Emergency planning - escape route/go bag

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We lived in Houston during the Rita evacuation. It changed my mind a lot about the realities of getting out of a major metro area by car (or dirt bike). Not likely to happen. Add in anybody who is medically fragile to your group and the sh** can hit the fan really quick. We are now shelter in place people.

DMV we're most likely to get hit by some sort of dirty bomb (so very localized and no notice). Shelter in place would work for this kind of scenario. Obviously if we got hit by some sort of ICBM that is a different matter, but, there will not be enough notice to "evacuate." Your outcome will depend on where you are relative to the blast zone. I'm hoping it is a big blast to take me out quick, rather than lingering illness for 30 days.

That's because it is a MAGA town. If we ever had to evacuate the DMV, the council of governments would hold an emergency meeting to create a committee that would creae an evacuation plan. People would obviously be evacuated by need instead of privilege.

lol. Yes, based on the DMV reaction to covid, there would be literally be 1000s of people just waiting for the "government" to help them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We lived in Houston during the Rita evacuation. It changed my mind a lot about the realities of getting out of a major metro area by car (or dirt bike). Not likely to happen. Add in anybody who is medically fragile to your group and the sh** can hit the fan really quick. We are now shelter in place people.

DMV we're most likely to get hit by some sort of dirty bomb (so very localized and no notice). Shelter in place would work for this kind of scenario. Obviously if we got hit by some sort of ICBM that is a different matter, but, there will not be enough notice to "evacuate." Your outcome will depend on where you are relative to the blast zone. I'm hoping it is a big blast to take me out quick, rather than lingering illness for 30 days.

That's because it is a MAGA town. If we ever had to evacuate the DMV, the council of governments would hold an emergency meeting to create a committee that would creae an evacuation plan. People would obviously be evacuated by need instead of privilege.

lol. Yes, based on the DMV reaction to covid, there would be literally be 1000s of people just waiting for the "government" to help them.

But a good evacuation plan would go a long way to assuaging the fears of the public. If they rushed, the committee could have a plan ready for review in a week or two.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We lived in Houston during the Rita evacuation. It changed my mind a lot about the realities of getting out of a major metro area by car (or dirt bike). Not likely to happen. Add in anybody who is medically fragile to your group and the sh** can hit the fan really quick. We are now shelter in place people.

DMV we're most likely to get hit by some sort of dirty bomb (so very localized and no notice). Shelter in place would work for this kind of scenario. Obviously if we got hit by some sort of ICBM that is a different matter, but, there will not be enough notice to "evacuate." Your outcome will depend on where you are relative to the blast zone. I'm hoping it is a big blast to take me out quick, rather than lingering illness for 30 days.

That's because it is a MAGA town. If we ever had to evacuate the DMV, the council of governments would hold an emergency meeting to create a committee that would creae an evacuation plan. People would obviously be evacuated by need instead of privilege.

lol. Yes, based on the DMV reaction to covid, there would be literally be 1000s of people just waiting for the "government" to help them.

Why are you laughing at that? It's the government's job to help in that kind of a situation. But we know that Trump doesn't give a shit and will happily leave people to die as he did in the middle east.

We have a plan for when (not if) shit hits the fan. I think it's prudent to be ready and prepared.

I'm mostly worried about not being able to get medication and I can't really stock pile that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We lived in Houston during the Rita evacuation. It changed my mind a lot about the realities of getting out of a major metro area by car (or dirt bike). Not likely to happen. Add in anybody who is medically fragile to your group and the sh** can hit the fan really quick. We are now shelter in place people.

DMV we're most likely to get hit by some sort of dirty bomb (so very localized and no notice). Shelter in place would work for this kind of scenario. Obviously if we got hit by some sort of ICBM that is a different matter, but, there will not be enough notice to "evacuate." Your outcome will depend on where you are relative to the blast zone. I'm hoping it is a big blast to take me out quick, rather than lingering illness for 30 days.

That's because it is a MAGA town. If we ever had to evacuate the DMV, the council of governments would hold an emergency meeting to create a committee that would creae an evacuation plan. People would obviously be evacuated by need instead of privilege.

lol. Yes, based on the DMV reaction to covid, there would be literally be 1000s of people just waiting for the "government" to help them.

But a good evacuation plan would go a long way to assuaging the fears of the public. If they rushed, the committee could have a plan ready for review in a week or two.

What are we evacuating from? The weather? A nuclear bomb threat? An actual nuclear bomb? You make no sense. We are never evacuating an entire metro area, even with a good plan. Look at Hurricane Rita in Houston. It just isn't happening. You need to be ready to shelter in place.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have a 4 bed 2 bath cabin on 7 acres in the mountains of Madison County, Va, backing up to Shenandoah National Park.

It has a well, septic tank, two wood stoves, a generator, a tractor and any tool you could ever need. I always have about 100 pounds of propane and 50 gallons of gas in the run in shed, as well as rifles and handguns in a safe.

It's not an escape house as much as it is a weekend home that can function very well as a hideout.

It was built to be as self sufficient as possible. Neighbors on three sides are all large landowners so we are extremely well isolated.

No one will stumble upon us. And if they do, God help them.

Where is your primary home in the DMV? Is your plan to walk there in an emergency?

I'll get there. Don't worry.

Now that you've told us where it is, there will be a surprise party waiting for you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We lived in Houston during the Rita evacuation. It changed my mind a lot about the realities of getting out of a major metro area by car (or dirt bike). Not likely to happen. Add in anybody who is medically fragile to your group and the sh** can hit the fan really quick. We are now shelter in place people.

DMV we're most likely to get hit by some sort of dirty bomb (so very localized and no notice). Shelter in place would work for this kind of scenario. Obviously if we got hit by some sort of ICBM that is a different matter, but, there will not be enough notice to "evacuate." Your outcome will depend on where you are relative to the blast zone. I'm hoping it is a big blast to take me out quick, rather than lingering illness for 30 days.

That's because it is a MAGA town. If we ever had to evacuate the DMV, the council of governments would hold an emergency meeting to create a committee that would creae an evacuation plan. People would obviously be evacuated by need instead of privilege.

lol. Yes, based on the DMV reaction to covid, there would be literally be 1000s of people just waiting for the "government" to help them.

But a good evacuation plan would go a long way to assuaging the fears of the public. If they rushed, the committee could have a plan ready for review in a week or two.

What are we evacuating from? The weather? A nuclear bomb threat? An actual nuclear bomb? You make no sense. We are never evacuating an entire metro area, even with a good plan. Look at Hurricane Rita in Houston. It just isn't happening. You need to be ready to shelter in place.

I am 100% sure that the government would be able to produce a plan that would work. The government hires the best and brightest and this area is populated with very smart people who follow the rules. It would be completely different than the lawless MAGA of Houston.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We have a supply of Potassium Iodide Tablets for everyone in the house. It’s more about having it in case of a nuclear plant having issues, and less about a bombing (also hoping we would quickly die in that scenario). But it’s peace of mind to have them. They last like 10 years and just sit in the medicine cabinet. I’m an emergency, the government is supposed to distribute them but I would rather trust myself on that one.

Great so you don’t get thyroid cancer and you can just die of another cancer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No. But if he wants a go bag to reduce his anxiety, I think you should let him do that, minus the guns. With that level of panic, he's liable to shoot himself in the foot.

+1
Have a plan for your peace of mind. But, the truth is that life is precarious. You should always have plans for long-term for your health, personal and home safety, security, finances, reputation etc.

[Anonymous]

You are more likely to die of being unvaccinated.

[Anonymous]

FEMA has a booklet on responding to a dirty bomb with a ground zero near Logan Circle. It’s getting pretty old, but provides good advice/assessments.

Our go-bag stuff is in a rubber-made tote and a safe. We have water, filtering straws, food, radio, toiletries, medical kits, cash, documents, etc. a knife and saw but no guns.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:FEMA has a booklet on responding to a dirty bomb with a ground zero near Logan Circle. It’s getting pretty old, but provides good advice/assessments.

Our go-bag stuff is in a rubber-made tote and a safe. We have water, filtering straws, food, radio, toiletries, medical kits, cash, documents, etc. a knife and saw but no guns.

Are you using the cash as toilet paper?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:FEMA has a booklet on responding to a dirty bomb with a ground zero near Logan Circle. It’s getting pretty old, but provides good advice/assessments.

Our go-bag stuff is in a rubber-made tote and a safe. We have water, filtering straws, food, radio, toiletries, medical kits, cash, documents, etc. a knife and saw but no guns.

Are you using the cash as toilet paper?

Good luck maintaining personal hygiene! https://wearenotnumbers.org/the-struggle-for-personal-hygiene-in-gaza/#:~:text=However%2C%20with%20the%20scarcity%20of,is%20often%20the%20only%20focus.

[Anonymous]

If you are serious OP I would be leaving the DC area today and start getting your seed flats ready at your second location. I predict a large attack on DC area next week.

[Anonymous]

Also Potassium Iodine tablets are useless for adults. They are meant to be given to children 12 and under.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you are serious OP I would be leaving the DC area today and start getting your seed flats ready at your second location. I predict a large attack on DC area next week.

If society did collapse with little hope of recovery for a few months, seeds might be a trade good. Medical supplies like pain killers or anti-inflammatories would be valuable as well.