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I have practiced with many of the items I have. That even goes for that damned whole egg powder. Used to go dry camping for a couple of weeks at a time to my spot in the middle of nowhere.
Spent the night in the camper once when it was 25 outside just to see if my heating plan would work and how much kero my lamps were going to take. I was not happy for about two hours.
I see you running, tell me what your running from
Nobody's coming, what ya do that was so wrong.
What I forgot to mention about myself is that I practice lots of things, and buy extras of things, but I think I get into the habit that many people do as well...I put things off, or get "too busy" to practice.
I am certainly a culprit in that department and have a tendency to practice more often in summer months and less often (which sometimes is virtually never) in winter months
The plan and practice for actually bugging out have to consider the very real possibility of traffic clogged roads, roads closed and or controlled by BG's, etc. How will you get to where you want to be? How will you get away quick enough to avoid whatever it is you are leaving to avoid? If you have family, do you have rally locations identified (primary and alternates)?
What if your route is downwind from a chemical/biological/nuclear event? Do you have alt routes or know alternate paths if you have already started on your route?
Do you realize that you probably won't be able to rely on your cell phone for communication? Even if the whole "the government has a plan to disable/take over voice comm's in the event of a serious disaster" is an urban legend, you can at least expect the lines to be clogged (anyone remember trying to make a call - especially a long distance call as 9/11 unfolded?).
I know that Jerry is looking to or has started a communications thead so this side of things will be addressed there, but....
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Do you realize that you probably won't be able to rely on your cell phone for communication?
Does HAM Radio still work? I am very uneducated in the matter.
Who can say for sure, but I suspect that this is a mode of communication that should remian available.Originally Posted by KevDen2005
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HAM should still work as it is a direct connection... from one radio to another.
Cell phones rely on satellite and powered towers. Same with computers, etc. Even some brands on handheld "all purpose" walky-talkies and CB's use the cell towers without a direct link transmission...
So if SHTF, SW/HAM and it's descendants may be the only way to communicate long distance... unless we use smoke signals, HAHA.
Also food for thought is having a number of different maps prepared for your primary and alternate locations. There were a few places I would go that I could not find a map at REI or similar stores so I found on the USGS website you can have maps made. I had a few maps made, scale 1/24,000, which works pretty well with a military grid protractor (which is 1/25,000).
Keeping in mind of a previous post about possible chemical or nuclear agents a person may want to be aware of where the refineries and things like that are in their area (i.e. Commerce City). I for instance have an alternate location in Kansas, although not my ideal location it is separated from those types of things and not really easy to get to, unless you know exactly where you are going and what you are doing.
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