Bugging Out Question by Huntsman

[les snyder]

as others have commented, its good to have a definite location and "trigger" decided upon... there is an old agage in political science...if you place a frog in a pot of boiling water, he will jump out... but if you slowly add the heat over a period of time, he will boil to death, as the situation today was only slightly worse than yesterday....

for immediate tactical responses we have the OODA loop... observe, orient, decide, act

for planning SF uses the PACE acronym to identify multiple options... Primry, Alternate, Contingency, Emergency to categorize your reply to a variety of potential threats

a decision making format I used with my students is the "list-cluster-label" technique....
free think a list of potential problems  15-20 or so
in the margin of your paper, draw lines to a point from similar or related concepts... these points are your clusters
label the cluster
this will identify your major areas of concern

I live on the west coast of Florida, and my "bug out trigger" is pretty simple.. I plan on hunkering down for a Cat 1, 2, or 3 hurricane as my house has endured 125mph,  but will evac to a relatives house with post Andrew building code in case of a Cat 4 or 5

I'm an old fart, so realistically for an EOTWAWK will bug in... am starting to put some staples away in long term storage,and head to the salt water coastal area to augment my protein needs

[tombogan03884]

as others have commented, its good to have a definite location and "trigger" decided upon... there is an old agage in political science...if you place a frog in a pot of boiling water, he will jump out... but if you slowly add the heat over a period of time, he will boil to death, as the situation today was only slightly worse than yesterday....

for immediate tactical responses we have the OODA loop... observe, orient, decide, act

for planning SF uses the PACE acronym to identify multiple options... Primry, Alternate, Contingency, Emergency to categorize your reply to a variety of potential threats

a decision making format I used with my students is the "list-cluster-label" technique....
free think a list of potential problems  15-20 or so
in the margin of your paper, draw lines to a point from similar or related concepts... these points are your clusters
label the cluster
this will identify your major areas of concern

I live on the west coast of Florida, and my "bug out trigger" is pretty simple.. I plan on hunkering down for a Cat 1, 2, or 3 hurricane as my house has endured 125mph,  but will evac to a relatives house with post Andrew building code in case of a Cat 4 or 5

I'm an old fart, so realistically for an EOTWAWK will bug in... am starting to put some staples away in long term storage,and head to the salt water coastal area to augment my protein needs

He found a way to get his wife to let him go fishing more often.
"I'm going to build up the protein supplies dear, I'll be back for supper."   

[bulldog75]

See the sad thing is I am the family member that most will be bugging out too. I live in the sticks and have prepared. Unlike my older brother who lives 250 miles away in the city. I bought him a Mosin with some rounds and will maybe pick up a S and W Sigma. If he keeps pissing me off it will be a Hi Point. I did make up a plan if I have to bug out. There is 3 to be exact. One I coordinated with one of my other brothers out west. My wife was not into preparing until she saw what happened in Japan.

[fightingquaker13]

He found a way to get his wife to let him go fishing more often.
"I'm going to build up the protein supplies dear, I'll be back for supper."   

Darling, its free fish, have you seen what snapper is going dor these days? Ok, yeah, the FIRST one costs $20K, but after that they're free.
FQ13