Bug out bag ?
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DOM
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- Nov 19, 2012
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First I think you need to think about what you might be preparing for. Even our govenment FEMA and MEMA advise a fair amount of food, water, medical. So, there is run of the mill type stuff like storms, local disasters, etc. Then there is very severe stuff like riots, food shortages, financial collapse, etc. Are we talking about leaving for 3 days for a storm, or leaving forever due you getting burned out of your house by a mob of rioters?
While it is totally undesirable to leave my home, there are a number of things which could cause it. I live within a mile of rail road tracks. What about a chemical spill, a big storm, gas leak? There are many others I can't think of at this time. What if a tree falls on your house during a storm? Can you get your family to some place safe after that?
So it really wouldn't be a bad idea to have a bag for each family member. A bug out bag for leaving the house for 3 days is something very reasonable to have. A get home bag you keep in your car is a good idea as well.
Maybe that next earthquake will be a big one. Who knows...???
While it is totally undesirable to leave my home, there are a number of things which could cause it. I live within a mile of rail road tracks. What about a chemical spill, a big storm, gas leak? There are many others I can't think of at this time. What if a tree falls on your house during a storm? Can you get your family to some place safe after that?
So it really wouldn't be a bad idea to have a bag for each family member. A bug out bag for leaving the house for 3 days is something very reasonable to have. A get home bag you keep in your car is a good idea as well.
Maybe that next earthquake will be a big one. Who knows...???
You left out alien invasion and I'm not just talking about Mehicans...
Also, asteroid strikes
In all seriousness you can only prepare for so much.
Mostly just prepare for the probable and deal with the improbable with what you've got or what your neighbors have
I have been carrying a bag everywhere with me for 20 years. I used to carry more, but the more I learn the less I carry. I work and live out of my bag all the time. If you have a BOB full of gear, sealed in plastic, in your house or trunk, you are doing it wrong.- George
Jackson923
Hell Yeah!
This ^ I keep a "Get Home Bag" because my travel distance from work is 25 miles, average 3 miles per hour and I'm looking at roughly 8 hrs walk home on roads, If I have to travel off of the beaten path I have things to allow me to rest if I need to on the way.
In my family emergency plan, we have contingencies to shelter in place for some things and for a number of other types of disasters/incidents, we are leaving the area. When that is the case, i have 2 bags that will generally be grabbed: a BOB (bug out bag) and a medical bag.
If radiological disaster is the ONLY reason you'd leave the area, you really haven't given it enough thought. In a major metro area like MD, the entire area would be out resourced in 2 days or less if people panic. You really wanna stick around for the aftermath of that? I don't! Get a bag that has resources for you to survive on for a week or so for your entire family!
For more: http://www.survivalistboards.com/
If radiological disaster is the ONLY reason you'd leave the area, you really haven't given it enough thought. In a major metro area like MD, the entire area would be out resourced in 2 days or less if people panic. You really wanna stick around for the aftermath of that? I don't! Get a bag that has resources for you to survive on for a week or so for your entire family!
For more: http://www.survivalistboards.com/
isn't that what the duct tape is for in the BOB?
steves1911
Ultimate Member
I have a get home bag in the truck and a shtf room in my basement. lots of friends and family that live close by have already agreed to meet at my place if anything crazy happens and dig in here.
CrabbyMcNab
Ultimate Member
- Feb 1, 2009
- 2,474
I finally remembered to put a spare set of sneakers/boots in my vehicles. My "work" shoes are not conducive for a "get home" type of situation.
ELEMENT94
Wild eyed pistol waver.
- Sep 23, 2007
- 487
Watch the 1950s sci-fi movie "Panic in the Year Zero" , and see what happens to a trailer.
jimbobborg
Oddball caliber fan
Since I started riding a motorcycle to work and back, I've come to the realization that anyone stuck driving in and back in this area is screwed. I will be more than happy to split lanes to get home if it got down to it.
We actually sell a lot of what are generically called "bug out bags," and he gear that goes in them. People call and ask for them by name like they are a pre packaged item. What goes in one depends on one's individual situation.
People want them for last ditch, SHTF, times when it is run or die. By then your castle and belongings are compromised or rendered useless.
Any prepper worth his or her salt has a, or multiple pre-stocked locations to which they can fall back, with their bug out bags of course.
People want them for last ditch, SHTF, times when it is run or die. By then your castle and belongings are compromised or rendered useless.
Any prepper worth his or her salt has a, or multiple pre-stocked locations to which they can fall back, with their bug out bags of course.
Paiste19
Don't Shave
In regards to the get home bag...If you cannot avoid crossing a bridge to get home from work in an emergency, a small packaged inner tube(etc.) for under $5 doesnt hurt to keep under the seat either.
jtarpley59
live free or die
My wife and I both have "bug out" bags in our cars, but they are to get us home if we are at work when something goes down. We figure we will be in the D.C. or Baltimore area and need to get home. My very first homeland security course I took was taught by a female and she was in D.C. on 9-11. She was in a skirt and heals and D.C. turned into a parking lot. She had to walk do the side of the road on a broken heal for about two miles before she could meet her husband and get out. After that she started carrying a backpack with boots and pants and things she would need if she had to hoof it. We have done the same things, but probably a little more.
HollowPoint
Aged Member
I have a "get home bag" in my truck!!!! 
Couple days of food, 4 bottles of water, water filter, med supplies, change of clothes, space blanket .....
Couple days of food, 4 bottles of water, water filter, med supplies, change of clothes, space blanket .....
- Dec 27, 2012
- 30,215
Parts of Laurel are under an evacuation order right now due to flooding from the dam opening.
Let me know how that $5 inner tube works out for you.
http://www.cityoflaurel.org/content/alert-mayor-moe-signs-executive-order-civil-emergency
Seriously though, something like what just happened is real. So how does your [not you OP, you as in all the internet people reading this] plan work? How effective is your bag? How secure is your home and valuables?
