Not a minor event, like a hurricane or power outage….but The Big Deal. You know, the scenario where the cities are in flames, the escaped convicts are running loose, the supermarkets are stripped bare, the communications are out, and it’s like every bad survivalist novel come to life. THAT sort of scenario. Stay where you are or head to the hills?
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Commander:
Although I’m planning to move closer to my BOL, the need to earn a living currently means staying closer to work.
Finding the balance between income and security has always been tough…
I’m already in the hills. No need to become a refugee.
Exactly. The only place you should ‘leave’ (now!) is New York, L.A., Baltimore or Chicago.
Now I have an earworm. At least it’s a good one………
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BN1WwnEDWAM
Have one on me..
https://youtu.be/4WwzYhVL5Sc
Not only is my stuff here, my friends are here, we have a pretty healthy society here, and a good number of diversified small farms outside of town.
If things were to go down in a big way where I live would stay “up” and healthy for longer than most places in the U.S. and could probably rebuild and re-establish a “new normal” faster.
I also like the fact that winters are long and cold and there wouldn’t be many people showing up from about mid-November though late February.
My currently locations isn’t ideal, but it could be a lot worse. Small children in the mix makes taking to the road a very unlikely and undesirable scenario. Sheltering in place and working with neighbors to form a common defense is the best plan.
I chose staying (and likely dying) on spot. I would rather die at home defending it than on foot wondering where my next meal is coming from. No way could I carry enough water to hike out of my environment (summer temps are well into 100s with high humidity) so even if I left with ONLY water, I wouldn’t last long. At home, the several hundred gallons at least would be on hand.
Most likely scenario for a collapse is NOT instantaneous…. I think there will be a few days or a week to ditch out of suburban town. And upon that likely unfolding of events the awake and prepared individuals will see the domino effect or house of cards crumbling and be on standby while the government is claiming peace and safety….. That’s the time to hit the road for your secondary location. Digging in at your primary location is not best if it’s in reasonably high population area. Maybe a few towns will bind together and become patriot strongholds but most will not and therefore become 1.) sitting ducks for roving criminal groups of the worst kind or 2.) big brother intimidation zones that squash out liberty minded preppers after a few weeks. Staying behind is not smart.
I’m already in the boonies. The nearest town has a population of 5,000 and it’s 20 miles away. I’m surrounded by massive cliffs with only two ways to enter or exit our community. Let the zombies try to get here. It’s gonna be real hard.
Be careful!
Hard to get in to also means difficult to get OUT of…
You could find yourself (and your community) blockaded in.
Granted that besieging is hard on the besieger as well as the besieged, given sufficient reward, it IS possible.
What Peter said (and I know who Peter is). It’s almost impossible to bug out or do anything ‘on the road’ with little kids. Best bet is to shelter in place with the gear.
in the rear with the gear. we want to be further out but no man can survive by themselves for long. location defensible, friends and good neighbors, farm land available, water all around. moving further into the hills would put us odd man out, stranger in a strange land, easy target. here we can make a good battle of it at least. not just when you die, but how that matters. and rest assured, we all die.
“..and rest assured, we all die.”
Memento mori, eh?
that’s affirmative.
Too old and crippled to run so I split the difference, live in a very small town of less than 200 tax paying households. We probably couldn’t survive long without meds and power anyway.
I live within spitting distance of one of the FEMA regional bunkers. I was supposed to tour it recently as part of CERT. Live next to a year round creek and a horse farm, I think I’m good in place.