On bugging out to get to your Oklahoma place....

Make sure that isn't your plan A. Think of the logistics involved of traveling x amount of miles. The gear needed, pressure on teh car, gas, family, etc. In a worst case situation, you'd be traveling on major highways with millions of other people vying to find the "perfect spot". Then you have to think about road blocks, criminals, police/militaty, etc. What about when you stop to refill? Who says someone won't shoot you and take your car, etc... I've just never thought bugging out to some remote location should be the first option. Just my two cents.

What I was going to write about was your communications.... In a "situation" which is undefined, we do not know whether coms will be operational or not. Obvisouly with a nuc, the EMP will take out certain structures, etc. With a regular ICBM, just infrastructure, etc. I guess what I'm trying to say is that one of those $40 shortwave/AM/FM crank radios you can pick up at Radio Shack should be fine for the intermediate time you are traveling or getting situated. HAM radios would be nice, but it's no garuntee that Jack, John, Bob, and Sue Ellen will have one too. Also, probably wouldn't be a bad idea to have small mile or so range handhelds for your family when/if you're hunting or away. No garuntees that cell towers, etc will still be operational.... plus lots of baterries. Believe it or not but you can rig up batteries with glass jars, potatoes, and a few other things - I'll try to find that diagram, something we did back in my boyscouts days. Had like a two hour charge off a simple potatoe.