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Post by SA Hunter on Dec 8, 2019 1:59:29 GMT 10
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Post by quietprepper on Dec 8, 2019 12:06:22 GMT 10
in a proper SHTF rioting on the streets situation, i will definitely be bugging in, in the darkness, minimal noise and movement for at least 2-3 days. Let the looters die off, let people get stuck in gridlock. Then bug out somewhere remote once the mayhem has passed
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Post by frostbite on Dec 8, 2019 12:50:46 GMT 10
'Somewhere remote' might be your undoing. You need a definitive plan, in a location you are familiar with and preferably where you have pre-existing networks and/or supplies. Just packing the car and heading bush without extensive prior planning is probably worse than staying in suburbia. I anticipate that in a major collapse, country folk will close ranks and outsiders, especially needy ones, won't be welcome.
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Post by spatial on Dec 8, 2019 12:56:05 GMT 10
Yip, buggin in is always the first option. Just look at the current bush fires, unless one has a property it is not a good idea.
Starting a perpper group and commandeering a warehouse or school etc is a good solution. It is only viable after all rule of law has been lost.
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Post by myrrph on Dec 9, 2019 10:32:00 GMT 10
my plan is bug-in for first 2 months.
However, I have been scouting alternative sites to bug out after that time. My place has minimal sun, so growing crops is a pain.
Minimally wanna grow potatoes, tomatoes, some leafy greens and those take time. My home can't grow those well for now.
I have about 6 months of food stored. so should be ok for 2 months or so for the crap to die down. Head to an alternate site with seeds to rebuild my life.
Warehouse not so much. I think best is a gated/fenced up compound like a school (with a big olympic sized soccer/rugby field)
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Post by Tim Horton on Dec 14, 2019 11:44:51 GMT 10
We already live in the bush 365......
That with old age means this is our spot, where we make our stand and all that...
About the only thing that can displace us is forest fire. With that regardless of anything else, all bets are off and you deal with the aftermath...
My 5 cents of opinion...
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Post by bug on Dec 15, 2019 15:14:53 GMT 10
This will be me. Bugging out it not practical. I have enough room to garden and have chickens. Plenty of room for food and water storage. Bought a generator yesterday too. Will soon get an electric car to double as a home battery. Nice and quiet if you need to go somewhere in one too.
My home is far more secure than most in my area. You don't have to be the best defended, just the 2nd least defended...
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2020 15:49:34 GMT 10
I live in a rural area so bugging in is a no brainer. Plus my elderly parents and brother live here in the same town to.
We decided to self isolate when the first community transmission occurred here in VIC (13th or 15th?) and I brought my parents to my place. It is a lot less flasher than my brother's place so it is unlikely to draw attention.
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Post by feralemma on Mar 27, 2020 11:15:22 GMT 10
Rather than start a new topic I'll just use this one.
Who here is bugged out rather than in? It's a hot topic on the fb pages with people wanting to be told when to go 🙄 and most not having an actual destination or BOL to go to.
We are bugged in, which is a no-brainer for us. We live 35km from the nearest town as it is, and can survive almost indefinitely on our stores and what we can produce. We might go without luxories but they aren't necessary anyway.
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Post by bce1 on Mar 27, 2020 11:18:56 GMT 10
We are bugged in. Same situation as feralemma
18kms from a 75,000 town
Downside for me is I need to keep going to work.....
So probably not fair to say bugged in.
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Post by feralemma on Mar 27, 2020 11:27:52 GMT 10
We are bugged in. Same situation as feralemma 18kms from a 75,000 town Downside for me is I need to keep going to work..... So probably not fair to say bugged in. 😮😮 75,000 people.....thats a city! Our nearest town has around 150 people in it 🤣 |
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Post by blueshoes on Mar 27, 2020 12:27:16 GMT 10
We are sort of partially bugged-in. Not the way that SHTF manuals describe it as 'going to ground' and 100% hiding in your house...
Is there a term for a half-way point?
"we're avoiding contact but still putting the bins out"?
"we're not allowing visitors or visiting people but still doing one grocery run a week, carefully and with measures in place"?
Occasional trips outside, maybe taping teddybears in the window and other non-contact social interaction, but no direct contact
limited time outside the house, maybe at specific times of day depending on what's going on
i can see something like a partial-bug-in status for things like post nuclear fallout too, after the first few weeks when there's some radiation around and small doses are OK but not big doses, or in mild civil unrest.
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Post by feralemma on Mar 27, 2020 12:50:13 GMT 10
^^ maintaining some sense of normalcy while "social distancing", and not going crazy with cabin fever would be about right?
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Post by frostbite on Mar 27, 2020 20:02:03 GMT 10
My biggest concern with bugging in is in the timing. Like, I need to time it precisely so that my wife's two hot blonde friends are visiting our place when the shutdown starts.
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Post by Ammo9 on Mar 27, 2020 21:11:03 GMT 10
I'm doing a weekly shop, and checking the PO box if I get an email there's goodies there cause I'm waiting on some "panic buys". But thankfully I'm on annual leave for another few weeks, but then I'll be back in the thick of it.
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Post by SA Hunter on Mar 28, 2020 21:28:25 GMT 10
Bugging in - though the family are already in lockdown - except for going fishing to a few remote spots ( where there are no fish either damn it  ). We live in a town of about 16,000 people. My bol is 30 minutes out of town, and away from direction that people would wander. It's just not ready yet - that is a priority for me now when not at work. Unfortunately I am about to do 8 days straight, so have to wait a while to get there. |
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