Preppers’ PING!!
Our own MAG (aka "The Tribe") has a core team which maintains the focal point of the group, the residence we code-named "The Bunker". The Bunker's location is near enough to services and resources, as well as secondary routes for easy access by road and foot. Tribe members not located at The Bunker are close enough that either a ruck march or a short vehicle trip over secondary roads will bring them here.
Pre-arranged signals will trigger the bug-in order. Should a crisis begin to unfold, the command group at The Bunker issues a single-word signal to the far-flung Tribe members, and they equip and arm themselves and make their way. Routes are already planned for members from their respective workplaces, with alternate routes and link-up points to travel together for safety. School-age members have strict orders to exfil the campus, and escape/evade back to another Tribe member's location for linkup and rendezvous at The Bunker.
Once the Tribe assembles, the bug-in begins. The command group monitors their progress and ETA; manages pre-positioned stocks and arranges billeting; and briefs the Tribe on the current situation. The command group also monitors local comms, such as Ham, media, and state/county emergency management and, most importantly, establishes contact with other groups in the region with whom The Tribe has loose alliance. When all is copacetic, The Bunker settles in for routine ops: duty rosters, local security, contact teams, and housekeeping chores.
By now, you might be asking the question, "What could trigger The Tribe's contingency plans?" As I said before, we performed Threat Analysis on our own tactical situation. What are the threats which we have to deal with?
1. WEATHER... We are in Florida, the Lightning Capital of the Nation, as well as being under the gun for just about every tropical cyclone that spawns. Weather events are the most common and most pressing threats we have, because of all the sub-threat categories involved: Heat Waves, Flooding, Power Loss, Evacuation, Tornadoes, and the Disruption of the Distribution Chain;
2. CIVIL DISORDER... We are dealing right now with the Zimmerman Kangaroo Court near Orlando, which the forces of the political Left have sworn to exploit. There are simmering cauldrons of race-hate forming in every major city in the state. A tide of civil unrest could cause the entitlement class to come boiling out of the urban kraals;
3. THE REGIME... We all know the endless stories, scenarios, and horror emails about "the coming future time", as Orwell put it.
With Natural Disaster weighing in overwhelmingly at #1, that is what The Tribe has prepped for the most. The Bunker is essentially storm-proof, on higher ground and outside all evacuation areas. With the location being "off the beaten path", The Bunker can sustain itself and The Tribe for the duration of any weather event in relative comfort.
In the event of a man-made crisis, The Bunker and The Tribe are prepared to defend in place and prosecute to drive off.