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Four hours to bug out!
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[quote:Anonymous Coward 77374864:MV80Nzk3MDI2Xzg3NTA0MDQ1X0FFRDQ1RENC] [b][color=darkred]Those in Paradise California had 5 minutes, 15 max, to HIT THE ROAD and get out of there, and not all made it - mostly those who delayed. [/color][/b] 4 hours? In a disaster situation 4 hours would be a Godsend ... [b]in a real DISASTER, you have 10 minutes max to react and get physically moving. [/b] * Always know where your most important papers are (birth certificates, passports, address book for contacting family and friends, insurance papers) and make sure they and your "grab money" can be grabbed[color=darkred][b] so you can be out of there in 90 seconds. [/b][/color] * A little more time? Say [b]5 more minutes: Family photographs[/b] - for most they are irreplaceable and what people miss the most if disaster destroys everything * A little more time? Say [b]another 5 minutes? Some family "artifacts"[/b], particularly the multi-generational ones. * AFTER you have that stuff ready to go THEN worry about clothes, water, food and shelter items. Having water, food, and shelter from the elements, particularly in a rainy or cold location, can be an almost immediate Life and Death dynamic. * ONLY AFTER those items are taken care of would I worry about guns /ammo etc.. Guns and ammo are replaceable, and NOT NEEDED for the first few days a bug out situation (unless you are going to use them to STEAL from others). Those who react quickly can possibly "beat the crowd" wrt traffic (if they are driving) ... since any MASS evacuation is going to clog the roads up very quickly. Again look at the situation of those trying to get out of Paradise. If you don't remember what that was like just call up some YouTube videos of it and you will quickly get an education that SPEED at getting on the road can make the difference between life and death. The Oakland Hills fire of 1991 is another good example. Some people who left 90 seconds after their neighbor DIED!! In that situation one had about 90 seconds to get moving ... or risk dying. 90 seconds ... THAT is what you need to be ready for. Usually it is better to leave stuff behind, even survival stuff, and start to get out the situation as fast as possible once a real disaster hits. [/quote]
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What do you do and what do you take with you and your family if you may not come back?
Just a thought experiment.
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