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milsurpgeek |
Bugging out and why it may be a bad idea.
Jul 11 2011, 10:50 AM EDT
Found this link on another site i am part of and this person makes some useful points on why not to bug out. even though she is a little out there the points still stand valid.http://www.youtube.com/...EyZ2HI&feature=share3 out of 4 found this valuable. Do you?
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SovietPrince |
1. RE: Bugging out and why it may be a bad idea.
Jul 14 2011, 6:59 AM EDT
"Found this link on another site i am part of and this person makes some useful points on why not to bug out. even though she is a little out there the points still stand valid.http://www.youtube.com/...EyZ2HI&feature=sharelink does not work 3 out of 3 found this valuable. Do you? |
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milsurpgeek |
2. RE: Bugging out and why it may be a bad idea.
Jul 14 2011, 10:42 AM EDT
shiza. well to sum up the video it basically tells that bugging out is not something you should just do. it's something you should plan and keep planning before you do it. since many places are possibly going to be emptying out during any major disaster,zombies included, why leave with everyone else and head off to parts unknown? You need to know where you are going,how to get there,what the terrain is like, what the people are like, what locations of ammo and other stores are.sure it may SOUND like a good idea to go to another state but how long does it take to get there? how many supplies will you need? In my opinion it is better to hole up and wait than it is to just grab your stuff and start fleeing. saying "i'm going to kansas from ohio" and getting there are 2 different things. thoughts? comments? 3 out of 4 found this valuable. Do you? |
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SovietPrince |
3. RE: Bugging out and why it may be a bad idea.
Jul 14 2011, 11:04 AM EDT
"shiza. well to sum up the video it basically tells that bugging out is not something you should just do. it's something you should plan and keep planning before you do it. since many places are possibly going to be emptying out during any major disaster,zombies included, why leave with everyone else and head off to parts unknown? You need to know where you are going,how to get there,what the terrain is like, what the people are like, what locations of ammo and other stores are.i dont disagree. im preparing more to bug in than to bug out. 1 out of 1 found this valuable. Do you? |
ZeMatch |
4. RE: Bugging out and why it may be a bad idea.
Jul 14 2011, 11:10 AM EDT
"shiza. well to sum up the video it basically tells that bugging out is not something you should just do. it's something you should plan and keep planning before you do it. since many places are possibly going to be emptying out during any major disaster,zombies included, why leave with everyone else and head off to parts unknown? You need to know where you are going,how to get there,what the terrain is like, what the people are like, what locations of ammo and other stores are.I think most of us that are bugging out already have a BOL prepped. I know where I'm going if I stay in Florida. I also know where I'm going if I move back to NYC. My Florida BOL is already prepped. If and when I go to NY, I'll work on prepping a BOL up north. 3 out of 3 found this valuable. Do you? |
rabidbeaver |
5. RE: Bugging out and why it may be a bad idea.
Jul 14 2011, 6:37 PM EDT
I am planning to bug in but I also plan to bug out even though I don't have a BOL. It is more of a last ditch thing. It is better to be running out into unknown land than to be dead. Always have a get away plan.
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milsurpgeek |
6. RE: Bugging out and why it may be a bad idea.
Jul 15 2011, 9:14 AM EDT
which is why you should plan ahead. This way you have an idea of where to go instead of dying because you cant find supplies or a place 2 hole up for the night.
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PedroAsani |
7. RE: Bugging out and why it may be a bad idea.
Jul 15 2011, 10:06 AM EDT
"which is why you should plan ahead. This way you have an idea of where to go instead of dying because you cant find supplies or a place 2 hole up for the night."Bugging Out is a Good Idea. But what makes it a good idea is the planning that goes into it. Bugging Out is more than just leaving your location. It is the Planned movement from your current location to your BOL. You have supplies, you have routes, you have knowledge. The other key point is timing. Bugging Out should not be done during The Panic. Before or after, perfect. Obviously the routes might change, and the equipment you need might change, but that is why you plan. These are not new ideas. It's a big part of the philosophy here. Bug In, Bug Out, Dig In and Live. Plan and Prepare. 3 out of 3 found this valuable. Do you? |
timberrattler |
8. RE: Bugging out and why it may be a bad idea.
Jul 15 2011, 10:17 AM EDT
Your location has a lot to do with your bugging plans.It'd be stupid for me to bug-out. I'm in a good location to begin with. However I do have bug-out plans just-in-case. There is always a chance that things will go south and thinking ahead and planning for that is what prepping is all about IMO. 2 out of 2 found this valuable. Do you? |
YourBrainOnDrugs |
9. RE: Bugging out and why it may be a bad idea.
Jul 15 2011, 10:47 AM EDT
Personally, I've always seen Bugging In as my primary strategy due to the logistics of my immediate area, my existing skill sets, and my limited options for where to Bug out to. Based on those & other factors, my strategy is weighted very heavily towards bugging in and/or how to best get home in the case of a significant event.For me, bugging out would be extremely high risk with low probability of success & low potential reward. Unless I literally have no choice at all to leave my home, I almost certainly won't. 2 out of 2 found this valuable. Do you? |
LJ126 |
10. RE: Bugging out and why it may be a bad idea.
Jul 15 2011, 12:10 PM EDT
Where I lived in Saint Louis, I would have been forced to bug out and it would've been an adventure to say the least. There's absolutely no sustainability there, period. I'd have been forced to stay low with the family for a week or two before hitting the old dusty trail, and I don't want to go into too much detail, but it'd have very dangerous and the probability of success would have been very low.It'd be stupid to bug out from here, and it's a last-ditch sort of thing. I have no interest in leaving here in the event of a disaster. In fact, after Maricely and I move out, this might be somewhere we'd bug to in the future. It's next to perfect for survival purposes. 1 out of 1 found this valuable. Do you? |
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WildBillHickox |
11. RE: Bugging out and why it may be a bad idea.
Oct 28 2011, 8:39 PM EDT
Good example. Lets say you drive a gas hog for a vehicle and you get 300 miles to a full tank. That would get me to the Florida/Georgia state line. If your walking, gear weight, calories burned vs. calorie intake, how long your food rations last, ammo, etc.... Any of these run out, youre "F"ed in the "A". Better to hunker down then venture out.
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Sullivan714 |
12. RE: Bugging out and why it may be a bad idea.
Oct 28 2011, 11:06 PM EDT
"Good example. Lets say you drive a gas hog for a vehicle and you get 300 miles to a full tank. That would get me to the Florida/Georgia state line. If your walking, gear weight, calories burned vs. calorie intake, how long your food rations last, ammo, etc.... Any of these run out, youre "F"ed in the "A". Better to hunker down then venture out."Perhaps at first. Depending on what happens, you could always wait for the panic to die down and then when things are more calm, bug out. That is if you would want/need too. 4 out of 4 found this valuable. Do you? |
vampirejediknight |
13. RE: Bugging out and why it may be a bad idea.
Oct 29 2011, 10:37 AM EDT
"I think most of us that are bugging out already have a BOL prepped. I know where I'm going if I stay in Florida. I also know where I'm going if I move back to NYC.Exactly. I have a combine BOL/BIL in the NC mountains. It's isolated and it has its own spring for water, and hunting/gathering would be the pretty good. I have to get out of where I am if the zombie apocalpyse comes, that's for sure... 1 out of 1 found this valuable. Do you? |
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14. RE: Bugging out and why it may be a bad idea.
Oct 29 2011, 10:38 AM EDT
"Perhaps at first. Depending on what happens, you could always wait for the panic to die down and then when things are more calm, bug out. That is if you would want/need too. "Exactly. 1 out of 1 found this valuable. Do you? |
BamaChris |
15. RE: Bugging out and why it may be a bad idea.
Apr 13 2012, 12:42 AM EDT
My Bug Out Plan is for when the Bug In spot is overrun. Even then I have a souple of specific locations to fall back to or head to, depending on the situation. Having a solid plan is great. But if there is one thing life has taught me is that the best plans rarely workout exactly as planned. You have to be flexible enough to change on the go. Do you find this valuable? |
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16. RE: Bugging out and why it may be a bad idea.
Apr 13 2012, 1:51 AM EDT
Bugging in won't work too well for me. Nice thing about where we are in Colorado is the mountains. I just don't feel safe in our town home for zeds. We've got a huge glass window in the front and big sliding glass doors in the back, and a number of other vulnerabilities. For normal emergencies this place is fine. Hell, I'm not even too concerned with break ins. There's a nice 140 lb st bernard downstairs and a loaded 12 gauge upstairs. By all means, please come in.We've practiced getting to multiple bug out spots a number of times. Like Sullivan said, once the dust dies down, I'm loading the bronco and we're off to the mountains. And if we can't load the bronco, that's ok. We're still close enough to the mountain that we can walk it in under 45 minutes with our gear. 1 out of 1 found this valuable. Do you? |
renet76 |
17. RE: Bugging out and why it may be a bad idea.
Apr 13 2012, 9:13 AM EDT
You know this is something i have thought on a lot the one thing that concerns me as my plan is to bug in but i have 2 other well established B.O.L's one i own out right and the other is owned in partnershipThe thing that has always played on my mind is well until it all goes down we will have no idea of what it is that is actually going down and nor will we know the location of where it all goes down until it happens and this makes it very hard to plan for I was talking with a good friend on this topic the other day and his plan is pretty simple if things go boom and its bad he will simply walk away from the city as he has multiple safe holdout locations with buried supplies at them with every thing he would need if he arrived with nothing more then the shirt on his back and a bottle of water The way he looks at it is if you have a static secure well stocked location you will be more inclined to try and defend it and stay there then if you had resources ready at other locations so if your current location is no longer viable you can just slip away to safety I think if you are set up like he is then bugging out isn't such a bad idea and if you work like he does on the theory that the 1st 3 months is going to be the worst and hardest it might just work out for him Do you find this valuable? |
