Your bug out plan - From City.

[BlasterBob]

Outlaw1, sounds like you have a pretty good plan.

[aloharover]

Don't forget how Gunnison did in the 20's, the mountains won't be letting people in, and they may be livable now, barely (this is the most crowded western land it seems like!) but they sure wont be.

What is the reference to Gunnison in the 20's?

[ChunkyMonkey]

What is the reference to Gunnison in the 20's?

He might be referring to the spanish influenza epidemic in 1918. Gunnison barricaded all roads into town - barred train stop in town and so on.

[Bailey Guns]

Personally, I think there are too many "what ifs" to really make a detailed plan. If it were just me, it would be a lot easier.

But, when/if "it" happens:

• What if the wife is at work (in Englewood)?
• What if I'm at work and unable to get home?
• What if communications are completely out?
• What if I (or the wife) am injured when "it" happens?
• What if roadways are impassable (I have very limited options from home)?
• What if I can't get to my family? I will not leave them behind.
• What if I can't get to my dogs? They're almost as important to me as human family, for the most part.

There are so many other "what ifs" that it's almost impossible to do more than just make general plans, which I've done. House is almost completely capable of being run "off the grid", at least for a short time (2 to 3 months, then gas supplies for generator will be probably be hard to come by). Food stores are in pretty good shape...frozen stuff gets eaten/cooked first. Access to fresh water isn't a problem since we have a well...assuming we stay at home. I'm working on putting the necessary mechanical options in place for a hand-pump on the well.

Defending almost any location without a substantial amount of help is going to be very problematic, no matter how you look at it.

Bottom line, we're potentially in fairly good shape, or fairly bad shape, depending on what happens. But we won't know until we know.

I think the best plan in a worst case/near worst case scenario is to quickly band together with competent people. To me, that's the best way to solve a lot of problems, especially in terms of defense of a location.