Your bug out plan - From City.

[thecatsfan]

The only truly bad plan is no plan. Everything else is personal choice and a constant balancing act between living life and enjoying today and preparing for what could happen.

But here is some interesting reading about food storage and shortages.
http://woodpilereport.com/

Unfortunately, I see a lot of truth in this report when he gets to the discussion of the Department of Homeland Security. Especially the comment from Survival Blog:

"The existing current national disaster plan calls for the requisition, by force if necessary, of all existing food and drug stocks from outlying, lightly populated, rural areas, for transport to and use in more densely populated urban areas."

Obviously, I do not have access to DHS internal documents, but I truly believe that in a major food shortage event, our already socialist-veering government will view anyone with above average food stores in their home as a hoarder and will take it upon themselves to seize and resitribute that food for the common good - theirs!

And the more government breaks down, the worse it wil be. As federal control degrades, it will occur on a local scale as lower and lower levels of politicians feel more and more empowered without oversight. I don't even consider it a stretch to imagine a scenario where local government officials declare martial law and go house to house seizing all food, weapons, ammo, medicine, and other objects of value. I am not saying it will happen, but I will not be shocked at all if we see it in out lifetimes.

Personally, I am not overly concerned about natural disasters or nuclear events. My biggest concerns are completely internal to our own country.

[Wulf202]

Oh I plan on going to your house if something happens....

[ChunkyMonkey]

\the possibility of having a female with me. \.

Now that's a plan.

[Beprepared]

I've tried to ask this before, and was provided a link, but it was too long for me to find what I was looking for. So you're saying that a direct, ground level, nuke strike at the Fed center would without a doubt end us (your place and mine?) About how far is "safe" from the initial shock wave of a nuke? How far from the fall out?

The condensed version. 30-50 mi.
http://www.ki4u.com/guide.htm

http://www.ki4u.com/free_book/s73p912.htm

[nontactical]

My plan is elegant in its simplicity; I am surrounded by Mormons. While I may not have a years worth of food like my Morman compadres, almost no one has the stockpile of ammo and weapons that I do ... soooo, I start picking off my neighbors, eating them, and feeding their stockpiles to my family. Hey, you do what you have to do in the post-asteroid world.

This is only partially in gest. Me and mine come before anyone else.

[Irving]

The condensed version. 30-50 mi.
http://www.ki4u.com/guide.htm

http://www.ki4u.com/free_book/s73p912.htm

Thank you.

[hip55]

In my mind only a few SHTF scenarios are likely for the Denver Metro / Colorado Springs areas, and much less likely everywhere else.

I can't imagine any local weather that would hammer the state into anarchy (for any period of time). Snows, floods and tornados are all very local events.

So IMO the best plan is to not live in an urban area. Hopefully you will be away from it all if the SHTF.

[Mobat555]

I start picking off my neighbors, eating them, and feeding their stockpiles to my family.

You should consider feeding off their stockpiles as well, rather then resort to cannibalism so quickly.

[Byte Stryke]

You should consider feeding off their stockpiles as well, rather then resort to cannibalism so quickly.

perhaps his plan is to extend the availability of his stockpiles for his family by not eating them himself.

or he could just be a sick F*cker

[RobertB]

Be a trend-setter - go cannibal early! It'll be fresher and more edible that way.