Posted: 10/15/2008 7:57:57 PM EDT
| My bug out location is my family 150 acres. We have 2 houses and wood burning heat. 2 water wells one can hand pump . It is 3 hours from my home. Thoughts? |
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You should have posted this here It's the survival forum here. Lots of folks with the knowledge there. |
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Thoughts? Yeh, plan a way to get yourself there.  .....in one piece too. (and in the meantime start stocking it up with supplies and arms to defend it. Train and train the family. Get in good communication and relations with the neighbors and make plans to defend together and trade for goods and services.) |
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if you have 3 hours worth of gas, you are GTG. Plan on 6 to 12, maybe even 18 hours worth of gas... road congestion, you know. what kind of housing to you have on that land? What kind of food stored? Security? Neighbors? (there was a recent thread by a guy considering a sweet land purchase, but the neighbors were pretty questionable.) Is that land arable? Can you support crops with the available water? Do you have enough food stored to bring in the first crop? |
You got me beat, we're 10hrs away from our BOL  I figured a full tank and 15 extra gallons should work. My problem is we usualy cut across Dallas and this isn't going to work in a SHTF case. I plan on bi-passing the DFW area which puts me on a lot of Farm to State roads. So hopefully there roads will be some what less congessted but I'm not going to hold my breath. Right now, I'm simply hoping we'll see the signs way ahead of things. |
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I've been reading Ferfal's blog after being turned on to it, on this website. Maybe the guy is full of shit, but most everything he says makes sense. Link below if you want to check it out.
http://ferfal.blogspot.com/ Here's his take on a secluded bug out location; QUESTION: What mistakes do you think most people make preparing for what you and your countrymen have gone through? I wouldn’t call them “mistakes”, I don’t hold the SHTF Bible so all I can give is my humble advice which may be correct or not, so all I can tell you is “ I wouldn’t do that if I were you”, and depending on how sure I am , add a smartass grin smiley. There’s simply some preparations that make little sense if you think about it, others that I’ve seen that just wouldn’t work, in spite of all the speculations. a) Maybe the one that rubs me the wrong way the most concerns retreats. It’s also something many survivalists consider the summit of their preparations. A self sufficient fortification-ranch, with the nearest neighbor several miles away. Isolated farms or retreats are targeted and are often victims of robbery and in some cases extremely violent home invasions. You may have 6-10 able men you are counting on to defend it when TSHTF… “when TSHTF” …so they aren’t there right now? Then you don’t have them, nor will you have them when you need them, most likely. The isolation works to the attackers favor, who often take their time having their way with everything and everyone inside the house. The “away from everything” theory just doesn’t work when taken to the field. Happens here and same happens in Africa where ranchers and farmers have to fight rebels, rogues or whatever they are calling them these days. They’ll find you, they’ll know about you one way or the other. You cant hide simply by living a gas tank away from the city. If there’s a road that reaches your place, you are fair game, doesn’t matter if it’s a dirt road in poor condition. You get there with a car/truck? So can bad guys. You are obviously safer from small time robberies or pickpocketers and snathcers, but you are more vulnerable to the worst kind of criminals. Not that living in a city or suburbs makes it MUCH safer, but I’d rather live here where I live now than in a farm house any day of the week. People can somehow organize to hire security, talk to the police. Yes, most people border idiotic and are pretty clueless, but it’s better than being alone with no chance of even trying to convince people. I’m not talking about living in a large city being the best option, I’m talking about living in a small town or community, looking for safety in numbers but avoiding the problems of a metropolis. I definitely would choose a house in a small town or subdivision near a city, rather than a far away retreat. Rather than looking for the ultimate self reliance retreat in the middle of nowhere, look for a subdivision where you have enough land, where you can keep a small orchard and some small critters if you want, a place with a basement where you can build a NBC shelter as time and money allows. That’s what I’d look forward to if living in US. |
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My bug out location is my family 150 acres. We have 2 houses and wood burning heat. 2 water wells one can hand pump . It is 3 hours from my home. Thoughts? someone live there now? if not, do you plan on having others join you TSHTF? Any security measures in place? |