Thanks for the reply. The power goes out. No TV. Nothing on the radio stations. The only clear station on SW is "Radio Free Cuba". Do you bug out or bug in?
I guess my concern here is if all communications are down, how to make the decision to bug out in the BOV? I think it is important to follow the steps you've outlined once someone has made the decision.
For us... when SHTF...we are good as gone...we spent a long time building a large underground shelter and that is where we are going along with a specific number of people ... when we see that certain things are happening all over the place...and the things I see as warnings might be very different than what you or some one else might consider to be the pivot of it all...
What we have done in our group is that we all have short wave and back up systems to monitor... the power might go out but it will not fully be out for a few weeks... lots of fuel to keep all that running for awhile.
There are going to be a lot of problems that go along with a BO and in a vehicle you are going to want to get away from the city proper as fast as possible... to put it bluntly there are going to be things going on that you nor I really want to consider as being "for real".... crime out of control, and well to put is nicely...any woman or child is going to be a target for the reeps that are going to be running amok...I see anarchy in the worst possible way...and there is no one in this government that is going to be able to slow it down... let alone curtail it.
The military and LE people are going to be looking after their own families, so there is going to be little hope there... or help..Basically i am saying that people are pretty much going to be on their own...I understand that this is not a good nor pretty picture, but it is based upon reality and past situations in other nations when the government and society collapsed.... so why should or would the US be any different...
That is why i say to plan out the routes way before hand and time your evacs and the times from point A to point B... and do it at all different hours... the rush hour is going to be the worst times...and that is understandable... so this is why the alterante routes are so important...
The other thing that i stress here is that once it all falls (and it could) you need to understand that the most most dangerous creature out there is the... human .
Therefore it is not a pleasant thing to say when I say it , but you are the target that that criminal element "human" is going to be going after.... the reasons will vary, but you will have food, and other items...and if you have women with you... well nuff said there.
There is also the ugly reality that you are or may be required to shoot first and ask questions later... sadly they will be doing the very same thing towards you... so the folks in your group had better be resolved that they will have to shoot if needed...
In my group (and we are a large armed group).. every single person has that mentality that it is either them or us... therefore the american way of life and the constitution must survive if any of us are to survive. We (all of us) have no qualms about shooting someone or anyone that is intent upon harming any member in our group... Our shelter is manned 24/7 all year long, so there is always a force there.
BO is highly important... and a person cannot have enough spare parts around in one place and some fuel stored away in case of the possibility you have to move out.
If you have additional questions i can attempt to answer them, to the best of my ability...
