(04-27-2024, 10:04 PM)FlickerOfLight Wrote: This post has been deleted
When Preppers speak of "bugging out", they don't mean "bugging out" as in "wigging out", they mean it as in "getting the hell out of Dodge".
The problem is, "getting out of Dodge" will separate them from their entire support base, and drop them into an alien environment where they have really never had any experience. Weekend camping trips are NOT "experience" for actually living off the land and out in the wilds, but none of them seem to realize that. Nor do they factor in all the other clueless folks who'll be out there without any idea of what they are doing, or the desperation that will set in when they realize they haven't any idea what they're doing.
I do have a "bug out bag" packed and ready, sitting next to the door for a quick grab on my way out, but it doesn't have the usual kit in it. it's mostly medical supplies for injuries, and a couple MRE's for use while getting my bearings. I don't plan to use it as a life-line for extended emergencies while "heading for the hills" - I'm already in the hills. My idea is just to be able to set up a few hundred yards from my house for a day or two while I make plans for either re-taking the house or burning it down with the interlopers inside (and shooting any who try to escape the flames) if I can't find a way to re-take it.
I don't suffer invaders gladly. If I can't have my own house, they won't have it, either. Not for long, anyhow.
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