One thing that everyone is agreed on that bug out is a LAST resort.
That being said, it beats dying in. Sometimes a place becomes untenable, but often only temporarily.
Many crisis situations eventually reduce down to only tragedies.

People are capable of things unimagined when life demands it.
One of the many things I learned in the military was you can do a lot MORE than you think you can.

In the "Deep Survival" book will to live is given an essential place in determining the likely hood that a person is going to make it. Skills are an edge, but will has no substitute.

I personally think the survival instinct exist in all of us, but has been largely suppressed by a society that prefers PHRASECENSOREDPOSTERSHOULDKNOWBETTER..
Most of the people here are looking for all the edges (intangibles and skills) possible.

One of the things most infuriating to me is the perception that to be civilized is to be helpless. (OMG he/she has a knife, Why on earth does any one carry something like that when they have the American express card ?).

Like so many other post here my own plans are in steps from EDC to full scale bug in or out.
I hope that the day never comes but if it does at least I'm equipped right.

Don't forget the option to re-occupy the homestead does sometimes exist too.

Yes Susan has outlined a number of concerns that are valid, but
in 6 years of the US ARMY, a half dozen hurricanes a number of trips to South and Central America, have shown me that you can do a lot of things that seem impossible.
And no I hope I never have to do them again, but it beats being dead.