I've been storing up on supplies lately because of the events in other parts of the world as well as in our own country. I'm afraid we're in for some troubled times. I hope this will lead this country back to God again.<br>But my question is: "Why is there so much talk about a "Bug-Out-Bag?" I'm new at this, so please be patient. If our country suffers another catastrophe, why is there going to be a mass exodus? <br>Would not it be better to stay put? <br>Thanks for any input.<br>God bless,<br>Joe

Of course it is better to stay put but what if your house is on fire would you stay there? A bug-out-bag is a little bag with minimal survival stuff. My own b-o-b is also containing water and food for 24 to 36 hours.

Also think what you would do if a train derailment or semi truck overturned and created a hazardous material spill that created a poisonous gas that was heading towards your home. <br><br>What if the flood waters started rising?<br><br>What if wildfire was approaching your home?<br><br>What if an earthquake devasted your home?<br><br>What is a tornado/typhoon/hurricane tore apart your home?<br><br>What would you take with you to help you and your family survive for 3 days unassisted? Water, food, shelter, first aid kit, knife. Extra clothes, boots, leather gloves, fire making materials. Enough supplies to exist but still be able to carry in a backpack or daypack.<br><br>Your home is probably the best place to be for most emergencies. But there are some that make the home more dangerous than being somewhere else, at least temporarily.

The story of disaster is old and universal. The inability to bring down a reindeer to meteor strikes, floods, war and pestilance has given rise to this worldwide mythos. This can produce two behaviors; those who give up or create a comforting spiritual backdoor, and those who make rational preparations while living a full life. If nothing else, having a few power bars along for the Rapture is a good idea.

Thanks for your input. I'm afraid that I have to disagree with your view on someone being able to "create" a "spiritual" comfort zone. The one thing I know that is created however is this world and universe. No such thing as evolution. <br>As for the Rapture, no power bars with be needed.

Storing supplies for the eventualities of life always makes sense. The types of disasters that may be-fall us today are not significantly different than those that our ancesters faced:<br>Famine - (unemployment)<br>Fire<br>Flood<br>Ice<br>Pestilance - (hazardous waste)<br>War<br>Weather<br><br>oh Yeah - eternal damnation.<br><br>As for the first part of that list you will find very valuable suggestions and information on this forum and around this site. That last one is a little bit out of the range of normal conversation for this forum. You might find a warmer reception over on the campfire forum or perhaps some other site.<br><br>If you scan the list of disasters you will quickly realize that most of them threaten not only yourself but also your home. Any threat to the home will make the need for a Bug-Out option clear and most preparations for supplies stored up useless. <br><br>Preparations that are stored up in a location and not mobile will be useless if that location itself is threatened. What I, and many others have done is to make most of our stock mobile by packing it in units that can be loaded quickly into the 4X4 and storing the units outside the home in a secure location. The home is the obvious target for anyone trying to raid my supplies and the most likely source of some of the disasters such as fire or hazardous waste spill. House-fires are the most common disaster that puts people un-expectedly in a shelter. If you have a tent, some good supplies and clothing in a shed on the property the likelyhood that both the shed and the home will be burnt in a house fire is low and you would be able to immediately set up house-keeping right there while you rebuild. OTOH if you have all your preparations on the shelves in you basement then most of them will be cooked in the house fire. <br><br>The most expensive but certainly an attractive option is to purchase a hunting lodge in a remote place and stock it. Make arrangements for local storage of your stuff by either renting a self storage unit or Geo-Caching on your own property. This allows you to prepare and stock for long-term isolation and survival when TEOTWAWKI occurs. (again this topic veers off the path for this forum) <br><br>A B-O-B for a few days while you wait for the green cloud from the over-turned tractor trailer to disperse or the wild-fire to be controlled or the flood waters to recede is what we talk about here. Mine is on multiple levels. Each member of my family has a basic backpack sufficient for them to spend a few days in the wilderness. This is minimal B-O-B. Add to that some basic rations - Power Bars, GORP, cheese, Jerky, Peanut Butter and Jelly, and canned goods in a box in the shed that gets rotated as needed and 4 seven gallon water jugs and a family camping tent and we are ready to setup house-keeping. This is all stored in the shed under lock. Firearms are kept in the house for safety and protection. Hopefully we would be able to grab them if we had to leave. In the case of a house fire we might lose them or the safe would keep them safe and we would retrieve them after the fire.<br><br>For us the hunting lodge hasn't become a financial option though I continue to shop for a parcel of land.

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