just from the nuclear aspect, but also from the general breakdown aspect.
The gubmint has made terms like "sheltering in place" popular and people have run with it. Only a realistic and unbiased look at the the threats and potential threats in YOUR area will allow you to make a real judgment call.
Any failure to look at this realistically will likely cause the death of your family.
"Whoa brother, that's hard!" Your darn right it is. It's time to wake up folks and really consider the situations that may befall us.
Let's first look at two of the big reasons that cause people to ONLY consider bugging in-
*Comfort. This idea more than anything else has created a genre of sissified efeminant quasi survivalists. They say life just wouldn't be "worth living" without modern conveniences. What a load of crap! As if they wouldn't want their or their children's life to continue if no Xbox, "fine wine" or Belgian chocolates were available.
Gotta a news flash for folks that think this way- your slavish mentality to "the good life" is going to likely cause your family's demise when the time comes.
The reality is that with good preparations you can still have most of these things that folks like this consider "essential" at a safe location. You do NOT have to compromise your safety by staying in an area two miles outside of a major city just to have these things. With alternate energy such as solar, wind, hydro or even a generator based system, you can still have 'modern conveniences' in a safe location well away from the city.
*Family issues. Sometimes these dovetail into the "comfort" issue above. More often than not it's the spouse that "doesn't get it" and wants no part of preparing. We've discussed this and potential remedies many many times before here. Suffice to say that you HAVE to get these family issues squared away BEFORE you really move forward.
Is your area really safe? What are you basing that on?
It's time to take a hard look and do some research looking at numerous things including but not limited to: population density in your area, current crime rates, unemployment rates, demographics of your area, situation and conditions relating to the power grid, access to your city, amount of presence of national guard and police in your city, proximity to military bases of ANY size, proximity to nuclear targets, proximity to high value and "symbolic" targets, etc.
Once armed with this general information, then and only then can you start to answer the question- to bug or not to bug.
RH
Many people today are quick to make the decision to bug in. Too many times people fail to look objectively at their own situation, conditions in which they live, where they live, possible local conditions and other factors relating to this.
In reality, probably 60% or more of the people who openly state they plan to "bug in" should likely leave their home area during a wide scale disaster.
A few years back at a campout hosted by one of the internet forums in Florida. I taught a class on NBC defense focusing primarily on the nuclear threat. Earlier in the day the host produced a map of the state and asked that everyone that wanted to, to put a little pin flag (approximately) what city they were from. By far and large the majority of folks in attendance where from large cities. Most of the these large cities were also primary or secondary nuclear targets. The interesting part was that I sensed that few people REALLY understood the importance of getting away from those areas in a bad situation. Not just from the nuclear aspect, but also from the general breakdown aspect.
The gubmint has made terms like "sheltering in place" popular and people have run with it. Only a realistic and unbiased look at the the threats and potential threats in YOUR area will allow you to make a real judgment call.
Any failure to look at this realistically will likely cause the death of your family.
"Whoa brother, that's hard!" Your darn right it is. It's time to wake up folks and really consider the situations that may befall us.
Let's first look at two of the big reasons that cause people to ONLY consider bugging in-
*Comfort. This idea more than anything else has created a genre of sissified efeminant quasi survivalists. They say life just wouldn't be "worth living" without modern conveniences. What a load of crap! As if they wouldn't want their or their children's life to continue if no Xbox, "fine wine" or Belgian chocolates were available.
Gotta a news flash for folks that think this way- your slavish mentality to "the good life" is going to likely cause your family's demise when the time comes.
The reality is that with good preparations you can still have most of these things that folks like this consider "essential" at a safe location. You do NOT have to compromise your safety by staying in an area two miles outside of a major city just to have these things. With alternate energy such as solar, wind, hydro or even a generator based system, you can still have 'modern conveniences' in a safe location well away from the city.
*Family issues. Sometimes these dovetail into the "comfort" issue above. More often than not it's the spouse that "doesn't get it" and wants no part of preparing. We've discussed this and potential remedies many many times before here. Suffice to say that you HAVE to get these family issues squared away BEFORE you really move forward.
Is your area really safe? What are you basing that on?
It's time to take a hard look and do some research looking at numerous things including but not limited to: population density in your area, current crime rates, unemployment rates, demographics of your area, situation and conditions relating to the power grid, access to your city, amount of presence of national guard and police in your city, proximity to military bases of ANY size, proximity to nuclear targets, proximity to high value and "symbolic" targets, etc.
Once armed with this general information, then and only then can you start to answer the question- to bug or not to bug.
RH
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