Posted: 8/18/2010 5:30:12 AM EDT
| I have enough preps for me to bug in for up to two months. At that point water could become an issue. I also have two bug out locations that are each 3.5 hours in different directions where water would not be an issue but the living situation wouldnt be as comfortable. Each direction would have a number of medium and small towns to drive through to get there. My concern is if I stay at home and decide to leave a couple weeks or months later getting there may be a problem because the towns will probly have road blcoks set at that point. Some of them may let you through or they could rob you for everything you have. How long would it take after a event before these are set up? Does anyone know how long after Katrina it it took for them to block the bridge to Gretna? Is there any other real world experiences out there with road blocks? |
| Other than the pictures I have seen of neighborhoods blocking access to their streets after Katrina and other nat disasters I dont think there is much in this country outside of road maintenance, detours after crashes etc. I am a firm believer in if you have to bug out go early. If you wait a couple of months then a vehicle driving would certainly attract attention because most people wont have fuel. People will also be hungry and by that time the fear of law enforcement is secondary to hunger. Are your bug out locations already occupied? If not what are the odds that they havent been broken into in that time or what if they get taken over? If they are occupied, will your family or friends be as welcoming when you show up with no food or water? I say dont wait and go as sson as you can and you wont have to worry about road blocks. |
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One of the locations is not occupied. Its a hunting and fishing camp on a VERY large public lake in a rural area. I would expect a number of people from the surrounding area to gather there for the water and supply of food from the abundent fish. I would expect that the place would be ran through within a number of weeks by people looking for supplies. The good thing is most of my preps would be with me so unless someone was camped out there it really wouldnt matter too much what they had already taken. Upside would be I would be in charge of this location. Downside would be security in an area where people would gather.
The other place would be occupied. Its on a very large peice of private land with enough protein and wind mills to supply an army. The occupents would be welcoming to me because I would have something to eat besides meat. The problem would be that my 2 person supply of rice, beans, veggies, etc wouldnt last long when I had to split it amongst 8 people. Upside would be the chance of seeing outsiders would be almost nonexistent. Downside would be I would be a guest of extended family. Staying at home would probably be the best option of the three but at some point (about 2 months) water would force me to leave and being on the road at that point could be a death sentence. |
| Can you put in a well? If not, how far away is the closest reasonable water (lake, river, creek, etc.)? I hope it's a lot closer than a 3.5 hour drive... if it is, you need a large-ish clean vessel to transport water from the source to your house... a fire, a large pot (5 gallon or so), some sort of improvised filter, maybe some chlorox, and some activated charcoal and you should be GTG for a lot longer than 2 months... Is this feasable at your location? |
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If it were me...
Forget BOL #1. Sounds like even if you left immediately, you'll get overrun eventually, or certainly have constant security issues. I'd solidify your arrangement with BOL #2, and ask to pre-position a good deal of your supplies there. That way your friends will know up-front what you're bringing to the table, as it will already be there. You can stash spare guns and ammo there, which will lighten your load once it's fo-time. If you have to strike out cross-country, you'll be able travel light, cuz you'll know what's waiting at the end of the trail... My 2 cents, for what it's worth... |
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I'd solidify your arrangement with BOL #2, and ask to pre-position a good deal of your supplies there. That way your friends will know up-front what you're bringing to the table, as it will already be there. You can stash spare guns and ammo there, which will lighten your load once it's fo-time. If you have to strike out cross-country, you'll be able travel light, cuz you'll know what's waiting at the end of the trail...
No question but that this is the way to go if you can make it work. |
| There could be at least 2 different kinds of roadblocks to deal with after TSHTF. There could be "official"(to varying degrees) roadblocks put up by some level of remaining government(Federal, State or local), and there could be unofficial ones, put up by groups of local people who got tired of the problems going on and got tired of waiting for some government or other to do something about it. Dealing with them might be tough if they've decided that nobody should get through. |