So what is your plan? Bug Out or Bug In? or is it a combo of both? I know some folks who plan on trying to stay it but do have a fall back location in case things get to bad. I have a similar plan.
If your going to bug in, what are your options, such a security, water, power, food, etc. These are things you must think about. How do you keep a group of folks at bay? How do you maintain an appearance to keep up OPSEC? These are serious considerations. Cooking generates smells. If your neighbors smell food, they will come looking! A hungry person can be desperate! a person with hungry kids is dangerous! Look for pouch meals, freeze dried or MRE's. These will have low odors and only require you to boil hot water to make them. Thus reducing the food smell that will draw folks in. How do you not advertise your eating well,, eat less! reduce your calorie consumption , enough to help you loose some weight but not affect your ability to perform under pressure or maintain a needed energy level for what could be often hard work. Also add vitamins and supplements to help with this, remember if your not healthy you are more vulnerable to picking up what ever nasty bug is creeping around!
Wear your cloths a few more times, or have work (outside cloths) that maintain a certain level of dirt. How do you not advertize you may have electricity or a power source, black out curtains, foil and even spray paint your windows. Use low voltage lighting, or dim lights at nights. Also use a solar style generator,, it works all day and makes no noise! at night you could attempt to add a vertical wind generator to it and hope a breeze will come along and help it. In the winter close off extra rooms, its a waste of resources to try to heat the whole house, heating 1-2 rooms is more efficient.
Water,,, find Google maps, make notes of where water sources are around you, to include pools and ponds. A bonus is if the house is vacant there might be pool chemicals you can use to purify water.
Learn how to build a slow sand filter! its a great way to clean water for drinking. Build water storage! Rain gutters and a few holding tanks can be a blessing! You can keep them very low profile!
Turn your backyard into a whole garden space! why not use it for something useful !!! grass is pretty but it wont feed or supplement your food stores.
If you have a bug out location, have everything you need to garden there, ready to go, you will want to get your garden up as soon as possible. You can extend your food/emergency food very quickly if your on top of it!
Security! OPSEC is most important. Also situational awareness is most crucial! Be aware of whom is around, who is watching you, who lives where and also people out scouting for the victim of the day. Be ready to defend everything with your life! One thing to remember there are leaders in groups, if faced with a situation where you have to shoot, shoot the one who looks to be in charge! If they are unorganized and lack discipline they will most likely break contact. Take the fight to them if possible and keep the pressure on. The message will be sent. If the problem looks to become major or a hard threat you may want to consider bugging out at that point. Every situation requires thought and a plan and training! Train,, train,, train!!!
Also look at upgrading your home security to include fortifying windows and doors. You may also want to create a safe room with added security such as ballistic blankets http://www.bulletproofme.com/Ballistic-Blankets.shtml or sheet steel http://www.metalsdepot.com/catalog_cart_view.php?msg= added to the walls to stop bullets. YOUR HOUSE isnt bullet proof! There is a company that sells door re-enforcement kits called Door Jamb Armor http://armorconcepts.com/ this will help make your doors way more resistant to kicking in. Also consider hurricane shutters or security shutters http://www.rollashield.com/products/shutters, this could also help deter or add resistance to your home being attacked.
Another idea is ballistic paneling, but this isnt cheap!
http://armorco.com/shop/category.aspx?catid=3
http://www.armortex.com/
You can also fortify rooms with 1/2-3/4 in plywood.
Also consider a video surveillance system with a few extra cameras on standby. If a few were to be damaged they can quickly be replaced. Use a mix of HD and good quality infrared with their own light source.
I know alot of this is very pricy but they are options...
Remember to also cache items around your area. If you have to un-ass real quick you will be able to hopefully rely on your caches to get you through till you can safely get to your bug out location or a safe second location.
Also think about hiding stuff with in your home. Adding thickness to an interior wall will give you a great place/space to hide items. If you have to bail, think like this, make some items Gimme Items, easy to grab, and a few items that a bad guy will have to look for. they will most likely not waste to much time looking for things. I had an idea once on a house of building the interior walls with 2x6 instead of 2x4 and even a few walls made of 2x8. Yes you loose square footage but what you gain is a great place to stash critical items. A wall between two bedrooms made of a 2x6 or 2x8 is a lot of hiding space. You can hide/stash ammo there, food, and critical items. That way if you need to you can come back later or take back later your house and have supplies on hand.
If you decide to cache, pick a few places close to your house, and several locations in route to your other locations. GPS them and then encrypt that coordinate. Also keep what you put in them limited, just in case someone else finds your cache. Think food, water, first aid and a 200rnd battle pack of ammo. At other more remote locations add extras like cloths, an extra weapon (if possible) and anything else you might need. Remember to also water proof everything before you seal your container, THAT means waterproof individual items then place them in waterproof bags then in a heavy mil trash bag, seal your container with a heavy bead of silicon. when you bury it you might want to also through a heavy mill trash bag or plastic sheet over the top. This way your cache is kept dry! It seems a bit overkill but beats finding a drum or large container full of water logged goodies.
ALSO do this at your bug out location/locations.
If you even decide to you can also do a few exterior walls as well. Or in bedrooms build built in book cases create a shallow case or even false bottoms and stash stuff behind and under them. Interior walls are ideal because window depth of exterior walls could potentially give something away...
Be sure to learn basic and advanced first aid, if you can learn some emergency combat medicine skills. Stock up on meds, to include antibiotics http://www.fishmoxfishflex.com/ and learn when and how to use them. Also learn some herbal medicine skills, you can stave off infections, you can cleanse wounds with herbs, you can do a lot with herbs, learn how and when to use them because you will have limited amounts of antibiotics and they have a shelf life. Dont use them unless you have too. I usually get sinus infections come cedar season. By learning how to use a nettie pot and learning to make some tea's and use saline to flush my sinus's I have not had one in years! Saves me a trip to the Dr and expensive drugs as well as steroid shots. Keep several well stocked first aid kits on hand and also ready to grab at a moments notice. Have a good one in your bug out bag!
Weapons, well thats a tough one,, if your at your home it will most likely be a CQB battle unless you live in the country. If your in the city, shotguns for home defense are handy as well as the M-4 style rifles. Any weapon with a bull pup design is also decent. Also have several good pistols, personally the smallest round I would carry is a 9mm. My personal view! stay away from odd weapons, or hard to find calibers, why? well it limits your ammo a lot. Stick with common calibers! or be ready to have reloading equipment on hand and be good at reloading! Again,, train train train!! You will have the advantage and confidence when placed into a situation where gunfire starts.
Keep a good variety of weapons, like a hunting rifle, a shotgun, several pistols, and an assault rifle. Hunting rifles can be dual purpose, a 30-06 rifle has a very long range and as such can be used as a sniper weapon in needed. a 12 gauge shotgun makes for a multi-use weapon as well. I have a bird barrel and an 18inch for my Remi 870. Several pistols of different calibers! I like .45 and 9mm. Also get a .22 rifle,, great for neighborhood squirrels! and small game.
I will cover this subject some more later, remember these are my opinions and not always the best solutions for everyone! DO your research like I have done and find a plan that works best for you!
Remember if your going to bug in,, prepare, prepare, train, train, train, and be ready to get the hell out of dodge if you have too!
Comments are most welcomed on this BTW! Keep them clean! I am always up for discussion on this,
If your going to bug in, what are your options, such a security, water, power, food, etc. These are things you must think about. How do you keep a group of folks at bay? How do you maintain an appearance to keep up OPSEC? These are serious considerations. Cooking generates smells. If your neighbors smell food, they will come looking! A hungry person can be desperate! a person with hungry kids is dangerous! Look for pouch meals, freeze dried or MRE's. These will have low odors and only require you to boil hot water to make them. Thus reducing the food smell that will draw folks in. How do you not advertise your eating well,, eat less! reduce your calorie consumption , enough to help you loose some weight but not affect your ability to perform under pressure or maintain a needed energy level for what could be often hard work. Also add vitamins and supplements to help with this, remember if your not healthy you are more vulnerable to picking up what ever nasty bug is creeping around!
Wear your cloths a few more times, or have work (outside cloths) that maintain a certain level of dirt. How do you not advertize you may have electricity or a power source, black out curtains, foil and even spray paint your windows. Use low voltage lighting, or dim lights at nights. Also use a solar style generator,, it works all day and makes no noise! at night you could attempt to add a vertical wind generator to it and hope a breeze will come along and help it. In the winter close off extra rooms, its a waste of resources to try to heat the whole house, heating 1-2 rooms is more efficient.
Water,,, find Google maps, make notes of where water sources are around you, to include pools and ponds. A bonus is if the house is vacant there might be pool chemicals you can use to purify water.
Learn how to build a slow sand filter! its a great way to clean water for drinking. Build water storage! Rain gutters and a few holding tanks can be a blessing! You can keep them very low profile!
Turn your backyard into a whole garden space! why not use it for something useful !!! grass is pretty but it wont feed or supplement your food stores.
If you have a bug out location, have everything you need to garden there, ready to go, you will want to get your garden up as soon as possible. You can extend your food/emergency food very quickly if your on top of it!
Security! OPSEC is most important. Also situational awareness is most crucial! Be aware of whom is around, who is watching you, who lives where and also people out scouting for the victim of the day. Be ready to defend everything with your life! One thing to remember there are leaders in groups, if faced with a situation where you have to shoot, shoot the one who looks to be in charge! If they are unorganized and lack discipline they will most likely break contact. Take the fight to them if possible and keep the pressure on. The message will be sent. If the problem looks to become major or a hard threat you may want to consider bugging out at that point. Every situation requires thought and a plan and training! Train,, train,, train!!!
Also look at upgrading your home security to include fortifying windows and doors. You may also want to create a safe room with added security such as ballistic blankets http://www.bulletproofme.com/Ballistic-Blankets.shtml or sheet steel http://www.metalsdepot.com/catalog_cart_view.php?msg= added to the walls to stop bullets. YOUR HOUSE isnt bullet proof! There is a company that sells door re-enforcement kits called Door Jamb Armor http://armorconcepts.com/ this will help make your doors way more resistant to kicking in. Also consider hurricane shutters or security shutters http://www.rollashield.com/products/shutters, this could also help deter or add resistance to your home being attacked.
Another idea is ballistic paneling, but this isnt cheap!
http://armorco.com/shop/category.aspx?catid=3
http://www.armortex.com/
You can also fortify rooms with 1/2-3/4 in plywood.
Also consider a video surveillance system with a few extra cameras on standby. If a few were to be damaged they can quickly be replaced. Use a mix of HD and good quality infrared with their own light source.
I know alot of this is very pricy but they are options...
Remember to also cache items around your area. If you have to un-ass real quick you will be able to hopefully rely on your caches to get you through till you can safely get to your bug out location or a safe second location.
Also think about hiding stuff with in your home. Adding thickness to an interior wall will give you a great place/space to hide items. If you have to bail, think like this, make some items Gimme Items, easy to grab, and a few items that a bad guy will have to look for. they will most likely not waste to much time looking for things. I had an idea once on a house of building the interior walls with 2x6 instead of 2x4 and even a few walls made of 2x8. Yes you loose square footage but what you gain is a great place to stash critical items. A wall between two bedrooms made of a 2x6 or 2x8 is a lot of hiding space. You can hide/stash ammo there, food, and critical items. That way if you need to you can come back later or take back later your house and have supplies on hand.
If you decide to cache, pick a few places close to your house, and several locations in route to your other locations. GPS them and then encrypt that coordinate. Also keep what you put in them limited, just in case someone else finds your cache. Think food, water, first aid and a 200rnd battle pack of ammo. At other more remote locations add extras like cloths, an extra weapon (if possible) and anything else you might need. Remember to also water proof everything before you seal your container, THAT means waterproof individual items then place them in waterproof bags then in a heavy mil trash bag, seal your container with a heavy bead of silicon. when you bury it you might want to also through a heavy mill trash bag or plastic sheet over the top. This way your cache is kept dry! It seems a bit overkill but beats finding a drum or large container full of water logged goodies.
ALSO do this at your bug out location/locations.
If you even decide to you can also do a few exterior walls as well. Or in bedrooms build built in book cases create a shallow case or even false bottoms and stash stuff behind and under them. Interior walls are ideal because window depth of exterior walls could potentially give something away...
Be sure to learn basic and advanced first aid, if you can learn some emergency combat medicine skills. Stock up on meds, to include antibiotics http://www.fishmoxfishflex.com/ and learn when and how to use them. Also learn some herbal medicine skills, you can stave off infections, you can cleanse wounds with herbs, you can do a lot with herbs, learn how and when to use them because you will have limited amounts of antibiotics and they have a shelf life. Dont use them unless you have too. I usually get sinus infections come cedar season. By learning how to use a nettie pot and learning to make some tea's and use saline to flush my sinus's I have not had one in years! Saves me a trip to the Dr and expensive drugs as well as steroid shots. Keep several well stocked first aid kits on hand and also ready to grab at a moments notice. Have a good one in your bug out bag!
Weapons, well thats a tough one,, if your at your home it will most likely be a CQB battle unless you live in the country. If your in the city, shotguns for home defense are handy as well as the M-4 style rifles. Any weapon with a bull pup design is also decent. Also have several good pistols, personally the smallest round I would carry is a 9mm. My personal view! stay away from odd weapons, or hard to find calibers, why? well it limits your ammo a lot. Stick with common calibers! or be ready to have reloading equipment on hand and be good at reloading! Again,, train train train!! You will have the advantage and confidence when placed into a situation where gunfire starts.
Keep a good variety of weapons, like a hunting rifle, a shotgun, several pistols, and an assault rifle. Hunting rifles can be dual purpose, a 30-06 rifle has a very long range and as such can be used as a sniper weapon in needed. a 12 gauge shotgun makes for a multi-use weapon as well. I have a bird barrel and an 18inch for my Remi 870. Several pistols of different calibers! I like .45 and 9mm. Also get a .22 rifle,, great for neighborhood squirrels! and small game.
I will cover this subject some more later, remember these are my opinions and not always the best solutions for everyone! DO your research like I have done and find a plan that works best for you!
Remember if your going to bug in,, prepare, prepare, train, train, train, and be ready to get the hell out of dodge if you have too!
Comments are most welcomed on this BTW! Keep them clean! I am always up for discussion on this,
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