@@stevenschnepp576 ahhh a big city badass? lol. A country boy with a hunting rifle, on his home turf, protecting what is his will be formidable and he won't be alone. We will know when the urban mobs are coming, of course getting through the 'burbs will thin them out. Our passes will be secure.
From France : Very nice and efficient vidéos, i prépare since 3 years, and now Comes the Time. What i Can Say IS that you're Never ready completly, the différence will be you, and your knolege and your proactive. But even with that you ain't ready. But when Time Comes, you have no other choice and Rock'n'roll ! Keep positive!
What's really important is everything that he's explaining, I learned a long time ago when I was in the service to expect the unexpected every day every minute every second Drive defensively there's people out there waiting to run into you, make sure you stock plenty of food on hand you never know when it's going to happen I remember watching the first Desert Storm never thought that would happen I bet those people didn't either, it's important to watch your surroundings and the people that are in that surrounding area again I can't stress more about expecting the unexpected you need to know what you don't know fate favors the prepared mind the more prepared for any catastrophic event of any kind of any size the better the chances are you're going to survive it and so is your family
Living in London, UK 🇬🇧 I never imagined that wild fire would ever be a thing until 2 weeks ago. I would still prefer to bug in in the city I know so well. Even so I should get some kind of a bug out bag sorted. Maybe store some stuff in a storage warehouse on the outskirts. Still don't want to bug out. I'd be just a refugee. Many good points and ideas in this video. 👌
UK here too, Birmingham city centre. I've nowhere to go to so like you I'd just be a refugee wandering blind anywhere else. I've a solid store of various preps here & no way to transport them so I'll stay where they are. We have a massive underground network of tunnels/nuclear shelter/railway lines here & I've access to a blocked up entry point so all things considered I'm feeling confident if it comes to it. I've also got several crossbows & air rifles. I really wish we had the American right to bear arms.
@@Isabella-lq1qs Definitely worth getting some. I recently started up a women only rifle & crossbow club/range on a small scale & it's a big hit. You never know what the shtf event might be so always better to live in hope.
You bring up an important point. If you're bugging out, are you a refugee?. Not a very favorable thing to be, if you're at the mercy of a populace who is also guarding their resources.
We will stay in our home unless staying becomes a lot more dangerous than evacuating. For example, if our home is badly damaged during an earthquake and becomes structurally unsound and likely to collapse during an aftershock, then we will leave our home. We may just camp in our RV in our side yard, or we may leave our neighborhood and camp on nearby public lands, or we may go on a cross country road trip and stay on a relative's property. Whether we stay or whether we go -- and how far we may travel -- depends upon the circumstances. We test our summer and winter evacuation routes at least once a year. We have real paper maps and road atlases and some non-electronic compasses. We keep several bug out bags and some medical kits ready to go. We have cases of bottled water and boxes/buckets/bags of instant, emergency food, and portable grid down cooking options ready to load into our vehicles. We also have pet carriers and pet supplies ready to go because our house pets will get evacuated with us -- we will leave no one behind. And we never let the fuel tanks of our vehicles get below half-full just in case we do need to evacuate. If we do evacuate it will probably be in a convoy of three vehicles, which will give us more options should one of the vehicles break down on the road. So far this year we have travelled across country twice (southern Nevada to Florida or Mississippi and back) and probably will be doing a third trip before winter. One book we found very useful when traveling on interstate highways is Next Exit which shows what facilities are available at each exit including rest stops, fuel stations, RV repair shops, fast food restaurants and hospitals.
I agree with the spare tire comment. I purchased a used van, and one of the first things I did was purchase a full size wheel (it doesn’t match the set, but who cares) and mounted a tire on it. So now I’ve got a full size ready to go.
I enjoy watching this guy more than most. He comes up with stuff I never thought of. He is very knowledgeable in prepping. Keep up the good videos brother.
We live in eastern North Carolina. We have decades of experience with hurricanes of various destruction. When a hurricane is heading towards the coast of NC and its expected to produce severe damage, the state will put in place mandatory evacuations. Usually when this occurs the major highways and interstates out of town are turned into one way only, which means all lanes, in both directions are for leading out of town only. There is no option to drive back in towards the coast because you forgot something, weren't at your home at the time evacuation was ordered or want to check on something. That time has passed. People need to be prepared should a government at any level turn roadways into one way only out of town. Like you alluded to, if you are on vacation somewhere else and an evacuation order occurs at your home area and roadways are for getting out of town only, you will not have the option to return to your home to get anything.
I only evacuate once right before hurricane Matthew. Wasn't able to get back home for about 2 weeks. Bad mistake to evac when we got hoe the house was full of back and white mold from the torrential rains coming in thru the eaves and the electric being out over a week and no windows or anything open it was a mess
I have the ultimate bug out bag... I've sold our house and we have built a housetruck, we've sold our road car and bought a 4×4 that is modified to go most places,and also have a caravan that's ready to go.... I have found a place where it's isolated and I can block the track in minute's... I have set up so that when we have to go it's a easy task.... we're off grid already and have all the tools that's going to be needed for survival, massive food stocks and seed's etc etc, I'm not bragging about my preparation but if you can do this or something similar then it's a great option..... good luck to you all....
GREAT VIDEO! I got so many ideas to get ready (I live in South Florida and huricaine season is around the corner now). Thanks for all you do for our community! ALL THE BEST!!!
A very wise video about a highly romanticised issue. I used to be enthusiastic about bugging out until I realised that bugging out is the most extreme, and last option, and you should only consider it if something like an asteroid is about to hit you. Bugging out means... Abandoning your preps, supplies, shelter, security, and local knowledge. You basically become a refugee. If you dont have a car, or it breaks down, or runs out of fuel, well now you can only carry a very small amount. Bugging out in the sense of "leaving where you are to head to your base" is one thing, but grabbing a bag and heading to the hills is a ghastly last-chance-saloon option. The reality of bugging out for most people means "going on the longest, hardest, camping trip of your life, after having abandoned all your nice things". Its a romantic idea but most people dont appreciate how miserable it will get. Unless you constantly train long distance hiking with heavy backpacks, you will most likely be wrecked at some point in day one... very few people will be able to walk significant distances on day two. The Catch 22 of bug out bags is if you take everything you REALLY need (camping gear, cooking gear, sleeping solution, food, water, medicines, spectacles, documents, electronics and every other must-have item if you are never going home) then your backpack will weigh a tonne. If you keep it light, you wont have what you need. Everyone should HAVE a bugout bag because circumstances might drive you forcibly out of your home. But you also need to hike with it regularly to make sure you can carry it on your back for 10-20 miles easily, and not need to spend the next day recovering. Sorry to seem negative but Im the guy who packed the ideal bug out bag, and then when I tested it I realised it would cripple me walking 5 miles with it... forget running. Unless you regularly train for bugging out, its a pipe dream for most people if you are going to be realistic.
@@jean548 is there a way to improve your health? Lots of videos about it being done. Jean, I just prayed for you. Each day as I pray, this prayer along with the others I have prayed & do pray are lifted by my faith in God, Jesus, God's words in the Bible. Don't quit, please.
Hi, J.R.! Good to see you again. Great advice to have on hand, and I hope we here never have to use it. Hope you and your family are doing well, and continue to do so!!
Bugging in is a far better option. Defense around your home should be a major focus. Wolf Preppers are real. Create a MAG. Build a community, make yourself irreplaceable with skills, knowledge, food, etc.
Our bug out plan has already been deemed a no go because of where we live. We live in a neighborhood where there is one way in and out. The congestion of traffic from housing at both ends of a frontage road trying to get out onto the business loop of an interstate would be horrific. I don't know if the contingency plans to bug in would be good enough to protect hubby and I. Though if there is a fire, which is possible, we WOULD TRY to leave. Chemical spills would be questionable for getting out.
That's tough, but if worse came to worse pulling wagons might be quiet & do-able. I know not as safe as in a vehicle, but better than the alternative(s) might be.
@@peggyhall5363 I've had to think my plan through very carefully as well. I live just north of downtown atlanta so as you can imagine traffic is already terrible. I have pretty extensive experience with hiking and camping so I've determined, depending on the scenario, I'd basically need to be on the road within an hour of news dropping or I'd be stuck here. Alternatively, if I don't make it out in time, there are non-highway roads that I'd still be able to take out of the city far enough to get to the start of the appalachian trail where I could park and head NE on foot. In reality, I realize there's no telling how things could actually go down or if there will any warning. That would also be for a war situation or nuke. Otherwise I would just play it safe at home.
Yes. Bugging out absolutely requires an actual destination. I often say to people, "if you don't have a place to go, how are you going to get there?" Short answer is, "you aren't."
@@jonog5632 what you are describing is called "fleeing" and the word to describe a person doing so is "refugee". A bug out is a different animal entirely.
Thank you. It is a hard decision to make to leave or to stay. I usually try to look at how eminent is the danger & what it is. This last spring we just watched a tornado form dip down & go back up. We watched as that cloud came closer & closer, the wind was blowing really hard( the sirens did not go off or & warning given) As we watch my thoughts & another were to go, but we didn't. Why was this time different, the people we were with, as it approached the wind was cold, raining hard( yet we were not wet), as it passed I watched it go miles away & thank God for His protection. I've seen this type of cloud moving fast & hot the cold air as it passed then hot as it passed. I have seen movies dealing with past events & those who saw ahead & left were out of that, but faced other things. Those that waited sometimes were killed or imprisoned & killed.; or imprisoned & lived. I really think in the moment of the decision to leave or stay is in that pivotal moment of you just know bc what's happening or going to happen is worse than leaving & leaving bc there is absolutly no staying. If there's a storm, invasion or the odds being forced to do the thing(s), then why wait. The thing is the unknow that is coming, the rapid it is here moment...go, go immediately...do not do the check list just go & your group do the same. In the Bible people are told not to get anything, but to go. Many women carry big bags/purses & now the EDC has finally been dubbed vital, but women have done it bc a woman sometimes just has herself or herself & her children; it is up to her to see to as many needs & comforts as she can. I've been in so many situations that were better bc I prepped my bag/ purse.
As always good food for thought! Keep them coming J R ! And my bug out plan helps me get away from some of these ppl that left some crazy comments!!! Thanks 😜
Finally got a property that I can bug out to. Getting to it will be easy enough once I’m done outfitting my 4X4. Parts are getting tough to source out.
Hope I can bug in. If it a mandatory evacuation you may not have options. I forget which hurricane evacuation it was but traffic was horrible. It was taking 3 hours for people to get 45 miles to the next town. There aren’t always other options to get across a river in a lot of areas without driving an exceptionally long way around. I can only imagine what that would be like in a shtf event
I'm retired, wife still working for a few more. We have a definite route she is to walk home from work in the event that vehicles, for many reasons, just won't work. Thank God we don't have school-age kids to worry about, but you get the gist. It's a plan, like a fire plan, that puts folks in a definite spot or route. We both know not to sit around in 'the Fog' which is that time when stuff happens and folks are wandering (& wondering) about checking their phones and asking what is going on. Lights go out, phones don't work and many vehicles suddenly stop?--time to act, and now. Also, when we travel, regardless of how well we THINK we know the route, we have a paper atlas of all roads. Phones and that map app just may not work. Get-Home-Bag and sturdy hiking boots are constantly in the back of the Bronco. Awfully hard to walk, say, 10, 45 or 200 miles home wearing four inch heels, paper thin flats or flip-flops, no matter how tacti-cool the bug-out bag is. Also, heavy coat stays in the Bronco year round. May get to 116° during the day in the summer, but 50° nights will sap the life out of you. Good vid.
Write out your plan with copies for those involved. So literally everyone can be on the same page, nothing gets overlooked, communication is better, and the time sensitive tasks get done quicker & more efficiently. Divide and conquer
I am totally blind and I live by myself with my two dogs. I would possibly think staying in would be better for me, but if I had to bug out what would you recommend. I need to tell you that my kids live in different towns.
Add security with battery back up. Secure all windows and doors now. You can use 1 door and leave the rest secured. You live in the dark in your own home now. That is an advantage when the power goes out. You know where everything is and what everything sounds like. You would detect intruders before most. I bet you could still defend yourself well enough if you set it up early. Load up on provisions and get a firearm and ammo. You live alone and blind? People will see that as a weakness which would be their 1st mistake. Good luck to you!
Troll Fan here ;-) The Nuclear Option is not an option - We need to consider the long-term effects of Nuclear Fallout from the BOMBs & Nuclear Power Plants and how they will pollute our drinking water, farmland, live stocks - domestic and wild! Not to mention the horde of zombies fighting against one another for SURVIVAL -Troll Fan out ;-)
Where I live, no one can bugout unless you own a plane. A really big jet plane. I guess if a hurricane was on the way you could book a flight. But anything that happens quickly no way. Bug in is only option, and we have done that for EVERY hurricane that has come through. That's life, you can't always run from it. A lot of times you just got to take it on the chin!
Understand that some of our 'Homesteaders' aren't prepared for people 'pushing' onto their lands taking things either. Some will say 'Yeah, I gotta gun!' but they have no 'fencing' or other 'barriers' that make their Homestead look like more trouble than it's worth to GANGS of thieves. Not all are 'deep in the woods', some are situated right on a Main Highway. They don't have TREES planted to OBSURE their place from these highways. And some don't take 'CLIMATE' into consideration. What if you CAN'T GROW? Have you STORED enough and what if those 'stores' run low and *YOU* ACTUALLY HAVE TO BUG OUT?! We can ALL ONLY DO WHAT WE CAN DO! But always DO SOMETHING! Be blessed.
Not to mention homesteads have a major flaw right off the bat. My parents bought one and while it is about an horu outside the city, it is still in the fallout radius if the city got nuked. I'm sure most homesteads would have this issue.
I have over 30 stashes on the way to my bug out 70+ miles away. Every situation is different . Bugging out is better for me because I live in a rv to be close to work . I think people bugging in town will end up in trouble . Especially the ones that didnt plan ahead to have stashes elsewhere just incase . I have been prepping since the 80s and have a pretty good plan . There is a group of us bugging out together , And only a little of 70 miles . Roads ? We dont need roads . There are other ways to get there . We got a decent plan . If you have all your stashes at home and have to bug out or evacuate , I hooe the looters arent as organized as the one I was just watching utube about or you wo t have anything left in your house .
I agree. There are two main tiers to get over. First you have to be fit enough to be able to carry a large hiking bag and any defensive weapons if you are on foot at any time for long distances. Second you have to have a lot of trial and error experience navigating and surviving in the outdoors. It's not easy whatsoever and eating candy bars only gets you so far before you need to figure out how to collect food.
For a TEOTWAWKI situation, yes you're absolutely right. I think unless you live in a target area, most people would be far better off bugging in for most situations that would require hiking and outdoor survival. Which is why a lot of older or sick people say they're simply not even going to try to bug out. I've been of the same mind for a long time, even though I'm in neither one of those categories - just thought it made more sense to stay home. But I've started to rethink it lately, while seeing things like the train wrecks and wild fires. And of course sometimes for weather disasters there are mandatory evacuations from certain areas. For smaller, more localized disasters like this, where you will need to travel by car a reasonable distance and stay with friends, family or in a hotel, it's worth it to be prepared to leave quickly in that case too. I suppose that also qualifies as bugging out.
right now i could bug no where. I cracked a spine. they put super glue in it, but the nerve went down the left leg and I can barely walk so bugging is in is the only option
You have to hold your bugout location at all costs. Bugging out into the unknown is a near death plan. You will have to conquer a fellow Prepper to survive.
Duncan long......a survival writer for 50 years......says......if u are not out of the city...do so now.......if u are not in the country now.......get a property.....put a shelter om the property.....a place too go......ma friends some u have some one too help u......locals can watch your property if u can't live there full time now...m.the cities will fall in three days after shtf
That’s my reality with my bug out property, I ensured that I have at least 50 cords of dry wood. Two hour drive from any metropolitan area is what I was looking for and finally found it three years ago.
I practiced camping in the mountains in frigid temperatures and it makes everything much harder and you have to bare all of the additional wait of the gear. It'll definitely be something that catches a lot of people offguard.
Maybe I'm unique, but my 2 youngest kids,( they're grown) have no, and I mean NO concept of how to read a map. Google really is they're friend. They've never lived in a world without it. I've made the simplest of simple paper maps for them. God help us, I hope it works. It's actually a very weird brain quirk, my mother was the same way. Not only can they not figure out cardinal ordinates, the concept of left and right isn't isn't hardwired.
If you would need to rely on someone else definitely. If your self sufficient you could make it for a little while but effentially you'd have to get permanent shelter.
I don't think anyone can prepare for the end as it is described in the bible as I understand it. But I am prepared to meet God. kinda look forward to it. I'm getting weary of this world. Its heavily heart breaking to see it going the path it is.
Well for example national parks or public land. I live close to the appalachian mountains so I would start on the appalachian trail and find a good spot that I had good access to water.
What Heaven will be like… Imagine never again having negative thoughts about yourself or others. Imagine a peace that surpasses all understanding. Imagine never again being sick. And it’s for eternity. That’s just scratching the surface though. God says in 1 Corinthians 2:9… “But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.” Do you want to see Heaven? If not, are you at least a little concerned about where you’ll spend eternity? The Bible is clear that not everyone will enter Heaven. Only those people who have believed in the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus to pay for our sins will enter. John 3:36 “He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.” If you die in your sins without having been a believer, you’ll be separated from God for eternity. So there is urgency because when will you die? Today? Tomorrow? Nobody knows. Getting saved is super easy. Just believe in Jesus. That’s it. You don’t have to get religious, you don’t have to become sinless, and you don’t have to pretend to be holy. John 3:16 KJV: For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. Acts 16:31 And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house. John 6:47, KJV: Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believes on me hath everlasting life. John 6:29 “Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the will of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.” The Bible says that any man who adds to or subtracts from God’s Gospel is accursed. You need only to believe in Jesus to be saved as I’ve shown in the above scriptures. Galatians 1:8 “But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.”
@@garrettstrong9606 Ah, yes. Just like it says in the good book, "Go forth and spam My word amongst all channels, yea verily unto the ends of the internet."
@@stevenschnepp576 Actually, here’s the scripture where Jesus told his disciples to go out into the world and share the Gospel. You know, so you’re aware of which scripture you’re blaspheming the word of God with. Mark 16:15 KJV: And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
@@stevenschnepp576 God: What did you do with the life I gave you? Did you do my will? You: No. I got angry when I saw people spreading the Gospel and I called them out.
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As someone who lives in a very rural place, we are preparing to stop an invasion of city folks for a variety of reasons.
Train well. When I was in the Army, I met quite a few country boys who thought that growing up hunting deer would make them good fighters.
The worst part is many will be LEOs or military.
@@stevenschnepp576 ahhh a big city badass? lol. A country boy with a hunting rifle, on his home turf, protecting what is his will be formidable and he won't be alone. We will know when the urban mobs are coming, of course getting through the 'burbs will thin them out. Our passes will be secure.
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I'm from rural North Carolina but I currently live in the city for work. If you see me passing by don't shoot haha. I have everything I need.
From France :
Very nice and efficient vidéos, i prépare since 3 years, and now Comes the Time.
What i Can Say IS that you're Never ready completly, the différence will be you, and your knolege and your proactive. But even with that you ain't ready. But when Time Comes, you have no other choice and Rock'n'roll ! Keep positive!
Once you done the practice run, I would recommend taking a photo of things when they’re packed as a reminder of the order and organization.
What's really important is everything that he's explaining, I learned a long time ago when I was in the service to expect the unexpected every day every minute every second Drive defensively there's people out there waiting to run into you, make sure you stock plenty of food on hand you never know when it's going to happen I remember watching the first Desert Storm never thought that would happen I bet those people didn't either, it's important to watch your surroundings and the people that are in that surrounding area again I can't stress more about expecting the unexpected you need to know what you don't know fate favors the prepared mind the more prepared for any catastrophic event of any kind of any size the better the chances are you're going to survive it and so is your family
Thanks for commenting Bill!
Thanks for your advice.... it's much appreciated... good luck and God bless....
Living in London, UK 🇬🇧 I never imagined that wild fire would ever be a thing until 2 weeks ago. I would still prefer to bug in in the city I know so well. Even so I should get some kind of a bug out bag sorted. Maybe store some stuff in a storage warehouse on the outskirts. Still don't want to bug out. I'd be just a refugee.
Many good points and ideas in this video. 👌
Thank you Elizabeth!
UK here too, Birmingham city centre. I've nowhere to go to so like you I'd just be a refugee wandering blind anywhere else. I've a solid store of various preps here & no way to transport them so I'll stay where they are. We have a massive underground network of tunnels/nuclear shelter/railway lines here & I've access to a blocked up entry point so all things considered I'm feeling confident if it comes to it. I've also got several crossbows & air rifles. I really wish we had the American right to bear arms.
Hi there. I'm considering crossbows and such. I live in the bullseye 🎯 of any missile so game over on that score. However, hope springs eternal. 😊
@@Isabella-lq1qs Definitely worth getting some. I recently started up a women only rifle & crossbow club/range on a small scale & it's a big hit. You never know what the shtf event might be so always better to live in hope.
You bring up an important point. If you're bugging out, are you a refugee?. Not a very favorable thing to be, if you're at the mercy of a populace who is also guarding their resources.
We will stay in our home unless staying becomes a lot more dangerous than evacuating. For example, if our home is badly damaged during an earthquake and becomes structurally unsound and likely to collapse during an aftershock, then we will leave our home. We may just camp in our RV in our side yard, or we may leave our neighborhood and camp on nearby public lands, or we may go on a cross country road trip and stay on a relative's property. Whether we stay or whether we go -- and how far we may travel -- depends upon the circumstances.
We test our summer and winter evacuation routes at least once a year. We have real paper maps and road atlases and some non-electronic compasses. We keep several bug out bags and some medical kits ready to go. We have cases of bottled water and boxes/buckets/bags of instant, emergency food, and portable grid down cooking options ready to load into our vehicles. We also have pet carriers and pet supplies ready to go because our house pets will get evacuated with us -- we will leave no one behind. And we never let the fuel tanks of our vehicles get below half-full just in case we do need to evacuate.
If we do evacuate it will probably be in a convoy of three vehicles, which will give us more options should one of the vehicles break down on the road. So far this year we have travelled across country twice (southern Nevada to Florida or Mississippi and back) and probably will be doing a third trip before winter. One book we found very useful when traveling on interstate highways is Next Exit which shows what facilities are available at each exit including rest stops, fuel stations, RV repair shops, fast food restaurants and hospitals.
I agree with the spare tire comment. I purchased a used van, and one of the first things I did was purchase a full size wheel (it doesn’t match the set, but who cares) and mounted a tire on it. So now I’ve got a full size ready to go.
I enjoy watching this guy more than most. He comes up with stuff I never thought of. He is very knowledgeable in prepping. Keep up the good videos brother.
My dear old Dad (RIP) was the absolute *BEST* at the car-loading Tetris game whenever we went on a trip!
We live in eastern North Carolina. We have decades of experience with hurricanes of various destruction. When a hurricane is heading towards the coast of NC and its expected to produce severe damage, the state will put in place mandatory evacuations. Usually when this occurs the major highways and interstates out of town are turned into one way only, which means all lanes, in both directions are for leading out of town only. There is no option to drive back in towards the coast because you forgot something, weren't at your home at the time evacuation was ordered or want to check on something. That time has passed. People need to be prepared should a government at any level turn roadways into one way only out of town. Like you alluded to, if you are on vacation somewhere else and an evacuation order occurs at your home area and roadways are for getting out of town only, you will not have the option to return to your home to get anything.
I only evacuate once right before hurricane Matthew. Wasn't able to get back home for about 2 weeks. Bad mistake to evac when we got hoe the house was full of back and white mold from the torrential rains coming in thru the eaves and the electric being out over a week and no windows or anything open it was a mess
I have the ultimate bug out bag... I've sold our house and we have built a housetruck, we've sold our road car and bought a 4×4 that is modified to go most places,and also have a caravan that's ready to go.... I have found a place where it's isolated and I can block the track in minute's... I have set up so that when we have to go it's a easy task.... we're off grid already and have all the tools that's going to be needed for survival, massive food stocks and seed's etc etc, I'm not bragging about my preparation but if you can do this or something similar then it's a great option..... good luck to you all....
GREAT VIDEO! I got so many ideas to get ready (I live in South Florida and huricaine season is around the corner now). Thanks for all you do for our community! ALL THE BEST!!!
A very wise video about a highly romanticised issue.
I used to be enthusiastic about bugging out until I realised that bugging out is the most extreme, and last option, and you should only consider it if something like an asteroid is about to hit you.
Bugging out means...
Abandoning your preps, supplies, shelter, security, and local knowledge.
You basically become a refugee.
If you dont have a car, or it breaks down, or runs out of fuel, well now you can only carry a very small amount.
Bugging out in the sense of "leaving where you are to head to your base" is one thing, but grabbing a bag and heading to the hills is a ghastly last-chance-saloon option.
The reality of bugging out for most people means "going on the longest, hardest, camping trip of your life, after having abandoned all your nice things". Its a romantic idea but most people dont appreciate how miserable it will get. Unless you constantly train long distance hiking with heavy backpacks, you will most likely be wrecked at some point in day one... very few people will be able to walk significant distances on day two. The Catch 22 of bug out bags is if you take everything you REALLY need (camping gear, cooking gear, sleeping solution, food, water, medicines, spectacles, documents, electronics and every other must-have item if you are never going home) then your backpack will weigh a tonne. If you keep it light, you wont have what you need.
Everyone should HAVE a bugout bag because circumstances might drive you forcibly out of your home. But you also need to hike with it regularly to make sure you can carry it on your back for 10-20 miles easily, and not need to spend the next day recovering. Sorry to seem negative but Im the guy who packed the ideal bug out bag, and then when I tested it I realised it would cripple me walking 5 miles with it... forget running. Unless you regularly train for bugging out, its a pipe dream for most people if you are going to be realistic.
That's a big part of why the smarterer types emphasize skills over gear.
Well, that, and not confusing the BOB with the INCH bag.
I wouldn't even be abe to carry my meds and nebulizer. So we will hunker down!!
@@stevenschnepp576 these days they could be considered the same bag. Looking over the last years teotwawki has occurs.
My bugout bags has wheels on it😁
@@jean548 is there a way to improve your health? Lots of videos about it being done. Jean, I just prayed for you. Each day as I pray, this prayer along with the others I have prayed & do pray are lifted by my faith in God, Jesus, God's words in the Bible. Don't quit, please.
Hi, J.R.! Good to see you again. Great advice to have on hand, and I hope we here never have to use it.
Hope you and your family are doing well, and continue to do so!!
Thank you Karl!
Bugging in is a far better option. Defense around your home should be a major focus. Wolf Preppers are real. Create a MAG. Build a community, make yourself irreplaceable with skills, knowledge, food, etc.
What’s a mag?
@@cokinator100ify MAG: Mutual Assistance Group
@@DM-mv3jo I was going to say buying mags are way easier than trying to build them but that makes more sense haha.
@@chaneystcgstore4692 hahaha absolutely
Our bug out plan has already been deemed a no go because of where we live. We live in a neighborhood where there is one way in and out. The congestion of traffic from housing at both ends of a frontage road trying to get out onto the business loop of an interstate would be horrific. I don't know if the contingency plans to bug in would be good enough to protect hubby and I. Though if there is a fire, which is possible, we WOULD TRY to leave. Chemical spills would be questionable for getting out.
That's tough, but if worse came to worse pulling wagons might be quiet & do-able. I know not as safe as in a vehicle, but better than the alternative(s) might be.
@@peggyhall5363 I've had to think my plan through very carefully as well. I live just north of downtown atlanta so as you can imagine traffic is already terrible. I have pretty extensive experience with hiking and camping so I've determined, depending on the scenario, I'd basically need to be on the road within an hour of news dropping or I'd be stuck here. Alternatively, if I don't make it out in time, there are non-highway roads that I'd still be able to take out of the city far enough to get to the start of the appalachian trail where I could park and head NE on foot. In reality, I realize there's no telling how things could actually go down or if there will any warning. That would also be for a war situation or nuke. Otherwise I would just play it safe at home.
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Thank you HozelRocket!
Yes. Bugging out absolutely requires an actual destination. I often say to people, "if you don't have a place to go, how are you going to get there?" Short answer is, "you aren't."
@@jonog5632 what you are describing is called "fleeing" and the word to describe a person doing so is "refugee". A bug out is a different animal entirely.
Thank you. It is a hard decision to make to leave or to stay. I usually try to look at how eminent is the danger & what it is. This last spring we just watched a tornado form dip down & go back up. We watched as that cloud came closer & closer, the wind was blowing really hard( the sirens did not go off or & warning given) As we watch my thoughts & another were to go, but we didn't. Why was this time different, the people we were with, as it approached the wind was cold, raining hard( yet we were not wet), as it passed I watched it go miles away & thank God for His protection. I've seen this type of cloud moving fast & hot the cold air as it passed then hot as it passed. I have seen movies dealing with past events & those who saw ahead & left were out of that, but faced other things. Those that waited sometimes were killed or imprisoned & killed.; or imprisoned & lived. I really think in the moment of the decision to leave or stay is in that pivotal moment of you just know bc what's happening or going to happen is worse than leaving & leaving bc there is absolutly no staying. If there's a storm, invasion or the odds being forced to do the thing(s), then why wait. The thing is the unknow that is coming, the rapid it is here moment...go, go immediately...do not do the check list just go & your group do the same. In the Bible people are told not to get anything, but to go. Many women carry big bags/purses & now the EDC has finally been dubbed vital, but women have done it bc a woman sometimes just has herself or herself & her children; it is up to her to see to as many needs & comforts as she can. I've been in so many situations that were better bc I prepped my bag/ purse.
As always good food for thought! Keep them coming J R ! And my bug out plan helps me get away from some of these ppl that left some crazy comments!!! Thanks 😜
Thanks Mark!
Finally got a property that I can bug out to. Getting to it will be easy enough once I’m done outfitting my 4X4. Parts are getting tough to source out.
Hope I can bug in. If it a mandatory evacuation you may not have options. I forget which hurricane evacuation it was but traffic was horrible. It was taking 3 hours for people to get 45 miles to the next town. There aren’t always other options to get across a river in a lot of areas without driving an exceptionally long way around. I can only imagine what that would be like in a shtf event
Excellent video, Thank you and keep up the good work.
I'm retired, wife still working for a few more. We have a definite route she is to walk home from work in the event that vehicles, for many reasons, just won't work. Thank God we don't have school-age kids to worry about, but you get the gist. It's a plan, like a fire plan, that puts folks in a definite spot or route. We both know not to sit around in 'the Fog' which is that time when stuff happens and folks are wandering (& wondering) about checking their phones and asking what is going on. Lights go out, phones don't work and many vehicles suddenly stop?--time to act, and now. Also, when we travel, regardless of how well we THINK we know the route, we have a paper atlas of all roads. Phones and that map app just may not work. Get-Home-Bag and sturdy hiking boots are constantly in the back of the Bronco. Awfully hard to walk, say, 10, 45 or 200 miles home wearing four inch heels, paper thin flats or flip-flops, no matter how tacti-cool the bug-out bag is. Also, heavy coat stays in the Bronco year round. May get to 116° during the day in the summer, but 50° nights will sap the life out of you. Good vid.
Write out your plan with copies for those involved. So literally everyone can be on the same page, nothing gets overlooked, communication is better, and the time sensitive tasks get done quicker & more efficiently. Divide and conquer
I am totally blind and I live by myself with my two dogs. I would possibly think staying in would be better for me, but if I had to bug out what would you recommend. I need to tell you that my kids live in different towns.
You need to arrange with your kids to come get you in the event of an emergency, and do a test run together.
How are your neighbors?
Add security with battery back up. Secure all windows and doors now. You can use 1 door and leave the rest secured. You live in the dark in your own home now. That is an advantage when the power goes out. You know where everything is and what everything sounds like. You would detect intruders before most. I bet you could still defend yourself well enough if you set it up early. Load up on provisions and get a firearm and ammo. You live alone and blind? People will see that as a weakness which would be their 1st mistake. Good luck to you!
Thanks for all the great videos.
Thank you for watching them!
Cool video thanks.
Good points.
I moved to my bug out location in South Dakota.
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Lol you post the same thing on all of the channels, got to live copy and paste
I mean, he's not wrong.
Where I live, no one can bugout unless you own a plane. A really big jet plane. I guess if a hurricane was on the way you could book a flight. But anything that happens quickly no way. Bug in is only option, and we have done that for EVERY hurricane that has come through. That's life, you can't always run from it. A lot of times you just got to take it on the chin!
Don't forget the jack!
Love your videos. You always put out great info.
Thank you David!
As always, great advice. Thank you.
Thank you Louise!
Understand that some of our 'Homesteaders' aren't prepared for people 'pushing' onto their lands taking things either. Some will say 'Yeah, I gotta gun!' but they have no 'fencing' or other 'barriers' that make their Homestead look like more trouble than it's worth to GANGS of thieves. Not all are 'deep in the woods', some are situated right on a Main Highway. They don't have TREES planted to OBSURE their place from these highways. And some don't take 'CLIMATE' into consideration. What if you CAN'T GROW? Have you STORED enough and what if those 'stores' run low and *YOU* ACTUALLY HAVE TO BUG OUT?! We can ALL ONLY DO WHAT WE CAN DO! But always DO SOMETHING! Be blessed.
Not to mention homesteads have a major flaw right off the bat. My parents bought one and while it is about an horu outside the city, it is still in the fallout radius if the city got nuked. I'm sure most homesteads would have this issue.
Excellent information, great ideas!
Thank you Millie!
I have over 30 stashes on the way to my bug out 70+ miles away.
Every situation is different . Bugging out is better for me because I live in a rv to be close to work .
I think people bugging in town will end up in trouble . Especially the ones that didnt plan ahead to have stashes elsewhere just incase .
I have been prepping since the 80s and have a pretty good plan . There is a group of us bugging out together , And only a little of 70 miles . Roads ? We dont need roads . There are other ways to get there . We got a decent plan .
If you have all your stashes at home and have to bug out or evacuate , I hooe the looters arent as organized as the one I was just watching utube about or you wo t have anything left in your house .
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Thank you Pete!
I really like your videos.
Bugging in is more realistic IF your neighbors are in tune with you. A neighborhood group has a much better chance.
Bugging out sounds cool, most will die trying. Very few are physically capable, nor have the training to survive in this manner.
I agree. There are two main tiers to get over. First you have to be fit enough to be able to carry a large hiking bag and any defensive weapons if you are on foot at any time for long distances. Second you have to have a lot of trial and error experience navigating and surviving in the outdoors. It's not easy whatsoever and eating candy bars only gets you so far before you need to figure out how to collect food.
For a TEOTWAWKI situation, yes you're absolutely right. I think unless you live in a target area, most people would be far better off bugging in for most situations that would require hiking and outdoor survival. Which is why a lot of older or sick people say they're simply not even going to try to bug out. I've been of the same mind for a long time, even though I'm in neither one of those categories - just thought it made more sense to stay home.
But I've started to rethink it lately, while seeing things like the train wrecks and wild fires. And of course sometimes for weather disasters there are mandatory evacuations from certain areas. For smaller, more localized disasters like this, where you will need to travel by car a reasonable distance and stay with friends, family or in a hotel, it's worth it to be prepared to leave quickly in that case too. I suppose that also qualifies as bugging out.
Excellent video
Thank you!
right now i could bug no where. I cracked a spine. they put super glue in it, but the nerve went down the left leg and I can barely walk so bugging is in is the only option
You have to hold your bugout location at all costs. Bugging out into the unknown is a near death plan. You will have to conquer a fellow Prepper to survive.
Duncan long......a survival writer for 50 years......says......if u are not out of the city...do so now.......if u are not in the country now.......get a property.....put a shelter om the property.....a place too go......ma friends some u have some one too help u......locals can watch your property if u can't live there full time now...m.the cities will fall in three days after shtf
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I live in east TN that's the only reason I need to know ima be carbon if shtf
Great video
Thank you Gulfcoast prepper!
don't forget guys if it happens in freezing winter like in Canada, it's cold half of the year even more, winter bug out also
That’s my reality with my bug out property, I ensured that I have at least 50 cords of dry wood. Two hour drive from any metropolitan area is what I was looking for and finally found it three years ago.
Food preservation is easier. 1 thing out of the way.
I practiced camping in the mountains in frigid temperatures and it makes everything much harder and you have to bare all of the additional wait of the gear. It'll definitely be something that catches a lot of people offguard.
sorry weight lol not wait
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Maybe I'm unique, but my 2 youngest kids,( they're grown) have no, and I mean NO concept of how to read a map. Google really is they're friend. They've never lived in a world without it. I've made the simplest of simple paper maps for them. God help us, I hope it works. It's actually a very weird brain quirk, my mother was the same way. Not only can they not figure out cardinal ordinates, the concept of left and right isn't isn't hardwired.
bugging out makes you a refugee
If you would need to rely on someone else definitely. If your self sufficient you could make it for a little while but effentially you'd have to get permanent shelter.
All you have to do to imagine regular people's behavior in a free-for-all is watch school drop-off/pick-up.
My car came with a can of fix a flat, from the factory...
Ouch
I bought an extra full sized rim and tire for my new fix-a-flat vehicle that came sans donut. What were they thinking?
Not out here ! Lol !
Move out of the city!
I b bye boss im gone
Prepare to meet God and BUG IN. These disasters cannot be outrun.
I don't think anyone can prepare for the end as it is described in the bible as I understand it. But I am prepared to meet God. kinda look forward to it. I'm getting weary of this world.
Its heavily heart breaking to see it going the path it is.
Bug out and go where ? Other peoples land ?
Well for example national parks or public land. I live close to the appalachian mountains so I would start on the appalachian trail and find a good spot that I had good access to water.
What Heaven will be like…
Imagine never again having negative thoughts about yourself or others. Imagine a peace that surpasses all understanding. Imagine never again being sick. And it’s for eternity. That’s just scratching the surface though.
God says in 1 Corinthians 2:9…
“But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.”
Do you want to see Heaven? If not, are you at least a little concerned about where you’ll spend eternity?
The Bible is clear that not everyone will enter Heaven. Only those people who have believed in the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus to pay for our sins will enter.
John 3:36
“He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.”
If you die in your sins without having been a believer, you’ll be separated from God for eternity. So there is urgency because when will you die? Today? Tomorrow? Nobody knows.
Getting saved is super easy. Just believe in Jesus. That’s it.
You don’t have to get religious, you don’t have to become sinless, and you don’t have to pretend to be holy.
John 3:16 KJV: For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Acts 16:31
And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.
John 6:47, KJV:
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believes on me hath everlasting life.
John 6:29
“Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the will of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.”
The Bible says that any man who adds to or subtracts from God’s Gospel is accursed. You need only to believe in Jesus to be saved as I’ve shown in the above scriptures.
Galatians 1:8
“But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.”
Do you copy and paste this on all of the prepper channels lol
@@Connor_OConnor I create a new message to spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ every day, and I spread it to as many channels as I can.
@@garrettstrong9606 Ah, yes. Just like it says in the good book, "Go forth and spam My word amongst all channels, yea verily unto the ends of the internet."
@@stevenschnepp576 Actually, here’s the scripture where Jesus told his disciples to go out into the world and share the Gospel. You know, so you’re aware of which scripture you’re blaspheming the word of God with.
Mark 16:15 KJV: And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
@@stevenschnepp576 God: What did you do with the life I gave you? Did you do my will?
You: No. I got angry when I saw people spreading the Gospel and I called them out.