We've written a lot about that subject here over the years (see the sidebar for some article links), but we never stop learning - particularly from the experiences of others. After the Los Angeles fires, there's a lot more of that out there.
Eaton Rapids Joe has just published three articles on his blog that you may find useful:
New Preppers: The Time-Distance-Options relationship
In the third of those articles, he also linked to a classic article originally published in 1989:
It examines the pro's and con's (there are many of the latter!) of "bugging out" with a backpack to avoid a dangerous situation. There are times when one may have no choice in the matter (the Los Angeles fires being a prime example), but in general it's best to stay put and ride out a disaster in one's home (assuming one has applied basic forethought to one's preparations).
Recommended reading, all of them.
Peter
4 comments:
This is a twofer
Friend of mine had gotten body bags to storage raw wool fleeces. They're bug tight, have one way valves to vent, and have handles, which make them easier to move than garbage 'cans'.
There was a massive mudslide which took out the neighbors, and was asked if she had any blankets or sheets to spare to cover bodies. "No, but I do have ten body bags."
Apparently, first responders do not carry a large number with them.
She may write a book of lessons learned titled "Ten Body Bags Are Not Enough".
When I lived in NE Atlanta the bug-out plan was to go 2 hour north to my cottage in western North Carolina where I had a 7.5Kw generator and other supplies. I moved to south east Georgia to a small town in a county that has the largest agricultural production in the state. I have a shelter-in-place plan right now. I have a much larger generator with the ATS for when the power goes out. The NC property is on the side of a mountain and all roads into the valley have been rebuilt. I will probably put it up for sale.
Thank-you, sir, for the kind words and the links.
-Joe
Plans A, B, and C depending on circumstances, and remember, no plan survives 'first contact'...
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