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To: nomorelurker

I think that for almost everyone, the home BOB is about going to a shelter or a friend’s home, so it should have all the things based on that, the one in the car should be based on living in the car for X days and/or hiking out under worse winter or summer conditions and for the longest distance to your home or occupied houses.

A lot of guys seem to base their BOB on moving to the woods and living off the land which makes zero sense.


11 posted on 09/16/2023 4:01:14 PM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: ansel12

I don’t plan on bugging out, but I like your idea to have supplies in your car or work so you could walk home.


12 posted on 09/16/2023 4:05:31 PM PDT by P.O.E. (Pray for America.)
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To: ansel12
As far as keeping "Get Home" gear in your vehicle -

For those that like to read SHTF fiction I recommend "GOING HOME" by A. American.

It is an enjoyable read as well as thought provoking.
The author presents some good ideas about what kind of gear might work out in a "Get Home" scenario.

It is book one of a series but is basically a stand-alone narrative about a man having to trek 250 miles to get home after a massive EMP strike.

There is a lengthy excerpt at this link:

Going Home: A Novel by A. American
Paperback ISBN-978-0142181270


37 posted on 09/16/2023 5:07:07 PM PDT by Iron Munro (An evil man will burn his own nation to the ground to rule over the ashes)
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To: ansel12

“I think that for almost everyone, the home BOB is about going to a shelter or a friend’s home, so it should have all the things based on that, the one in the car should be based on living in the car for X days and/or hiking out under worse winter or summer conditions and for the longest distance to your home or occupied houses.”

good ideas - narrowing down their purposes makes it easier to do


81 posted on 09/16/2023 7:50:20 PM PDT by CottonBall (“Fascism should be called corporatism because it is a merger of state & corporate power" – Mussolini)
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