Bugging Out

There has been a lot of talk over the years about bugging out, bags and kits. The subject of “bugging out” is bound to come up in any conversation about making survival preps. The implications of collapse will be many and life changing to say the least. Disasters like hurricanes, drought or flash floods could force a survivor to “head for the hills” in search of safer ground.

America and much of the world is facing a series of potential disasters. It seems like we are being attacked from all sides, sometimes I feel like throwing up my hands in despair and just giving up. Dragging out the Jim Beam, pulling up a bar stool and seeing how many loose women I can bed before they throw my cold dead ass in a hole and cover me with dirt. It’s easy to give up. I shake it off and prep harder then before. I am funny like that…

Ecological collapse, economic collapse, agriculture disaster, war, plague, pandemic or any number of natural or man made disasters could force the need to seek safer footing. But the question remains is the bug out a viable plan when faced with disaster? The simple answer is yes; under the right circumstances.

Bug out bags should be considered as a temporary survival plan or as a backup at best. You should keep in mind if you are forced to leave your home or retreat; you have essentially made yourself a refugee, which is the last thing you want during hard times. A bug out kit will keep you alive for a few days, then what? You had better have a way to supply your basic needs after exhausting the gear contained in your kit.

Some survivalists look at this type of kit as an “escape and evasion” bag. Bugging out to the forest and mountains to hide from danger for the most part is a flawed idea. Living completely free of civilization, scrounging for food and shelter for any length of time can be done under the right conditions by some people. But it would not be easy and the constant struggle to stay alive would be more then most could handle.

The most important consideration is where will you go? Will a friend or family member in a distant town take you in? How long before they tire of your company? Government shelter, don’t bet on it. I am afraid most of us will not be as fortunate in this regard as the Katrina disaster refugees, and who wants to be dependent on government for their survival?

The prospect of the hidden cave or dug out stocked with survival supplies could be a consideration. Having a hidden cache of essential gear could mean the difference between death and survival.

I have several homemade PVC cache tubes hidden around my area, and have been working on putting in similar tubes in a near by state as a backup to my other survival preparations. I would only leave my home if I hade no other choice. I would rather stay and fight then to run and hide.
Having a bug out plan is a good idea; just don’t rely on it as your primary survival insurance against disaster.

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