sitting duck?

[bookwormom]

found the thread on the Urban BOB interesting. Excuse my ignorance, but what does BOB stand for?
don't think we will need one, I am afraid when it gets tough people will try to get to us rather than us get away. Lately I have been thinking that living isolated and alone leaves you very vulnerable. I have to mull this over. When it gets tough there are certain kinds of peole I would like to have show up, but I am afraid the kind that scare me would make a beeline to places like ours. Is there some kind of networking going on for people to get in touch and possibly assist each other, or is it everyone for himself?

[eeyore]

BOB = Bug Out Bag

[Wise_Tioga]

Bookwormon,

BOB stands for "Bug-Out-Bag" some folks call then "Go Kits", "GOOD (Get Out Of Dodge) Kits" "PSK (Personal Survival Kit" and similar names.

They are a kit that you put together and keep in your hall closet, your car, your office, ect. that's packed with what you will need to get to where you have to go in an emergency situation, i.e.; WTSHTF (when the shit hits the fan). What you put in your kit will vary with where you live, where you have to go, the time of year, what terrain you have to travel over/through to get to your destination, etc., etc.

There have been several post on this forum on this subject. Just search for the term BOB. You can also Google for that term and you will find hundreds of sites.

Hope that this answers your question. Still got questions? Ask away.

Regards,
Jon

[Archangel]

Bookworm,

This has been bounced more than once. One person can't stand guard 24/7 the other side is I'll setup to take care of me.

The simple fact is who can you trust??

That should answer your question, I'm blessed with a few friends who share like ideas and I would trust to cover my back. Michael

[bookwormom]

thanks guys, I knew what it was about, but there is a complete insiders jargon about those things, and all those abbreviations...

[Rama_das]

others think that being isolated durning hard times is the only way to be. i live in a small city, but if stuff got rough, i'd 'bug in' and stay away from the problems. when i have the chance, i'll move to a more isolated area. if things do get rough, one should plan to provide for themselves and families.

[mangyhyena]

bookwormom, don't worry much about abbreviations you aren't familiar with. Just ask, like you did here, and folks will fill you in.

Ok, what the heck does DH stand for? I gather from reading other posts it refers to a husband, but for the life of me I just can't figure out what it actually stands for.

About living in an isolated place: No, it isn't safe if the sheeple begin wandering the countryside. However, aren't most isolated places within driving distance to at least one small town? If so then an option might be to do some business in that small town, get to know some of the folks, and become part of that community, even if a somewhat distant member of that community. That way if the shtf, you can move into town and work with the folks of that town to get through it. There is safety in numbers so long as those numbers aren't too great, making a target of the place and discouraging rather than encouraging the citizens to have close ties with one another.

An RV trailer would be ideal for that possibility. Stock it with supplies and haul you and yours to town if things begin looking dicey at the homestead.

Remember, ties must be formed before any problems arise. They have to know and trust you already.

Just an option.

[Archangel]

DH Dear Husband VS ExH Ex-Husband
DD Dear Daughter
DW Dear Wife VS EX Wife

Etc, Etc Etc Michael

[mangyhyena]

Ah! Thank you. I knew it would be something that made complete sense once I knew.

[kawalekm]

Hi Bookwormom
I think your chances in an isolated area are better than in the city. The city just has many more inherently bad people than the country. The bad guys are also already better organized into gangs or whatnot in the cities than in the country. I have a regular house in town, and a cabin on some land up in the mountains. If things go south, I definately want to be at the cabin. If you feel vulnerable, how do you feel about owning a gun? One of my mountain neighbors is the sweetest older lady whom is a retired teacher. She is very comfortable with a rifle and shoots gophers in her garden from her kitchen window. People have different attitudes about guns in the country and I've walked up to several new neighbors to introduce myself when either myself or the neighbor had a gun in hand.

It's good to know your neighbors and know who to turn to when something goes wrong. Last year a guy in a bloody shirt approached me one Saturday. It scared the hell out of me to have someone just walk up. He had rolled his jeep into a ditch about a half mile down the road and he just followed the sound of my generator to my cabin. I put him in the truck and drove him down to another neighbor's cabin. Together we drove back to the accident and dragged the jeep out of the ditch and sent him on his way.

It might be good to take a long walk around your own place at look at it from the angle of a thief or someone who wants to cause trouble. Where would a trouble-maker come from? You could trim brush or trees from areas to increase visibility. Alternatively, find out areas along the road where your place is visible and plant trees or brush to reduce visibility. Start having the attitude that YOU are responsible for your own safety and act proactively to insure it.

[MYellowRose]

Not surprisingly enough after Katrina and Rita many localities that can expect such natural disasters on a not so regular basis are actually recommending that people who may have to evacuate actually make up such a pack to take with them. I laugh every time I read about them as many of us have known about them for , it seems like, forever. Also, after those two hurricanes I picked up an government prepared "emergency readiness" or preparedness guide, or whatever it was called. There was absolutely nothing recommended in it that I wasn't already aware of and I felt they even left out some things!