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Post-SHTF transportation: The Mountain Bike
Do a search for “bug out vehicle” and you’ll find everything from a small economy car to a monster truck suggested. Certainly there are numerous vehicles that can work in different situations. I recently picked up five mountain bikes for the family – mainly for recreation and exercise...
Alternate Home and Bug Out
There has been discussion before on the use of boats for bugging out. However, I would like to expand on that some...
Road Survival Guide: Dealing with Hardships on the Road
It pays to be prepared to deal with any hardships you may encounter to safely reach your destination. Here are some great ideas to be prepared and deal with any difficulties that may arise...
Vehicle Everyday Carry
In this article we're going to explore some things you can do to make sure that the events that happen in and around our cars are less stressful – and that's a good thing, because less stress = longer lives = more time spent in cars...
Get Out of Dodge–”Urban Survival”
I was once asked to teach more about urban survival “because all anyone ever says is that you have to get out of the city when disaster strikes.” If I were to address “urban survival” it would last about one hour, because frankly, there’s no such thing as urban survival folks...
G.O.O.D. Traffic
I’m talking about Get Out Of Dodge Traffic. The kind that doesn’t move at all, that gets you a few measly miles in the first hour or two, and that can be dangerous as all get out...
Moving by Vehicle in High Threat Environments
This [article] is directed at those who find they have to move locations after a significant societal collapse has happened.
If You HAVE TO Bug-Out
If for some reason you had to bug-out, and you had no choice… let me repeat, “you had no choice”,
Survival Strategies: “Bugging In” vs. “BOV” vs. “Take A Hike”
Why would I want to leave? Flood, fire, radioactivity, mutated bird flu or other scary diseases come to mind. Otherwise, I’m staying put. I’ll fortify my place with a barricade behind the door and boarded up windows with only narrow firing ports to see out of, but it’ll be safe and warm inside...
Bugging Out with Kids
I am going to assume that none of us is ditching our families. Preparing for bugging out when you have children takes extra thought and gear rather than if you are preparing as a single person...
Camping As A Bug-Out Option
Even worse than being light on supplies for the bug-out situation, I don’t feel like I have the knowledge to pull it off. Where exactly are we headed once we leave?
Its Time To BUG OUT But Where Will You Go?
I would leave because IF the event turned out to be long lasting, I could become trapped in a rapidly deteriorating socially chaotic and very dangerous environment as desperate people begin to do desperate things.
Bug out and Relocating: Destination Criteria
I would really be interested to read more about your
10 Considerations for your Bug Out Location
Many people already have determined where they would go – a bug out location – a spot where they could lay low and live for a while if things got pretty bad. If you haven’t decided where you’d go during an emergency, or you already have an idea, here are a few points to consider...
Colorado Wild Fire Bug Out – A First Hand Account
It felt like a scene from a movie as we drove away from our neighborhood, so surreal with flying ash and sirens screaming and everyone in their cars with their faces covered (including the cops & firemen) with masks or bandanas. Pure chaos… it looked like a war zone...
A Non-Traditional Take on the Bug-Out Bag, Part 2
It’s a survival mistake to gear up for the wilderness, while overlooking the reality and possibility of the need for urban/suburban survival...
A Non-Traditional Take on the Bug-Out Bag, Part 1
I’ve watched lots of YouTube videos and such and double-checked countless “packing lists” for bug out bags, get-home bags, 72-hour kits, ditch bags, and vehicle kits. Most of them are pretty darned close in their contents, but I also feel that all of them are, at the same time, way off base!
How to Prepare to Get Home When Travelling for Work (and Leisure)
The biggest concern, however, is how to prepare to navigate modern society with limited resources and possible during a very chaotic time. Here are my thoughts about how someone should prepare themselves for doing so…
What's Your "Plan A" - Bug-out or Dig in?
The bunker-down-or-bug-out calculator will then produce a simple comparison of whether it makes more sense, generically speaking, to leave versus staying put and attempting to "ride out" the selected crisis...
Are we kidding ourselves with our Bug Out Bags?
Cool thread on topic of bug out bags...
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