Places to avoid in a SHTF / WROL situation

I'd avoid any places that sell stuff to the public, these are the first places the hordes will flock to as they are familiar and its all most know.

As you say small businesses may be protected by the owners in SHTF events, at first anyway.


For other places to source supplies, schools would be one. They have canteens and a decent supply of food etc. Same for larger work sites or industries they usually have a work place canteen.

The places I would avoid are the following

Anything deemed important to the government............... and that pretty much covers it
no really anything deemed important by the government will be a very bad place to go near for several reasons
1.it will be protected by people with better toys then the average person has
2. it will be inundated by other people seeking help or supplies
3. It is a logical target for attacks and raid by hostile parties both state and non state actors

Now to use a very mundane example your local high school sure it has a few valuable supplies especially if you know what your looking for "cough ,cough science lab " however pretty much every darn school is an evacuation centre or a field command station in emergencies think about it nice big field to land helicopter's in or to deploy other equipment like field hospitals and aid stations or emergency shelter tent or even to house troops and not to enation the actual infrastructure that's in place as well
so on that side of things schools will either be filled with guys with heavy weapons or lots of hungry desperate people looking for the promised land and because of that its best to just stay away from them

Oh I know the local port plenty of supplies and water access yeah pas on that too as you can very much rest assured there will be the remnants of government agents there as ports are a vital logistical asset needed to either rebuild , evacuate or neutralise a threat you can only move so much via air transport and you need to get heavy equipment in to repair airfields somehow


its very important to always remember that any building or facility that belongs to the local council , state government or federal government can be commandeered by emergency service , federal agents or the military in times of crisis so that local school with the juicy supplies could now be a F.O.B with ADF deployed there to conduct patrols to maintain order and you going there would possibly be very bad for you

so my point is think about what is around you and ask these questions
Is it vital to the government to help restore order and maintain control?
Would the average person go there in a time of crisis?
Is it advertised as a safe place for natural disasters like bush fires?

if the answer is yes for any of those questions then advance with caution and do some detailed recon that involves days of monitoring to ensure you have the best possible picture

well that's the way I see it anyway I could be totally wrong and just a twit

I would avoid gun shops, hospitals, police stations etc as well

Avoid the supermarkets - there will be raiders.

Avoid the main roads - usually a good place for an ambush.

Avoid caves near water - there's usually mirelurks or super mutants in them...


My advice? Stay inside the vault...

Get there first and set up a defensive position

Avoid anywhere where people might be that aren't in your group. Avoid major roads as much as possibly and practical, always have a way out, or vehicle that is capable of going bush fast and hard!

If you need to go to the shops for food or needy supplies for 6 months, you weren't prepped enough, either skill or supplies.

It sounds to me by reading most, if not all the previous posts in this thread that most, if not all of you are not suitably prepared for a SHTF situation regardless of how long it was to last.

No-one is suitably prepared ever, as we do not know what situation might arise in our neck of the woods. Do you have all of your electronic gear in a faraday cage if a solar flare blows everything up for instance?

Do you have an endless supply of food that will absolutely take care of you to survive and thrive a nuclear blast and its radiation residue for years to come?

Do you have an endless supply of ammo to deal with millions of people that might find out about you and attack you?

Again, nobody is absolutely prepared.

The other aspect is, that many of us are limited in our abilities for how much money we have and or if we are currently renting. So prepping is an ongoing thing.

Do you own your house and land etc outright or are you still paying for a mortgage? What happens if the economy collapses. Do you have an underground living area that cannot be found on the property you own, for you to survive in if the Crown decide to seize your property?

Ill be the first to admit im not prepped enough, and tbh i dont know if i will ever be. I do have on the foot skills for hunting, trapping and growing food etc. Im strong and very determined and wouldnt think twice to defend my family and or friends if a without rule of law situation  ever occured and we were under attack, but i can always do with  more skill and learning...in every area.