7 years ago i moved our family out to the country. We're 1 - 1.5 hours by vehicle away from any major metropolitan area. We're on a well. Have fairly large solar array w/ battery backup. Have full house generator. Raise livestock and have large garden on property. Have roughly 1 year of food stores for entire household. This will be our last stand God willing. Not looking to bug out. They'll have to kill me to get me to move or get our preps.
Agreed! Even people that are told to evacuate in certain weather conditions still remain in place. I can not think of very many conditions that would cause me to leave.
I have lived 4-5 months at a time in a tent, and learned some things, always pack extra tarps even good tent leak occasionally, a tarp to line the floor and put over the top will help keep you dry, they can also be strung outside for a place to stand or sleep undercover when you need extra space. they can be strung inside to make privacy curtains when packed in the tent. packing three or four 10x10 tarps is a good precaution.
if you are using a backpack a good rule of thumb is "a pound on your back is like five pounds on your feet" consider large contractors trash bags they are thick somewhat puncture resistant , and usually black , and 6 of them weigh less than half a pound 😊
I'm staying put. I live out past the sticks. The last 10yrs we have made serious preps. Most expensive has been a water windmill. (you would be surprised.) We raise a big garden every year, can, and dehydrate produce. We have Spanish meat goats. I sell a bunch of those every year. I do not have anywhere to go, don't want to go, and refuse to leave. Come and Take It.
So heartfelt your courageous story..You are truly an inspiration as to the greatness of human earth Angelic qualities...You family friends must be really proud of you... Namaste
Yall better have plenty armed guards and watches posted or invaders gonna be bugging into your castle looking to take your goodies. Strength in numbers.😊
One family of just a few will die regardless. People in desperate scenarios will come to take what you have. If they cannot take it, they will burn your place down. Can you put out fires efficiently? Do you have enough people to watch your place 360°? You have to sleep. Do you have a way to detect them in the dark? We all need a team. It is not optional.
The trick is to make your house look like a harder target than others in the neighborhood and hopefully the bad guys will move on to the next house. And worse case scenario, they try to get in. That's when the home field advantage kicks in😉
I often think about SHTF midday when everyone is scattered either at work, or school etc I’m home with our toddler, two older kids are in two different schools and my husband is at work. Would schools go into a lockdown? Could I actually go get my children out? What would the roads look like? Would we have cell phone service so we can communicate where to meet?? I remember right before we fled my home country before the war broke out, my mom and dad were at work, we were in school. We got home from school, my mom got home from work and immediately started packing us up. My dad couldn’t leave with us. He became a POW sadly. We met with our family at the local bus station and we left to a nearby city… and we basically went city to city staying with different ppl where war hadn’t broken out yet until we made it across the boarder into a neighboring country who took us in as refugees. What helps is having something of value to barter with. My mom had some money on her and would buy groceries for the ppl who let us stay for a few days. The scary part was we narrowly escaped the war. But right before the war broke out, all banks ceased citizens bank accounts and no one was allowed to withdraw anything. My mom had some money on her she kept at home. Anyway .. I could tell stories on my childhood as a refugee. When SHTF, it hits quick and you have to be quick thinking. Make a plan and make sure you have something of value to barter with. It will always come down to how people help each other. You can’t do it alone.
What is your current plan now? I think having one, and maybe a back up, metting point is critical. The more in your party walking around the more likely you are not to meet up. A location doesn't move, it will always be there as a fixed point for everyone to meet at.
@@canadafree2087 I told my husband IF for any reason something happens and I’m not home, to meet me at a local park where we typically hang out with our kids. I also told I will be wearing a bright yellow/green t shirt so he can spot me. But, before that, we will attempt to meet at our oldest son’s school first since it’s between our home and his work. Grab kid #1 together and head to get kid #2 who is slightly out of the way. If IF this doesn’t pan out, then park it is. But first, kids. I have a feeling it would be a madhouse out there hence why I would have us wearing color coded t shirts so we can easily see each other.
"Well, I've got a little cabin up in the mountains, it's fully stocked with everything I will need to get by for a few months, I started to walk up to it , and bullets started zinging by my head, and someone yelled out, THATS CLOSE ENOUGH, lo and behold, someone else was already there, and was telling ME to go back to where I came from..... " a VERY LIKELY scenario....!!!
Move in now. Don't wait. N O W ! And stock up some more. A few months won't be enough. Don't forget your reading material. Think KJB, KJSTUDYB , dictionary, Biblical history. Ect.
I'm just completing the first month of my states master gardening program. Although I'm fully aware that the world is in a dire situation, I'm choosing to concentrate on improving on a very valuable skill. Although I many years' experience with vegetable gardening the course is giving me the information that I need for a healthier and more productive vegetable garden.
Bugging out is like leaving a sinking ship. People in the city will certainly be refugees. Being out alone is very hard to do. Your home is your castle. Your last stand. Prepare, prepare, prepare.
Those who defend their castle watch their loved ones get r*ped and eaten by the crowds going door to door. Being alone isn't difficult. Being lonely is. Get used to it cause those who survive lose their family
Be aware of potentially stirring up dust particulates in some of these abondoned structures, as most likely rodents have done their business in there and inhaling could introduce you to the Hantavirus.
From what I found, no, they are different. It is called Angiostrongylus Cantonensis - try fitting that into a conversation- and appears rarely in humans. It transmits it's larvae via snail, slugs, frogs.@@HighPlainsDrifter98
Suggestions. 1. I knew Ron Hood. Went to his retreat. It would have been impossible for him to survive there. He had two good points to relate. First, he would bug out on the railroad tracks on a motorcycle. No dealing with traffic. Second, he had two supply hides prepared under ground along his 110 mile route. 2. Me? I had to deal with situations like walking out of Iran into Afghanistan with my wife and later raising an infant alone with bug out plans. The reality is that you are urban And, if you are not urban, you are not more than one tank of gasoline away thousands and thousands of people who will be in distress. Option: Rent storage space and put goodies in their on your desired flight route. Don't you think it is stupid that people flee a hurricane just to sit in a traffic jam and can't find a room? Put a cheap surplus sleeping bag, a 5 gallon jug of water and some food in with your stored junk on a route outside of town. Option. Prepare your passenger car so that you can go to ground in an underground parking structure for a week. Forget the b.s. about bugging out to the country. Ok. I have 120 acre woodlot with a stream, wild game. Will be hunted out in two weeks by the locals. I manage a family farm. If it is the right time of year, it will be striped clean of food. It is on a one lane road. Approximately 2000 down and outers live on that one lane road before you get to a two lane road. If you are going to make it, it will be in a group. Get the book on the Biliski brothers and learn how they organized 1000 people with disparate backgrounds to survive during a war.
I’m a retired fire, chief and emergency management, Director and one of the places in Florida you bug out temporarily when hurricanes are coming are interstate rest areas on the opposite side of the coast from where the hurricane is going to make landfall
For a long time, a 22lr rifle was my "go-to" for small game harvesting....but I have since gone to a 45pound, fiberglass recurve bow. In a State park or National Forest, I'm not carrying a firearm. I can still take small game, but it's silent and the arrows are reusable. If I stalk close enough, deer stew would be on the menu. Not really the best for self defense against human threats, but probably better than a sharp stick.
I think the same. My area, though, is an exception to the last part. We are surrounded on 3 sides by largely impassable wilderness, so not enough people will leave town to make staying home easy. We gotta get out of this place...
On the topic of utility easements, where I live that property still belongs to the farmer/rancher, and he grants an easement for the powerline or pipeline. The utility companies' employees can legally access this easement for maintenance, however if you access this property, you will be trespassing.
I'm a police officer. Sorry in a shtf event most Leo are heading home to protect their families. Many departments have organised groups and a place to bug out to already built. In a shtf event pay is going to stop. And family is far more important than putting your life on the line with no medical services and no pay.
This statement alone, makes you an honest cop and I appreciate that. This is even more proof that you need to arm yourself and don't rely on anyone to help you.
At 61, my "overnight fun bag" is 50# total w/bushcraft fun stuff. I could "die last" maybe but thrive, survive (forever)? Fantasy. Get home bag from 1,000 miles away? Ballsy but I'd do it. But in SHTF? Just another target. I'll stand here. Luv the vids sir! Always good stuff.
You don't want a 50 pound bag.less is better.you will wear yourself out carrying that 50 pound bag.20 pounds at most.mine is 10 pounds.rain coat.tenna shoes.gun. 2 clips.2 bottles of water.hunting knife.lighter.jerky.
Great video!! Couple of thoughts based on my location and what people in my area are doing. I am from MN, when it is cold, public libraries are used as shelters, so are churches, and churches serve meals as well. Hard sided fish houses often have bunks and heat systems and will work for shelter year round. We have rest stops in MN along the freeways. If in your car, park in a hotel or motel parking lot. If going through an area during the week, a city or county may have a free resource or know charities that can help. If in need of food, there are little food banks in my area, like the little neighborhood book drops in the residential areas. The food banks are often located near or outside churches. Last idea was one a friend used for over 4 months. Not legal, but rather in the shady areas of the law. He knew a real estate person and the housing market was very slow. She managed showings for the elderly that were then living in nursing homes, or out of town people that put her in charge of selling. She told him where he could stay until a showing, then he had to be gone. Perspective buyers had no idea as to the home's current history, he kept the place clean, and nobody knew. He did this at a couple of homes until he got his feet back under him.
If all hell is breaking loose and you need to really get away forget staying on land . Buy a sound but cheap sailboat and right now there is a ton available. Learn to sail store your supplies ready to cast off . This really applies to warm states . Now power boats are really falling in price but it’s fuel that becomes an issue . I know this isn’t for everyone but if you can set this up it’s an option. Now you may be able to stay in the marina for some time . Depending on the hell breaking loose . Mobility is key . Buy some used folding bikes to use in different ports . We are on a knife edge guys Texas defying the SC is proper But it can snowball if Joey sends troops into Texas .
Bugging out is a last resort, but I do have a bug out spot. It's also my deer camp well off the road enclosed tralier set up well stocked and a natural water source. Bug out truck ready to go. Hope I never have to unless it's deer season.
Round my area Ozarks is tons caves specially round creeks & rivers & certain areas I know we're mining town & have min shafts all round rhe towns just outside them make great shelter & can cover entrance & build fire & not be seen. I already live off grid life camper middle no where rain catch water & just enough solar for what needed & fresh springs on my lil section land only couple acres but in bfe. 2 ways out by car & 6 ways out by trails to other means transportation. Now working on ppl I trust & were go have 2 places but both can end up 15 mile walk in. Love ya video lot good info & for ppl live in city just go camping few times yr if can & ull have what need & learn skill rough way but now days can download videos & help I had a great grandpa tought me simple man life
One thing to keep in mind if bugging out with a vehicle: most entrances to abandoned parking lots,roads , driveways,etc., will be roped off with cables, and they won't always have brightly colored flags on them like they're supposed to, so be careful you don't end up getting garroted.
I have used a trout string loaded with tin cans. Sometimes with a few pepples in them. Like you would tie to a bumper in a just married car. Run the twine accrost the road with the trout line hanging from it about every 3 ft. And at BUMPER HIGHT! their hear it when it wraps around their tires or engine. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A NO TRAPASSING 500 FT IN FROUNT OF THE NOISEMAKER.that will keep you legal.without the sign the cops can hassle you while taking your land in court.
youth/summer camps may be another option, my family worked at a couple of them in the '80s, one was along a river and the other was on a lake, both tucked into the woods. both have cab ins, a central mess hall and other structures that could be turned into shelters or work areas
Again I am not a prepper but when to bug location, I am thinking there are different type of bug out location. 1 permanent bug out location 2 temporary bug out location 3 intermittent bug out location 4 improvised bug out location 5 specialized bug out location
my wife and I are full-time RVers. The one thing that we cannot stock up on in bulk is food. There just isn't space. So, we have been thinking on this for over a year now and are caching items. We have family and very close friends that are allowing us to store items, which is incredibly nice of them. We stay at a seasonal campground in the summer and since I am the maintenance manager I have access to several outbuildings, including a REALLY large garage, where I store a bunch of tools, but also some food stores. The owner is also planning, so we compare notes, which is really good. Not too many can be completely thorough on their own, so having a like mind is really helpful. Not to mention I am using his property...
Already having a structure on property you own, or owned by family or friends very rural is the best bet. Being with these like minded people will up your security 100%. On said property, have cache's buried and on a map to get to them easily. Also go check on the location periodically to see what shape it's in, and make if needed repairs.The two biggest problems getting to your BOL is going to be gridlock and bridges. This is where maps come into play, having different routes to get there is a must! Let's deal with the problems getting there; Having a quiet dual sport motorcycle is a must. You can go almost anywhere with one of these, and many ways to carry stuff besides a BOB.
@@JeffHenry-cq3is Oh, they all know me very well. Gerational farmers with thousands of acres farmed over the last Century. As far as "Out of towners", they don't exist where I'm going, and are very frowned upon.
I've already seen several hiker shelters taken over by the homeless on the Appalachian Trail. Sometimes they set tents up inside them to prevent others from trying to stay there.
same in the uk and people in urban areas see a empty rural space, forest etc and assume nobody goes there,which isnt true theres a good chance locals visit the place regulary for work ,to check for livestock ,to check for poachers etc .Plus anything you need to do to survive is going to get you discovered,lighting a fire ,will be seen from a long way off,same with using a light at night,chopping wood will make a noise heard for a long way off in quiet rural areas ,certainly using a gun to shoot game.Butchering anything you have caught ,will attract crows ,which locals will see and investigate
Quick shelter. Get a couple of thick shower curtains. Rope. Sets up fast across a couple of trees. Or a limb. Can easily be camouflaged. Easy to carry in bug out bag. Carry a fire starter, kit, m r e’s and water filtration. I’ve got a complete bug out bag set up. Also home and property is ready. Have truck with everything also. So I’m ready on 3 fronts.
I got my off grid cabin it’s ready as I can get it for now and I feel for anyone to try to set up at my place we have a true mag and cameras everywhere that alerts us when something is going on and there’s someone there full time that live up there and they are armed and it won’t end well for anybody that tries to take over our property so that is that lol !
Thank you for inspiring me to store up food because right now I am having to get into my stored food. Thank you really, your channel information guided me down the right path.❤🤟🇺🇸🤟🇺🇸🤟🇺🇸
@@SensiblePrepper - I don't know if you've heard. Paul Herell is dying of cancer. There is an effort to get him to 1m subs before he passes. Just an FYI. Regardless, it is an ASAP kind of thing. I thought you should know.
Fortunately, I own a farm in the mountains of Western NC. Unfortunately, I've also got my 91yr old parents and they can't handle a change like that, or an off grid cabin. Traveling 1000 miles North with them isn't what I want to do, but if it's the only option, I've got long term food, and water seeds and the other stuff I need. I'm looking for an old 4 wheel drive that will start after an EMP. We will see!
@@johncarver8125 I've used a faraday cage for my generator, however, I've also learned the way an enemy EMP will work. The first thing an enemy will do is hack into our power grid, and once it's close to being fixed, and WE are using our generators, solar power, etc. an EMP blast will be set off, killing our backups. It's rather nefarious.
I have a bug-out bag, just in case a mushroom cloud springs up nearby. For some things there is no choice. But remember, with a bug-out bag you are just a few days away from being a zombie. So bug-in if at all possible. Better to scout out alternate water sources in the area. Also, it might help to have a bug-out location nearby for immediate, temporary evac. Then, if the situation allows, return runs could be made to bring out more supplies, or even better, to return.
If you have a bug out location and it's a little ways away from you, I would scout out locations for burying a cache on the side of the road. Maybe renting a storage place to keep some prep items in. Some of those places are temperature controlled. Now I don't have the extra money for that, but it's an idea if you do.
Bugging in my home is the most preferable option. However I'm considering renting a small storage locker out in the country. Pack it with supplies (food, water, fuel etc ...) Get a unit not in view of roads or buildings preferably. No further out than a 2 or 3 day trek on foot. A great point to recharge & work out your current situation.
A lot will depend on your location. Western Kansas is very different than some place like Tennesse. I've thought about this while driving around Kansas. Someplaces would be very hard to move through during the day in the winter when the fields are bare or planted with winter wheat that's only a few inches tall. About the only cover on a field like that is the fence lines where tumble weeds have piled up or the occasional cedar in the fence lines. There would be a few abandon farms that if you keep it stealthy, would work. I'm planning on bugging in, better security in the long run.
A very common place that can be found "everywhere" is under a bridge (road or rail) with the main hassle being that these are likely to be already used, but don't assume that they are all occupied,as there are thousands of them.
Junk yards / scrap yards, boat yards, all have plenty of metal for weapons often tools, medical/ first aid, water coolers, rope, wire, containers for water old clothes, tarps, lockers wit clothes, tools, food, n snack machines, pop machines, enuff parts to rebuild autos or boats, n lotts shealter
Id suggest getting in with your local VFW and American Legion if you’re a VETERAN, Brothers and Sisters in arms got our own six. Strength in numbers and Veterans are some of the most trained and valued assets during a crisis. Yall better have a group plan and better be flexing it. A single fam bugging in aint gonna last very long with only 1 or two peeps on guard.😊🇺🇸🍻✌🏻
The last organization I'd want to have any interaction with would be FEMA. The horror stories involving them defy description and I couldn't post them here. Ask the Maui survivors their experiences with FEMA to hear about just how bad a government agency can be to law abiding people.
Bugging out is only an option if you have a place to bug out to. Doing the lone wolf thing up here in Canada….? Death sentence. If you actually have an alpha site and/or bravo site, good. Leave before it gets too bad. Add in kids. Add in pets. It gets harder and harder. Folks, if you are worried or just have common sense for when things get bad, you need a community. Like minded patriots with skills. Ex military, tradesmen, medical, herbalist, gardening, farming, hunters. Build these communities now. Start communication with these people and have a plan. Practice that plan and when the time comes…initiate that plan and be prepared to physically and mentally defend it. Stay true folks. Times are getting really dark. Be a light in that darkness. God bless.
In case of large-scale national disaster, for every camping site there will probably be a hundred or more people wanting it. For every barn out in the country, migrating city people will probably have 100 people wanting it. Industrial sites in cities with hundreds of thousands will be saturated too, ditto for ghost towns. For over 300 million Americans there are 30 million deer in the lower 48. People trying to live off the land like Daniel Boone will run out of meat real fast, other than mice and squirrels. To be realistic, you need your own place and it has to be defensible against murderous marauders and it has to have enough safe water and it has to have an acre or two to grow more vegetables and chickens than you anticipate. As insurance against bugs and varmints and starving raiders from the city. To protect garden land against radioactive fallout, pave over a tennis-court size piece of land with a shallow layer of asphalt or concrete. Let the rain clean it off for you, hose it further, then tear it up instead of trying to scrape away contaminated dirt. Your fallout shelter needs to have a top three feet thick with concrete or four feet thick with packed dirt, to reduce the fallout radioactivity to a thousandth of its natural strength.
Some of what you say is true. But think what the first 3 days in any city over one million people. The number 3 is very important. That showing a person can go without water. Any longer and you are going to die. On day 2 there are riots at every food store in the city. Gun store are locked down. The gangs of the city are going to over run any police stupid enough to work without pay. Then the same gangs are going to raid your homes taking everything you have plus your wives and daughters. To hit the road and try to escape the city is other bad idea. All roads and major highways are blocked by millions of people who are trying to escape. Thus leaving you and family prime targets for anyone with weapons. That is if its not emp attack. There would be no cars running. Recent studies have found that any shtf event within the first 3 days 82 percent of a city of 5 million would die. If you are one that does walk out of the city thinking that your going to the woods or the hills or head for a farm. Good luck. You could be heading for trouble.
I just thought of something I've never heard mentioned as essential gear. If you were going to camp in an old structure, you would want one of those plastic dustpan and brush sets from a dollar store that clip together. Maybe I thought of it because I'm a girl. Also, remember the old Girl Scout rule, "leave your campsite cleaner than when you came." If you borrowed a hunting cabin, you'd want to give the owner a thank you with a little cleanup.
@SensiblePrepper having to find emergency shelter while traveling would be the most likely scenario for me. In addition to food water and fire gear, I have a big bottle of extra strength Windex and a bag of rags in case I have to clean up a really grubby place for shelter. Think gas station bathrooms...
Hope nobody has to bug out. However, a suggestion, if you have some undeveloped property somewhere or family that does. Thats a good place. I got about 6 acres tucked back off the highway. I can legally be there. No house on it but hey, pitch a tint. And there is a creek stocked with brim and catfish just to rear of property. Not to mention because nobody has been there in a long time, I notice muscadines and berries growing all over. If I have to bug out, that's likely where I'll go.
I would add a good possible location to use for shelter would be an abandoned train tunnel (if you live near enough). It would likely be sought out by others too though so I’d approach it with caution and keep an eye out. Could be a good site to form a group to look out for each other too though. Another smaller site for some shelter may be under a highway bridge somewhere. Ideally one that crosses water or some railroad tracks where you’re hidden more.
Know the area. Know the people. Know the situation. Understand one simple fact, "you can and probably will die." Bug-In , Bug-Out... Whatever... It's only a decision that can be made at the time in the situation.
For years now I have leased storage buildings, I have 3. The one in the middle is where I put all my water, n food supplies, I have mattresses, tote after tote of food stored up from canning, vacuum sealing, dehydrated foods, tanks of propane big n small, burners, folding chairs, blankets, pillows, tarps, med kits, cookware, & other kitchen stuffs to eat off of, etc. the place is outside city limits and within a mile of my home off a back road. I take a case of water biweekly for the past 3 years, n have 2 & 3 liter bottles of hose water. I took washing detergents for dishes n clothes n buckets. If I was ever forced out of my home that has supplies in my garage, i could walk to this place with 30 in a worse case scenario I think. Lord help me if I ever die before I need this place lol the owners of the storage unit is going to love me after he breaks my units open 😂… it would never be a forever place because there isn’t room for planting, however I could survive there for a while till I found an area to plant close by I think. God bless everyone
Study your maps! I was homeless for a year. I was constantly looking for places I could get a few hours of sleep with the least number of problems. Some spots looked viable on the map, but in-person inspection indicated otherwise. Sometimes a spot looked better in person than on the map.
@@JayTX. The closest to me is four hours in good traffic. There are two large cities much closer than I am. It's a pretty place, but not somewhere I'd want to be stuck.
@@JayTX. Excellent. I'm glad to hear you are in a good place. I'm trying to get out of here. A hard thing to say. I was born in this county. But it is past time to go!
Bugging in sound great, but some of us are nomads, so bug out every couple weeks or couple of days. Depending on what state I'm in determines where I'm going. But I do know if I am in California. I am getting out of there fast 😬. I really like your show, keep up the good work
I'll only bug out if it's a dire situation. I'm near Chattanooga in a rural community. My bug out place is in Middle Tennessee. But if it comes down to the only way out is to walk, I'm pretty well stuck. Elderly with new health issues arising constantly. It would be difficult to load my preps in a vehicle. I darn sure couldn't bring enough along to keep me going if I couldn't drive there.
Living in Florida, there are many swampy and forested areas that the public have access to that you would need an above stock vehicle to get to. We go out with a group of families for sometimes a week and camp. Bring everything with us. And fish in some canals and ponds while we're out there. Some deer, hog, small game but not enough to feed the 10 to 20 people in our group for any length of time. The water table goes up and down with the seasons also. Bugging in is still the best option.
We plan to bug in and have well maintained outbuildings. We would be open to allowing families to utilize if needed. However if someone decides to squat without being vetted and getting permission, consequences will be swift and harsh. My worry is not the “good” folks needing help; it’s the lowlife troublemakers looking to take advantage
Like your wagga-wagga (that's the "outback" hat in between the kukri & the battery-powered, Edison-filament lantern!) -- Got one just like it (though mine's not as dusty as I wear it daily & keep it oiled!!)... This is the third vid of yours I've seen, and I appreciate the thoroughness of the thought process you must go through to collate this information for the 'plebes' (especially with the current proliferation of pre-brain-developed Tikker-Tokkers wandering around thinkin' that they're "grown"!!) 🙄 I also liked some of your suggestions (abandoned industrial facilities, campgrounds, etc.), but those would be "last-ditch" if a person were to be established in an area with others either of a like mind or bloodline: hunkerin' down until the S that has HTF can be determined is the recommended course of action-- (Of course, that means just gettin' HOME if'n you ain't, or to Rendezvous #1 if'n 'home' is GONE!) -- Keep on keepin' on, and as always, Blessed Be, & Peace!! 🙏☮
I had a great bug out place. Well actually it was where I went and hid to keep my boss from bugging me. there was a walking trail about 10 miles from home. You drove off the main road past the trail covered picnic tables and the drive ended at a chain link fence for a sewage pumping station, enough gap in the fence to drive my small pickup truck. There had been a great many years ago single track of a railway line and the tracks now removed. On the north side there was just enough room to drive the truck a hundred yards up the old rail line. You could go further but I was deep enough into thick woods that it was impossible to see me. Traveling further up the line led to a steam so water was available. The railroad bridge over the stream had been removed. That is now 950 miles from me. I later moved further south and found about 6 off the main road an old unpaved drive that led into thick woods. There was an old rusty chain and lock there. Walking past the chain led to a small clearing with an 8' by 8' brick structure which was unlocked. Nothing in it and the electric meter had been removed but the electric was still live and could be jumped to restore service if you knew how to do so safely, I did. Water was maybe a 100 yard walk to a stream and nothing in sight. Never had to use it but I knew it was there. It's a matter of looking and investigating.
Make sure you travel along a route that has adequate water like rivers, lakes, streams, or windmills ( windmills pump well water which may not have to be filtered) Also, in urban areas look where a lot of people don’t look..look UP. At malls and strip malls there are ladders around the back In loading dock areas that go up on the roof. Many commercial roofs have a wall around the roof about 3 feet high. Pitch a tent near the center of the roof so it can’t be spotted from the ground. Put a tent between air handling units or air conditioners to further conceal yourself.
my biggest concern with bugging in in a complete shtf grid down would be sanitary conditions. i only have a .25 acre yard in a columbia sc neighborhood so i have to grow food, go to the outhouse, let my dogs go out, burn/bury trash all on the same lot which could spell disaster
All those choices are quite nice i would be digging a foxhole or trench as long as the enemies cannot see me above ground between night vision. I'll be grabbing my deer cart with my bedroll, small pot belly stove and a little bit of everything.
Hey!! finally found your channel again, I've watched your videos 10 years ago and so glad to see your still making videos! sucks about all the rules youtube has created and all the hurdles to get over just to post a video. You and Yeager and Hickock and nutnfancy etc. all started it!. Keep up the good work!, got the new subscription now :) catching up.. Oh also, many years of survival and traveling since then, food/water/shelter! cover, camo, being a ghost across the country in the woods with the bears and wolves to the cities with the liberals and gangs. The art of blending and character adjustment requires practice as does all off grid survival, did I mention the bears...
If you go to anyone that has a developed place. Don't just show up empty handed wanting a hand out. Don't be another useless deadbeat to feed. Bring supplies to strengthen the group you want to join. Be an asset not a liability.
If the Red Cross has a reception/intake center near a temporary camp, it's worth it to just check in. First, there may be some free resources available that can help you conserve your own supplies. Second, if friends or family are trying to find out if your okay and you have no immediate way to contact them, the Red Cross can tell them that you in fact made it out of whatever the disaster was. Checking in does not imply or force you to stay at whatever camp they have set up.
Tundra Tactical made a very good recommendation of high tailing it to the nearest Little Caesars pizza place and locking the door. There's shelter, warmth, a stash of what FDA legally classified as "food", and it'll be overlooked by most folk. It was said as a joke but really think about it.
I would've used "tongue-in-cheek" which is all he says (not to be taken seriously) but knowing the modern online community, that idiom would fly over so many heads, thus my using the word "humorous". The reality is Caesars is a dismal pizza chain but would be an acceptable option in worst case scenarios.@@DrSchor
If you have no predetermined place with all the necessities to survive you are better off staying where you are at . So many people actually think they can live off the land not realizing that hundreds or thousands of others have the same idea and you will have to protect yourself from these other folks . Now if you are in the city think about who is the most organized and cold blooded that lives there ? Those will be the gangbangers and they are dangerous even if they are wannabes because they have a structure and no qualms about stealing or killing .
I think there’s a huge difference between National Parks and National Forests. In National Parks, law enforcement Park Rangers will hassle you to no end. Everything is against the rules. In National Forests, you can camp almost anywhere you want without paying any type of fee. You’ll seldom encounter any law enforcement. I have mostly stopped going to National Parks because it’s like being in a police state.
When war happens and all is falling around you and people are trying to take yours and your family’s lives what is “doing the right thing”. 11 years US Army and let me tell you things change in a flash
Sootch, I really like this Bugout series. Robby also did one this week. really good also. Sadly 6 dead bodies were found shot executioner style in the Mohave desert this week. No suspects apprehended. could be the work of The Cartels now operating freely within the borders of the US.
Other areas: 1. Many railways are no longer used. That means tunnels, grain elevators, etc may be available. 2. Some close in places are potentially good. Swimming pools for instance. You have a water and bathrooms etc. Many people will pass right on by a pool building. Also look for basements in these pool areas. Often there is an area for pool maintenance that is a good hiding place. Warehouses and so on are similar. Things to keep in mind: 1. Many/most of the easy places will be filled quickly. Even if they are not and you settle in, others will be coming. This could be good or bad. Plan accordingly. 2. Yes, as he says use your judgement. For instance, for abandoned industrial areas, they may be contaminated with who knows what. Places that used to process food may be full of rats etc. Check them over well. 3. Be adaptable and try not to get yourself into a situation where you have to just use what you have now because you are too tired or whatever. Set some criteria to decide whether you will keep looking or use what you have at hand etc.
When I was driving, 16 wheels. I was told to "sit tight". I parked in the loading dock for a 'for lease' industrial building. I bring this up because the side walls for this dock were 4' high, easily enough to hide a car or minivan. I hid a 53' tractor-trailer. Keep safe. Keep your eyes open and head on a swivel.
Tractor trailers have sleeper cabs. Two small bunk beds. For a car, it'll be the same as anywhere else. Concealment not comfort, although some have a small space in front of the door.
Not necessarily...just very dependent on your community or family. Need to sit down with them and discuss your options. Silly, but it brings to mind the movie 'the life of brian' the scene of the 2 knights fighting in the forest...the one knight has his arms and one leg lopped off but he still says 'come on over here and I'll naw your knees off!'.
@@suzannebecken7682I don't have no one to talk too, that I could trust. The ones I could talk too are the one that would be robbing me or worse. I'm 68 and been alone the last 25 years.
What about industrial sights or school buildings that aren't "abandoned" per se? In a SHTF situation, nobody's coming to work. My old employer had 360 deg rooftop viewing, buildings with underground tunnel connections hardened walls and could accommodate 200 people or more if you had enough food.
Security should be a priority in a bugout location. If you are in a group a member should always be on watch. Choosing a location should have security and defensibility in mind.
7 years ago i moved our family out to the country. We're 1 - 1.5 hours by vehicle away from any major metropolitan area. We're on a well. Have fairly large solar array w/ battery backup. Have full house generator. Raise livestock and have large garden on property. Have roughly 1 year of food stores for entire household. This will be our last stand God willing. Not looking to bug out. They'll have to kill me to get me to move or get our preps.
Seems like you’ve made all the right moves, sir. Godspeed.
Kind of where I'm at wit shtf plans...no bugging out unless my castle burns down then i would consider myself lucky to be alive.
Be careful sharing too much info. AI is collecting everything on us all.
This is the way. I pray I can get this type of setup before anything goes down.
@@WearilyCorrect I pray you can as well. I pray everyone can.
In most situations, "Bug In" is still the best option. Only abandon your property in extreme situations.
Agreed! Even people that are told to evacuate in certain weather conditions still remain in place. I can not think of very many conditions that would cause me to leave.
unless you're lucky enough to own a castle or a bunker
'move or die'
If you live on a coast and a polar shift occurs, you need to GTFO of there and run for high ground
SHTF event and you live in a city. Get out. Cities will be pure hell within 3 to 4 days.
Doesn't SHTF equal an extreme situation?
I have lived 4-5 months at a time in a tent, and learned some things, always pack extra tarps even good tent leak occasionally, a tarp to line the floor and put over the top will help keep you dry, they can also be strung outside for a place to stand or sleep undercover when you need extra space. they can be strung inside to make privacy curtains when packed in the tent. packing three or four 10x10 tarps is a good precaution.
if you are using a backpack a good rule of thumb is "a pound on your back is like five pounds on your feet" consider large contractors trash bags they are thick somewhat puncture resistant , and usually black , and 6 of them weigh less than half a pound 😊
I'm staying put. I live out past the sticks. The last 10yrs we have made serious preps. Most expensive has been a water windmill. (you would be surprised.) We raise a big garden every year, can, and dehydrate produce. We have Spanish meat goats. I sell a bunch of those every year. I do not have anywhere to go, don't want to go, and refuse to leave. Come and Take It.
So heartfelt your courageous story..You are truly an inspiration as to the greatness of human earth Angelic qualities...You family friends must be really proud of you...
Namaste
Bug in like it's the Alamo , never , ever surrender.
Yall better have plenty armed guards and watches posted or invaders gonna be bugging into your castle looking to take your goodies. Strength in numbers.😊
One family of just a few will die regardless.
People in desperate scenarios will come to take what you have. If they cannot take it, they will burn your place down. Can you put out fires efficiently? Do you have enough people to watch your place 360°? You have to sleep. Do you have a way to detect them in the dark?
We all need a team. It is not optional.
Couldn’t have said it better!
The trick is to make your house look like a harder target than others in the neighborhood and hopefully the bad guys will move on to the next house. And worse case scenario, they try to get in. That's when the home field advantage kicks in😉
And when they come with fire, they will burn it down.
I will be looking for the nearest 5-star! 😂But seriously, I’m almost 69 years old. I don’t want to be on the road! I’d be very afraid of a FEMA camp!
I love camping so a FEMA camp would be interesting.
FEMA would be stupid in SHTF. It would likely turn into a cannibal camp.
You are a beautiful soul...brought tears to my eyes reading your comments...Our Creator loves all of us , we are already safe forever...
Namaste..
Fema is not your friend.they will not let you leave.
I often think about SHTF midday when everyone is scattered either at work, or school etc
I’m home with our toddler, two older kids are in two different schools and my husband is at work.
Would schools go into a lockdown? Could I actually go get my children out?
What would the roads look like?
Would we have cell phone service so we can communicate where to meet??
I remember right before we fled my home country before the war broke out, my mom and dad were at work, we were in school. We got home from school, my mom got home from work and immediately started packing us up. My dad couldn’t leave with us. He became a POW sadly.
We met with our family at the local bus station and we left to a nearby city… and we basically went city to city staying with different ppl where war hadn’t broken out yet until we made it across the boarder into a neighboring country who took us in as refugees.
What helps is having something of value to barter with. My mom had some money on her and would buy groceries for the ppl who let us stay for a few days.
The scary part was we narrowly escaped the war. But right before the war broke out, all banks ceased citizens bank accounts and no one was allowed to withdraw anything.
My mom had some money on her she kept at home.
Anyway .. I could tell stories on my childhood as a refugee.
When SHTF, it hits quick and you have to be quick thinking.
Make a plan and make sure you have something of value to barter with. It will always come down to how people help each other. You can’t do it alone.
Get your children out of those Nazi indoctrination centers.
Thank you for sharing your experiences. !
@@pjwilliams564 you’re most welcome 😌
What is your current plan now? I think having one, and maybe a back up, metting point is critical. The more in your party walking around the more likely you are not to meet up. A location doesn't move, it will always be there as a fixed point for everyone to meet at.
@@canadafree2087 I told my husband IF for any reason something happens and I’m not home, to meet me at a local park where we typically hang out with our kids. I also told I will be wearing a bright yellow/green t shirt so he can spot me.
But, before that, we will attempt to meet at our oldest son’s school first since it’s between our home and his work. Grab kid #1 together and head to get kid #2 who is slightly out of the way.
If IF this doesn’t pan out, then park it is.
But first, kids.
I have a feeling it would be a madhouse out there hence why I would have us wearing color coded t shirts so we can easily see each other.
"Well, I've got a little cabin up in the mountains, it's fully stocked with everything I will need to get by for a few months, I started to walk up to it , and bullets started zinging by my head, and someone yelled out, THATS CLOSE ENOUGH, lo and behold, someone else was already there, and was telling ME to go back to where I came from..... " a VERY LIKELY scenario....!!!
Move in now. Don't wait. N O W !
And stock up some more.
A few months won't be enough.
Don't forget your reading material.
Think KJB, KJSTUDYB , dictionary,
Biblical history. Ect.
Let a family member stay there or someone you trust.
booby traps when you aren't there
We're you able to get that squatter removed from your property
100%
I'm just completing the first month of my states master gardening program. Although I'm fully aware that the world is in a dire situation, I'm choosing to concentrate on improving on a very valuable skill. Although I many years' experience with vegetable gardening the course is giving me the information that I need for a healthier and more productive vegetable garden.
Bugging out is like leaving a sinking ship. People in the city will certainly be refugees. Being out alone is very hard to do. Your home is your castle. Your last stand. Prepare, prepare, prepare.
Very true bugging out is a last resort
City people will only be refugees if they bug out
Castles fell to long sieges. What can be easily seen attracts those who want it.
Those who defend their castle watch their loved ones get r*ped and eaten by the crowds going door to door. Being alone isn't difficult. Being lonely is. Get used to it cause those who survive lose their family
Bugging out is an absolute last resort for my family life in the woods especially in winter is extremely difficult and can be deadly.
Be aware of potentially stirring up dust particulates in some of these abondoned structures, as most likely rodents have done their business in there and inhaling could introduce you to the Hantavirus.
Is that similar to rat lung worm?
From what I found, no, they are different. It is called Angiostrongylus Cantonensis - try fitting that into a conversation- and appears rarely in humans. It transmits it's larvae via snail, slugs, frogs.@@HighPlainsDrifter98
Industrial sites could be contaminated in a number of ways as well if they manufactured or stored chemicals or other materials
@@HighPlainsDrifter98That's another nasty bug.
And mold etc
Suggestions.
1. I knew Ron Hood. Went to his retreat. It would have been impossible for him to survive there. He had two good points to relate. First, he would bug out on the railroad tracks on a motorcycle. No dealing with traffic. Second, he had two supply hides prepared under ground along his 110 mile route.
2. Me? I had to deal with situations like walking out of Iran into Afghanistan with my wife and later raising an infant alone with bug out plans. The reality is that you are urban And, if you are not urban, you are not more than one tank of gasoline away thousands and thousands of people who will be in distress. Option: Rent storage space and put goodies in their on your desired flight route. Don't you think it is stupid that people flee a hurricane just to sit in a traffic jam and can't find a room? Put a cheap surplus sleeping bag, a 5 gallon jug of water and some food in with your stored junk on a route outside of town. Option. Prepare your passenger car so that you can go to ground in an underground parking structure for a week.
Forget the b.s. about bugging out to the country. Ok. I have 120 acre woodlot with a stream, wild game. Will be hunted out in two weeks by the locals. I manage a family farm. If it is the right time of year, it will be striped clean of food. It is on a one lane road. Approximately 2000 down and outers live on that one lane road before you get to a two lane road.
If you are going to make it, it will be in a group. Get the book on the Biliski brothers and learn how they organized 1000 people with disparate backgrounds to survive during a war.
FYI. Bielski bothers, by Peter Duffy. Looks very interesting!
They made a Movie about it called Defiance starring Daniel Craig...👌
@@ShaneBraatengreat movie.
I’m a retired fire, chief and emergency management, Director and one of the places in Florida you bug out temporarily when hurricanes are coming are interstate rest areas on the opposite side of the coast from where the hurricane is going to make landfall
For a long time, a 22lr rifle was my "go-to" for small game harvesting....but I have since gone to a 45pound, fiberglass recurve bow. In a State park or National Forest, I'm not carrying a firearm. I can still take small game, but it's silent and the arrows are reusable. If I stalk close enough, deer stew would be on the menu. Not really the best for self defense against human threats, but probably better than a sharp stick.
If on NPS land, from Feb. 2010, they fall under the laws of the state they're in. 👍
No one will care during a national emergency! Survival of the fittest.@@johncarver8125
It's better to be five years early than on hour late. When everyone is bugging out from the city is the time to think and stay put.
I think the same. My area, though, is an exception to the last part. We are surrounded on 3 sides by largely impassable wilderness, so not enough people will leave town to make staying home easy.
We gotta get out of this place...
Military and Veterans always 15 minutes or more early.🇺🇸🍻✌🏻
On the topic of utility easements, where I live that property still belongs to the farmer/rancher, and he grants an easement for the powerline or pipeline. The utility companies' employees can legally access this easement for maintenance, however if you access this property, you will be trespassing.
same law in Arkansas
Keep a hard hat and an orange vest in your bug out bag, ha-ha!
I'm a police officer. Sorry in a shtf event most Leo are heading home to protect their families. Many departments have organised groups and a place to bug out to already built. In a shtf event pay is going to stop. And family is far more important than putting your life on the line with no medical services and no pay.
This statement alone, makes you an honest cop and I appreciate that. This is even more proof that you need to arm yourself and don't rely on anyone to help you.
I want to be part of your group.
At 61, my "overnight fun bag" is 50# total w/bushcraft fun stuff. I could "die last" maybe but thrive, survive (forever)? Fantasy. Get home bag from 1,000 miles away? Ballsy but I'd do it. But in SHTF? Just another target. I'll stand here.
Luv the vids sir! Always good stuff.
You don't want a 50 pound bag.less is better.you will wear yourself out carrying that 50 pound bag.20 pounds at most.mine is 10 pounds.rain coat.tenna shoes.gun. 2 clips.2 bottles of water.hunting knife.lighter.jerky.
Great video!! Couple of thoughts based on my location and what people in my area are doing. I am from MN, when it is cold, public libraries are used as shelters, so are churches, and churches serve meals as well. Hard sided fish houses often have bunks and heat systems and will work for shelter year round. We have rest stops in MN along the freeways. If in your car, park in a hotel or motel parking lot. If going through an area during the week, a city or county may have a free resource or know charities that can help. If in need of food, there are little food banks in my area, like the little neighborhood book drops in the residential areas. The food banks are often located near or outside churches. Last idea was one a friend used for over 4 months. Not legal, but rather in the shady areas of the law. He knew a real estate person and the housing market was very slow. She managed showings for the elderly that were then living in nursing homes, or out of town people that put her in charge of selling. She told him where he could stay until a showing, then he had to be gone. Perspective buyers had no idea as to the home's current history, he kept the place clean, and nobody knew. He did this at a couple of homes until he got his feet back under him.
If all hell is breaking loose and you need to really get away forget staying on land . Buy a sound but cheap sailboat and right now there is a ton available. Learn to sail store your supplies ready to cast off . This really applies to warm states . Now power boats are really falling in price but it’s fuel that becomes an issue . I know this isn’t for everyone but if you can set this up it’s an option. Now you may be able to stay in the marina for some time . Depending on the hell breaking loose . Mobility is key . Buy some used folding bikes to use in different ports .
We are on a knife edge guys Texas defying the SC is proper But it can snowball if Joey sends troops into Texas .
My dude don’t be ridiculous. Biden isn’t going to impose martial law over the entire state because of Abbott’s stupidity.
@@bloodgoutstupidity?
The sailboat idea is completely unrealistic. Ther is a list of reasons why this is so.
I see a forecast of cannibal warlords and pirates.
@@bloodgoutProtecting your border because the federal government won't is stupidity?
Bugging out is a last resort, but I do have a bug out spot. It's also my deer camp well off the road enclosed tralier set up well stocked and a natural water source. Bug out truck ready to go. Hope I never have to unless it's deer season.
At that point, every day will be deer season.
Follow the rules Soyim
Round my area Ozarks is tons caves specially round creeks & rivers & certain areas I know we're mining town & have min shafts all round rhe towns just outside them make great shelter & can cover entrance & build fire & not be seen.
I already live off grid life camper middle no where rain catch water & just enough solar for what needed & fresh springs on my lil section land only couple acres but in bfe. 2 ways out by car & 6 ways out by trails to other means transportation. Now working on ppl I trust & were go have 2 places but both can end up 15 mile walk in.
Love ya video lot good info & for ppl live in city just go camping few times yr if can & ull have what need & learn skill rough way but now days can download videos & help I had a great grandpa tought me simple man life
One thing to keep in mind if bugging out with a vehicle: most entrances to abandoned parking lots,roads , driveways,etc., will be roped off with cables, and they won't always have brightly colored flags on them like they're supposed to, so be careful you don't end up getting garroted.
I have used a trout string loaded with tin cans. Sometimes with a few pepples in them. Like you would tie to a bumper in a just married car.
Run the twine accrost the road with the trout line hanging from it about every 3 ft. And at BUMPER HIGHT! their hear it when it wraps around their tires or engine. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A NO TRAPASSING 500 FT IN FROUNT OF THE NOISEMAKER.that will keep you legal.without the sign the cops can hassle you while taking your land in court.
youth/summer camps may be another option, my family worked at a couple of them in the '80s, one was along a river and the other was on a lake, both tucked into the woods. both have cab ins, a central mess hall and other structures that could be turned into shelters or work areas
Again I am not a prepper but when to bug location, I am thinking there are different type of bug out location.
1 permanent bug out location
2 temporary bug out location
3 intermittent bug out location
4 improvised bug out location
5 specialized bug out location
my wife and I are full-time RVers. The one thing that we cannot stock up on in bulk is food. There just isn't space. So, we have been thinking on this for over a year now and are caching items. We have family and very close friends that are allowing us to store items, which is incredibly nice of them. We stay at a seasonal campground in the summer and since I am the maintenance manager I have access to several outbuildings, including a REALLY large garage, where I store a bunch of tools, but also some food stores. The owner is also planning, so we compare notes, which is really good. Not too many can be completely thorough on their own, so having a like mind is really helpful. Not to mention I am using his property...
Already having a structure on property you own, or owned by family or friends very rural is the best bet. Being with these like minded people will up your security 100%. On said property, have cache's buried and on a map to get to them easily. Also go check on the location periodically to see what shape it's in, and make if needed repairs.The two biggest problems getting to your BOL is going to be gridlock and bridges. This is where maps come into play, having different routes to get there is a must! Let's deal with the problems getting there; Having a quiet dual sport motorcycle is a must. You can go almost anywhere with one of these, and many ways to carry stuff besides a BOB.
Iirc Kawasaki has a new hybrid bike that is only 55 db.
Be careful
If out of town owner locals will consider you an outsider
Even if know you
@@JeffHenry-cq3is Oh, they all know me very well. Gerational farmers with thousands of acres farmed over the last Century. As far as "Out of towners", they don't exist where I'm going, and are very frowned upon.
I've already seen several hiker shelters taken over by the homeless on the Appalachian Trail. Sometimes they set tents up inside them to prevent others from trying to stay there.
Wow, as much as I can say this is sad news, it is inevitable. We are turning into a third world nation.
I live in one of those places people say they will bug out to.
Odds are good you won’t be welcomed
same in the uk and people in urban areas see a empty rural space, forest etc and assume nobody goes there,which isnt true theres a good chance locals visit the place regulary for work ,to check for livestock ,to check for poachers etc .Plus anything you need to do to survive is going to get you discovered,lighting a fire ,will be seen from a long way off,same with using a light at night,chopping wood will make a noise heard for a long way off in quiet rural areas ,certainly using a gun to shoot game.Butchering anything you have caught ,will attract crows ,which locals will see and investigate
Quick shelter. Get a couple of thick shower curtains. Rope. Sets up fast across a couple of trees. Or a limb. Can easily be camouflaged. Easy to carry in bug out bag. Carry a fire starter, kit, m r e’s and water filtration. I’ve got a complete bug out bag set up. Also home and property is ready. Have truck with everything also. So I’m ready on 3 fronts.
scout out 3-5 areas look for water ,wild game , plants you can eat . etc . park vehical hike in 5-7 miles spend night work on camping skills etc
Of entering an abandoned building, house, barn, shed, etc, look out for critters, such as snakes, raccoons, ferrell dogs, etc.
I got my off grid cabin it’s ready as I can get it for now and I feel for anyone to try to set up at my place we have a true mag and cameras everywhere that alerts us when something is going on and there’s someone there full time that live up there and they are armed and it won’t end well for anybody that tries to take over our property so that is that lol !
Thank you for inspiring me to store up food because right now I am having to get into my stored food. Thank you really, your channel information guided me down the right path.❤🤟🇺🇸🤟🇺🇸🤟🇺🇸
Thanks for the kind words! I appreciate it~
@@SensiblePrepper - I don't know if you've heard. Paul Herell is dying of cancer.
There is an effort to get him to 1m subs before he passes. Just an FYI. Regardless, it is an ASAP kind of thing. I thought you should know.
Fortunately, I own a farm in the mountains of Western NC. Unfortunately, I've also got my 91yr old parents and they can't handle a change like that, or an off grid cabin. Traveling 1000 miles North with them isn't what I want to do, but if it's the only option, I've got long term food, and water seeds and the other stuff I need. I'm looking for an old 4 wheel drive that will start after an EMP. We will see!
The chances of you making it 1000 miles are very very slim
Faraday bags can be used to protect electronics but obviously need to be in place before an EMP attack. 👍
@@johncarver8125
I've used a faraday cage for my generator, however, I've also learned the way an enemy EMP will work. The first thing an enemy will do is hack into our power grid, and once it's close to being fixed, and WE are using our generators, solar power, etc. an EMP blast will be set off, killing our backups. It's rather nefarious.
I have a bug-out bag, just in case a mushroom cloud springs up nearby. For some things there is no choice. But remember, with a bug-out bag you are just a few days away from being a zombie. So bug-in if at all possible. Better to scout out alternate water sources in the area. Also, it might help to have a bug-out location nearby for immediate, temporary evac. Then, if the situation allows, return runs could be made to bring out more supplies, or even better, to return.
If you see a mushroom cloud your ass is already gone
If you have a bug out location and it's a little ways away from you, I would scout out locations for burying a cache on the side of the road. Maybe renting a storage place to keep some prep items in. Some of those places are temperature controlled. Now I don't have the extra money for that, but it's an idea if you do.
In New Orleans during the hurricane the cops were worst then the looters
and always be very cautious of people coming from out of town/state
I've lost my mobility due to health and, thankfully, live rural. Bugging out is not an option, so I keep reinforcing my property a bit at a time.
Bugging in my home is the most preferable option. However I'm considering renting a small storage locker out in the country. Pack it with supplies (food, water, fuel etc ...) Get a unit not in view of roads or buildings preferably. No further out than a 2 or 3 day trek on foot. A great point to recharge & work out your current situation.
Yea
the owner or locals will take it over
@@JeffHenry-cq3is Great point, thx
A lot will depend on your location. Western Kansas is very different than some place like Tennesse. I've thought about this while driving around Kansas. Someplaces would be very hard to move through during the day in the winter when the fields are bare or planted with winter wheat that's only a few inches tall. About the only cover on a field like that is the fence lines where tumble weeds have piled up or the occasional cedar in the fence lines. There would be a few abandon farms that if you keep it stealthy, would work. I'm planning on bugging in, better security in the long run.
A very common place that can be found "everywhere" is under a bridge (road or rail) with the main hassle being that these are likely to be already used, but don't assume that they are all occupied,as there are thousands of them.
Junk yards / scrap yards, boat yards, all have plenty of metal for weapons often tools, medical/ first aid, water coolers, rope, wire, containers for water old clothes, tarps, lockers wit clothes, tools, food, n snack machines, pop machines, enuff parts to rebuild autos or boats, n lotts shealter
That’s a excellent idea, I never thought of that. Thanks 😊
Id suggest getting in with your local VFW and American Legion if you’re a VETERAN, Brothers and Sisters in arms got our own six. Strength in numbers and Veterans are some of the most trained and valued assets during a crisis. Yall better have a group plan and better be flexing it. A single fam bugging in aint gonna last very long with only 1 or two peeps on guard.😊🇺🇸🍻✌🏻
Wrong
I agree
The last organization I'd want to have any interaction with would be FEMA. The horror stories involving them defy description and I couldn't post them here. Ask the Maui survivors their experiences with FEMA to hear about just how bad a government agency can be to law abiding people.
Bugging out is only an option if you have a place to bug out to. Doing the lone wolf thing up here in Canada….? Death sentence. If you actually have an alpha site and/or bravo site, good. Leave before it gets too bad. Add in kids. Add in pets. It gets harder and harder.
Folks, if you are worried or just have common sense for when things get bad, you need a community. Like minded patriots with skills. Ex military, tradesmen, medical, herbalist, gardening, farming, hunters. Build these communities now. Start communication with these people and have a plan. Practice that plan and when the time comes…initiate that plan and be prepared to physically and mentally defend it. Stay true folks. Times are getting really dark. Be a light in that darkness. God bless.
Excellent.
In case of large-scale national disaster, for every camping site there will probably be a hundred or more people wanting it. For every barn out in the country, migrating city people will probably have 100 people wanting it. Industrial sites in cities with hundreds of thousands will be saturated too, ditto for ghost towns. For over 300 million Americans there are 30 million deer in the lower 48. People trying to live off the land like Daniel Boone will run out of meat real fast, other than mice and squirrels. To be realistic, you need your own place and it has to be defensible against murderous marauders and it has to have enough safe water and it has to have an acre or two to grow more vegetables and chickens than you anticipate. As insurance against bugs and varmints and starving raiders from the city. To protect garden land against radioactive fallout, pave over a tennis-court size piece of land with a shallow layer of asphalt or concrete. Let the rain clean it off for you, hose it further, then tear it up instead of trying to scrape away contaminated dirt. Your fallout shelter needs to have a top three feet thick with concrete or four feet thick with packed dirt, to reduce the fallout radioactivity to a thousandth of its natural strength.
Some of what you say is true. But think what the first 3 days in any city over one million people. The number 3 is very important. That showing a person can go without water. Any longer and you are going to die. On day 2 there are riots at every food store in the city. Gun store are locked down. The gangs of the city are going to over run any police stupid enough to work without pay. Then the same gangs are going to raid your homes taking everything you have plus your wives and daughters. To hit the road and try to escape the city is other bad idea. All roads and major highways are blocked by millions of people who are trying to escape. Thus leaving you and family prime targets for anyone with weapons.
That is if its not emp attack. There would be no cars running. Recent studies have found that any shtf event within the first 3 days 82 percent of a city of 5 million would die.
If you are one that does walk out of the city thinking that your going to the woods or the hills or head for a farm. Good luck. You could be heading for trouble.
I just thought of something I've never heard mentioned as essential gear. If you were going to camp in an old structure, you would want one of those plastic dustpan and brush sets from a dollar store that clip together. Maybe I thought of it because I'm a girl. Also, remember the old Girl Scout rule, "leave your campsite cleaner than when you came." If you borrowed a hunting cabin, you'd want to give the owner a thank you with a little cleanup.
@SensiblePrepper having to find emergency shelter while traveling would be the most likely scenario for me. In addition to food water and fire gear, I have a big bottle of extra strength Windex and a bag of rags in case I have to clean up a really grubby place for shelter. Think gas station bathrooms...
An army surplus tent would be a good option for an emergency situation for some people.
A surplus store is where you go shopping at before you bugout while the main crowd hit grocery stores.
Hope nobody has to bug out. However, a suggestion, if you have some undeveloped property somewhere or family that does. Thats a good place. I got about 6 acres tucked back off the highway. I can legally be there. No house on it but hey, pitch a tint. And there is a creek stocked with brim and catfish just to rear of property. Not to mention because nobody has been there in a long time, I notice muscadines and berries growing all over. If I have to bug out, that's likely where I'll go.
I would add a good possible location to use for shelter would be an abandoned train tunnel (if you live near enough). It would likely be sought out by others too though so I’d approach it with caution and keep an eye out. Could be a good site to form a group to look out for each other too though. Another smaller site for some shelter may be under a highway bridge somewhere. Ideally one that crosses water or some railroad tracks where you’re hidden more.
Know the area. Know the people. Know the situation.
Understand one simple fact, "you can and probably will die."
Bug-In , Bug-Out... Whatever... It's only a decision that can be made at the time in the situation.
For years now I have leased storage buildings, I have 3. The one in the middle is where I put all my water, n food supplies, I have mattresses, tote after tote of food stored up from canning, vacuum sealing, dehydrated foods, tanks of propane big n small, burners, folding chairs, blankets, pillows, tarps, med kits, cookware, & other kitchen stuffs to eat off of, etc. the place is outside city limits and within a mile of my home off a back road. I take a case of water biweekly for the past 3 years, n have 2 & 3 liter bottles of hose water. I took washing detergents for dishes n clothes n buckets. If I was ever forced out of my home that has supplies in my garage, i could walk to this place with 30 in a worse case scenario I think. Lord help me if I ever die before I need this place lol the owners of the storage unit is going to love me after he breaks my units open 😂… it would never be a forever place because there isn’t room for planting, however I could survive there for a while till I found an area to plant close by I think. God bless everyone
Study your maps! I was homeless for a year. I was constantly looking for places I could get a few hours of sleep with the least number of problems. Some spots looked viable on the map, but in-person inspection indicated otherwise. Sometimes a spot looked better in person than on the map.
What do you think about the national forest
@@JayTX. The closest to me is four hours in good traffic. There are two large cities much closer than I am. It's a pretty place, but not somewhere I'd want to be stuck.
@@TUKByV1 understandable , I have access to thousands of acres near by I've spent much time in scoped
@@JayTX. Excellent. I'm glad to hear you are in a good place. I'm trying to get out of here. A hard thing to say. I was born in this county. But it is past time to go!
And how much more difficult will it be when there are hundreds of thousands (or more) looking for the same thing!
Bugging in sound great, but some of us are nomads, so bug out every couple weeks or couple of days. Depending on what state I'm in determines where I'm going. But I do know if I am in California. I am getting out of there fast 😬.
I really like your show, keep up the good work
I'll only bug out if it's a dire situation. I'm near Chattanooga in a rural community. My bug out place is in Middle Tennessee. But if it comes down to the only way out is to walk, I'm pretty well stuck. Elderly with new health issues arising constantly. It would be difficult to load my preps in a vehicle. I darn sure couldn't bring enough along to keep me going if I couldn't drive there.
As Bear from refuge medical says, “don’t be where the problem is” and you’re unlikely going to have to bug out
I not a pepper but I would think having more then one bug location is not a bad idea.
The very wealthy do that.
Others looking also
Then you can rely on losing every one you aren't actually in.
a vehicle cammo kit is a simple and important part of bugging out. or getting to and from locations.
i did that; now i can't find my car
Good afternoon from Syracuse NY brother and everyone else
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Out in the country you can often find the Old homestead house abandoned usually along a dirt road sometimes turned into a cow shed but structurally
Living in Florida, there are many swampy and forested areas that the public have access to that you would need an above stock vehicle to get to.
We go out with a group of families for sometimes a week and camp. Bring everything with us. And fish in some canals and ponds while we're out there. Some deer, hog, small game but not enough to feed the 10 to 20 people in our group for any length of time.
The water table goes up and down with the seasons also.
Bugging in is still the best option.
Gators?
@@Kim-yy8kl sometimes. They run/swim away for the most part. Lol
Be careful of the locals
The thing about abandoned buildings and industrial sites is, that if you know about them, so do thousands of other people.
We plan to bug in and have well maintained outbuildings. We would be open to allowing families to utilize if needed. However if someone decides to squat without being vetted and getting permission, consequences will be swift and harsh. My worry is not the “good” folks needing help; it’s the lowlife troublemakers looking to take advantage
Like your wagga-wagga (that's the "outback" hat in between the kukri & the battery-powered, Edison-filament lantern!) -- Got one just like it (though mine's not as dusty as I wear it daily & keep it oiled!!)... This is the third vid of yours I've seen, and I appreciate the thoroughness of the thought process you must go through to collate this information for the 'plebes' (especially with the current proliferation of pre-brain-developed Tikker-Tokkers wandering around thinkin' that they're "grown"!!) 🙄 I also liked some of your suggestions (abandoned industrial facilities, campgrounds, etc.), but those would be "last-ditch" if a person were to be established in an area with others either of a like mind or bloodline: hunkerin' down until the S that has HTF can be determined is the recommended course of action-- (Of course, that means just gettin' HOME if'n you ain't, or to Rendezvous #1 if'n 'home' is GONE!) -- Keep on keepin' on, and as always, Blessed Be, & Peace!! 🙏☮
How about abandoned vehicles as a shelter option?
I love how you give me a lot to consider! You brings things to light that many (like myself) would never think about. Thank you!
Another great one.
Blessings
Thought
Connect with like minded groups along the way- ahead of time,
So they can be your go-to along the journey.
I had a great bug out place. Well actually it was where I went and hid to keep my boss from bugging me. there was a walking trail about 10 miles from home. You drove off the main road past the trail covered picnic tables and the drive ended at a chain link fence for a sewage pumping station, enough gap in the fence to drive my small pickup truck. There had been a great many years ago single track of a railway line and the tracks now removed. On the north side there was just enough room to drive the truck a hundred yards up the old rail line. You could go further but I was deep enough into thick woods that it was impossible to see me. Traveling further up the line led to a steam so water was available. The railroad bridge over the stream had been removed. That is now 950 miles from me. I later moved further south and found about 6 off the main road an old unpaved drive that led into thick woods. There was an old rusty chain and lock there. Walking past the chain led to a small clearing with an 8' by 8' brick structure which was unlocked. Nothing in it and the electric meter had been removed but the electric was still live and could be jumped to restore service if you knew how to do so safely, I did. Water was maybe a 100 yard walk to a stream and nothing in sight. Never had to use it but I knew it was there. It's a matter of looking and investigating.
Make sure you travel along a route that has adequate water like rivers, lakes, streams, or windmills ( windmills pump well water which may not have to be filtered)
Also, in urban areas look where a lot of people don’t look..look UP. At malls and strip malls there are ladders around the back In loading dock areas that go up on the roof. Many commercial roofs have a wall around the roof about 3 feet high. Pitch a tent near the center of the roof so it can’t be spotted from the ground. Put a tent between air handling units or air conditioners to further conceal yourself.
my biggest concern with bugging in in a complete shtf grid down would be sanitary conditions. i only have a .25 acre yard in a columbia sc neighborhood so i have to grow food, go to the outhouse, let my dogs go out, burn/bury trash all on the same lot which could spell disaster
Start a good compost pile/bin and compost human waste, animal waste, everything compostable.
I worked in an abandoned industrial siteand I was amazed how much potential this site had it even had its own gas powered generator
so where do you get the gas?
Some very good ideas how about a large covered pipe. Also I had idea for a video type of tactical belts for guns and mags
Culvert. You can buy it. Steel or concrete.
All those choices are quite nice i would be digging a foxhole or trench as long as the enemies cannot see me above ground between night vision. I'll be grabbing my deer cart with my bedroll, small pot belly stove and a little bit of everything.
Hey!! finally found your channel again, I've watched your videos 10 years ago and so glad to see your still making videos! sucks about all the rules youtube has created and all the hurdles to get over just to post a video. You and Yeager and Hickock and nutnfancy etc. all started it!. Keep up the good work!, got the new subscription now :) catching up.. Oh also, many years of survival and traveling since then, food/water/shelter! cover, camo, being a ghost across the country in the woods with the bears and wolves to the cities with the liberals and gangs. The art of blending and character adjustment requires practice as does all off grid survival, did I mention the bears...
I found a excellent place. Sooch's back yard. Move over buddy we're moving in!
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You MIGHT learn something if you go THERE, and it won't be good.....
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If you go to anyone that has a developed place. Don't just show up empty handed wanting a hand out. Don't be another useless deadbeat to feed. Bring supplies to strengthen the group you want to join. Be an asset not a liability.
If the Red Cross has a reception/intake center near a temporary camp, it's worth it to just check in. First, there may be some free resources available that can help you conserve your own supplies. Second, if friends or family are trying to find out if your okay and you have no immediate way to contact them, the Red Cross can tell them that you in fact made it out of whatever the disaster was. Checking in does not imply or force you to stay at whatever camp they have set up.
I feel good that I’ve already looked at various locations with this in mind.
Excellent info as always thank you
Thanks Rhonda!
Campgrounds usually have limited access roads too. If you had to, you could set up a barricades or check points.
Tundra Tactical made a very good recommendation of high tailing it to the nearest Little Caesars pizza place and locking the door. There's shelter, warmth, a stash of what FDA legally classified as "food", and it'll be overlooked by most folk. It was said as a joke but really think about it.
i don't get it. please explain why that is funny.
I would've used "tongue-in-cheek" which is all he says (not to be taken seriously) but knowing the modern online community, that idiom would fly over so many heads, thus my using the word "humorous".
The reality is Caesars is a dismal pizza chain but would be an acceptable option in worst case scenarios.@@DrSchor
If you have no predetermined place with all the necessities to survive you are better off staying where you are at . So many people actually think they can live off the land not realizing that hundreds or thousands of others have the same idea and you will have to protect yourself from these other folks . Now if you are in the city think about who is the most organized and cold blooded that lives there ? Those will be the gangbangers and they are dangerous even if they are wannabes because they have a structure and no qualms about stealing or killing .
I think there’s a huge difference between National Parks and National Forests. In National Parks, law enforcement Park Rangers will hassle you to no end. Everything is against the rules. In National Forests, you can camp almost anywhere you want without paying any type of fee. You’ll seldom encounter any law enforcement. I have mostly stopped going to National Parks because it’s like being in a police state.
When war happens and all is falling around you and people are trying to take yours and your family’s lives what is “doing the right thing”. 11 years US Army and let me tell you things change in a flash
Sootch, I really like this Bugout series. Robby also did one this week. really good also. Sadly 6 dead bodies were found shot executioner style in the Mohave desert this week. No suspects apprehended. could be the work of The Cartels now operating freely within the borders of the US.
No doubt. Our greatest enemy is in our leadership of the WH.
It is Obama². It is planned.
Other areas:
1. Many railways are no longer used. That means tunnels, grain elevators, etc may be available.
2. Some close in places are potentially good. Swimming pools for instance. You have a water and bathrooms etc. Many people will pass right on by a pool building. Also look for basements in these pool areas. Often there is an area for pool maintenance that is a good hiding place. Warehouses and so on are similar.
Things to keep in mind:
1. Many/most of the easy places will be filled quickly. Even if they are not and you settle in, others will be coming. This could be good or bad. Plan accordingly.
2. Yes, as he says use your judgement. For instance, for abandoned industrial areas, they may be contaminated with who knows what. Places that used to process food may be full of rats etc. Check them over well.
3. Be adaptable and try not to get yourself into a situation where you have to just use what you have now because you are too tired or whatever. Set some criteria to decide whether you will keep looking or use what you have at hand etc.
Sootch needs 24 hour protection, in my book
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Never bug out. Always bug in!!!!
you are bugging me , man
What if you rent. Even in SHTF the landlord still wants rent. So long term… what do you do?
Better get yourself a roomy vehicle and hoard gas someplace. Landlords will evict many
Looks like good secure locations to fortify against the coming Zombie apocalypse!!
Personally I'm taking of in my sailboat come that day!!
When I was driving, 16 wheels. I was told to "sit tight". I parked in the loading dock for a 'for lease' industrial building. I bring this up because the side walls for this dock were 4' high, easily enough to hide a car or minivan. I hid a 53' tractor-trailer. Keep safe. Keep your eyes open and head on a swivel.
what is the trick for sleeping?
Tractor trailers have sleeper cabs. Two small bunk beds. For a car, it'll be the same as anywhere else. Concealment not comfort, although some have a small space in front of the door.
retreat = who ever gets to it first! good luck. 🤔🤫
I live in the middle of a trailer park in my wheelchair and oxygen tube 24/7. I’m screwed!
I sympathize. I wish you good fortune.
Yep sadly you are screwed 😮
Not necessarily...just very dependent on your community or family. Need to sit down with them and discuss your options. Silly, but it brings to mind the movie 'the life of brian' the scene of the 2 knights fighting in the forest...the one knight has his arms and one leg lopped off but he still says 'come on over here and I'll naw your knees off!'.
I'm also screwed! Wheel chair, and solo, with my 2 German shepherds. The Lord Is my shepherd, my protector,
@@suzannebecken7682I don't have no one to talk too, that I could trust. The ones I could talk too are the one that would be robbing me or worse. I'm 68 and been alone the last 25 years.
walk/hiking/biking isnt easy with everything you own.reason i live on sailboat. isnt always easy but it beats a tent
I live about half a mile downwind from a major CSX rail line. An "East Palestine" situation is the bug out I am preparing for first.
Weird question but can you tell me where you got that book bag you have in that left hand corner its green or who makes it what kind it is?
What about industrial sights or school buildings that aren't "abandoned" per se? In a SHTF situation, nobody's coming to work. My old employer had 360 deg rooftop viewing, buildings with underground tunnel connections hardened walls and could accommodate 200 people or more if you had enough food.
Security should be a priority in a bugout location. If you are in a group a member should always be on watch. Choosing a location should have security and defensibility in mind.
Good ideas as always!
My home my paradise I’m bugging in not leaving my piece of land
I concur. I’m going down with the ship.