Bugging in Place

by Joseph Parish in Issues, March 29, 2009

Just about every place that one may consider as a safe retreat location has some sort of negative aspect about it. As an example, assume we take the Idaho, Wyoming and Montana area. There are groups of people that are currently observing the Yellowstone area for a impending crisis. Suppose for one moment that the Yellowstone geysers start to go off as it has been predicted. We are quickly becoming conscious that this hot springs locality is nothing more then a super volcano waiting to erupt. In this case a safe retreat to those surrounding states would be a waste. The Northwest section of the country has its associated risks as well with Mt St Helens also on the verge of eruption. Let’s face, it we could plan to go south and meet head on with hurricanes or travel west and find an abundance of killer tornados awaiting our arrival. It really doesn’t matter much as to where we plan to go as all areas have their downfalls to a certain extent.

I guess what I am trying to say is that we need to carefully ensure that we are totally prepared and have all the possible preparations completed that we possibly can at our current home. We must hone up on our various survival skills and learn new and useable trades. We need to store up on a good quantity of food and other useful survival supplies. It doesn’t matter how great of a gardener we are the point remains that we still need to eat until our first harvest has materialized and matured. We will need not just food but also fresh water, fuel, possibly ammo, meds and trading materials.

With all these facts clearly in mind it makes good sense to seriously consider where you currently live at. Where you reside now is actually where you can make your best living and ultimately store up on extra products.

I think one must be prepare to survive in place as a first retreat plan. If there are particular reasons why this would not present itself as a feasible plan such as residing in a fairly large city then one should quickly relocate outside the larger city prior to TSHTF. In a large city you are likely to be presented with many different challenges and to consider “in place” would not be too likely however you may wish to consider another location near by.

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I fully support the idea of having a bug out plan in fact maybe several would be a good idea however do not make bugging out your only type of plan. Bugging out may not be the best solution in the long run. What good would it do to plan on going to a place that is so far away that you possibly can not even be certain that you can effectively get to it? In addition, last minute rushes just do not work well from a survivalist point of view. Look at the hurricanes down south. Even with several days notification it is impossible to evacuate that many people. In place may be better then stuck on the highway somewhere without all your usual preps.