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You Must Be Prepared When You Pack!
If this is the case, then you need to make sure that you have sturdy shoes or boots, and the means to have food and shelter if it’s going to be a long trek. Being prepared for this scenario means having a bug out bag where you can get to it when the time comes for you to go.
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Bugging out by vehicle means that you’re leaving in a vehicle that’s already prepared ahead of time for a bug out. Your vehicle is gassed up and ready to go within seconds.
It’s time to bug out when the place you’re at is no longer safe – or could be compromised – and survival may become an issue. This means you need to be prepared to bug out in the event of a weather emergency, a terrorist attack, a flash mob, or a riot.
Considering Bugging Out by Horse?
Bugging out riding a horse is okay if you choose a horse to move from one location to another. For example, you may ride from your town to another where loved ones are. But living alone horseback is pretty much a fantasy. Too many issues with just any types of horses, but if you have a choice of horse to pick and this is your only option, get a good solid grade horse with good feet and a lot of heart.
The best choice of bug-out rides would be the Appaloosa. Chief Joseph proved this by leading the US Cavalry on one of the finest bugouts ever! The Cavalry hated the Appaloosa so much, that when they did catch up to them, they shot all they could!
Horses can pack a fifth of their weight; mules closer to a fourth of their weight; burros will surprise the hell out of you what they can carry. A lot of early fur trappers sure did like to lead their burros, but any of the old accounts will still show the mount of choice to be a horse.
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When I used to have my horse, my first choice would be to stay put in a disturbance or disaster. My second choice would be to trailer my horse to a remote location and move out from there. My third choice would be to move out on horseback and try to make it with the horse to a good get-away spot.
When You Need to Leave Fast
You also need to leave fast if there’s a contaminant set loose in your area – such as a train derailment and the train was carrying some nasty hazardous materials that escaped into the air. City-wide blackouts are a criminal’s favorite time to come out and wreak havoc. Your possessions aren’t worth losing your life over – so leave.
If there’s been a city-wide breakdown of communication resources, like if the 911 system crashes, get out. These systems are all computer run – and when the computer crashes, you’re on your own. When a city goes down, law and order goes out the window and chaos ensues.
If some nasty weather is headed your direction and it’s not looking good, get out before the government officials tell you to get out. Why? Because there will always be thousands who wait until the last possible minute to leave – and you may end up trapped in your vehicle sitting still on an interstate while a harrowing storm bears down on you.
Plan Your Evacuation Route
Plan ahead of time to take an alternate evacuation route, since the main roads will be overrun by people trying to leave. Print out your escape routes and have them where you can get to them easily.
Know where you’re going. Don’t just hop into your vehicle and take off. Plan ahead for every possible emergency. Have your kit or bag ready to take with you when you go. Inside the bag, you should have water, food, first aid, a way to take care of shelter – like a sleeping bag or poncho, flashlights, and personal safety tools like Mace or weapons.
Radio, Fire Starter, and Clothes – Get Your Basics.
Make sure you pack a battery-operated or hand cranked radio so that you can listen for emergency broadcasts. Have a way to start a fire and make sure you have a change of clothes.
I’m the daughter of 2 original survivalists who moved from the north to sunny Florida. My mother, along with her parents, bought 30 mostly uncleared acres in 1938. The first home was made of pecky-cypress and built by a house-raising. My mother raised 10,000 chickens.
My divorced mother met and married my father in 1948. From pine trees on our property, he hand-built a log cabin. He also built a tarpaper-lined 65’x45′ pool with duck pond overflow. We had an artesian well for our water and powering our hand-built waterwheel for the pool. He built a substantial cantilevered roof workshop with a car pit in the massive cement floor.
Since my early teens, I have read a ton of books about survival, prepping, the bomb, an apocalypse, homestead living, and SHTF situations. As an adult, I continue to read sci-fi, survival prepping, and science. I practice a prepper lifestyle albeit a bit modified, read a lot, buy a lot, pack/store a lot of anything survival related.
Read my About Me post for more details on our self-sufficient living. I lived there until I went to college in 1968.
My SurvivalPrepperSupply.com blog strives to educate individuals on coping with natural and human-caused disasters using article posts about preparing for emergencies.
There is some really solid advice here. I mean it’s pretty obvious when it’s time to go, but not so obvious what to take, or what to do to get ahead of a bugout situation. Thanks for this. You make me think about possible situations that could arise at any time.
Thanks, Dave. I hope I can help to supply some of that knowledge. I keep finding new stuff to post!
Teri