wareagle69
06-13-2008, 07:33 AM
i've thought about this this week , i have over an hours drive into town 4 days a week, i do not need to bug out as the homestead is where i plan to sit out any situation civil or weather or what have you.
when i was 18 and joined the army back in 88 we had not been in a conflict in many moons(you can't count Granada even though some got a cib for hearing rifle fire) so when i took my training very serious even through basic and ait(osut) for me there at benning i would get laughed at boys would say whens the last time we was at war and i would quote about how every 20 years historically the us was involved in something any how thank god for rip(ranger indoctrination program) where i met like minded brothers. we all se what has happened in the last 20 years.
so scootch forward to present day, my wife will not bug out she will die before leaving her animals so that is why i bought the homestead and made my preparations. but i will need to get home the 108 odd km or 70 some miles.i have not been a big fan of the bug out bag, at least since taking a family when i was single i always had on in the truck just so i could disappear for a few days, so now i need to get home hopefully i can just drive home but if i need to walk i may take a while, i could"borrow" a canoe or kayak or boat and follow the river home or walk either way i now realize i have to make 3 to 4 days of equipment to get home
just the basic for me warm weather clothes, 3 days of food(i can always forage more on the way home) map and compass, a tarp, 2 water bottles with sterilization (pur tablets) multi vitamins, my swedish firestarter and leatherman are always attached to my body.
so have any of you thought of how you would get home safely? most of you are not having to travel but some do commute thru the city where there would be more congestion even in an emergency how do you plan on getting home to bug in or bug out?
when i was 18 and joined the army back in 88 we had not been in a conflict in many moons(you can't count Granada even though some got a cib for hearing rifle fire) so when i took my training very serious even through basic and ait(osut) for me there at benning i would get laughed at boys would say whens the last time we was at war and i would quote about how every 20 years historically the us was involved in something any how thank god for rip(ranger indoctrination program) where i met like minded brothers. we all se what has happened in the last 20 years.
so scootch forward to present day, my wife will not bug out she will die before leaving her animals so that is why i bought the homestead and made my preparations. but i will need to get home the 108 odd km or 70 some miles.i have not been a big fan of the bug out bag, at least since taking a family when i was single i always had on in the truck just so i could disappear for a few days, so now i need to get home hopefully i can just drive home but if i need to walk i may take a while, i could"borrow" a canoe or kayak or boat and follow the river home or walk either way i now realize i have to make 3 to 4 days of equipment to get home
just the basic for me warm weather clothes, 3 days of food(i can always forage more on the way home) map and compass, a tarp, 2 water bottles with sterilization (pur tablets) multi vitamins, my swedish firestarter and leatherman are always attached to my body.
so have any of you thought of how you would get home safely? most of you are not having to travel but some do commute thru the city where there would be more congestion even in an emergency how do you plan on getting home to bug in or bug out?