Other Post Preppers - Bug In Or Bug Out?

[OldGuy]

Well, I can speak for myself: if SHTF, I´d climb on the roof of my house with a bucket of beer, open a first one, light a cigar and enjoy the view

On a more serious note, I understand the Americans. Look what happened after Katrina. I don´t remember seeing post-WW2 photographs displaying this kind of inhumane behavior.

I lived in Houston at that time, today I live 90 miles from New Orleans. I can tell you the next time someone tells those people you live 20 feet below sea level and a cat 5 will be here at exactly blah blah blah, they will be shuffling on out of New Orleans. You see a lot of those people thought they would just ride it out and do a little stealing while everyone was away for at least two or three weeks. The local police were in Walmart loading up on what ever they could carry. Then they had to bus the fools to our AstroDome which they trashed before leaving. Millions of dollars of trailers were handed out and half or more were just outright stolen. You could still buy one when I came here in 08. Tax payers really took a beating on that one. It would happen again because we have a lot of people who would rather steal that work. I watched one video of the hurricane inside of the city and a fella had his big boat tied to a tree in the front yard. He was finally forced to swim out to the boat because the house was slowly blowing away, his dog just barely made it to the boat with him. The highest wind I ever experienced here where I live over the past 35 years was around 95 miles an hour and it is a sight to see if your in your vehicle or your home. I usually sit a mattress over my computers against a wall away from any windows. Get in my Truck and find a nice place where there aren't any tall trees and just ride it out and sleep.

 

[primer]

I was over in Aussie when the German wasp was spreading. And that was what they were afraid of. At the same time they were telling me to run uphill if I saw a Tiger snake and don''t walk round at night.

 

[primer]

18 meters Traditional recurve, the Tab I invented.

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[Junglejim]

Bug In, but this definitely depends on one major overlooked part... the understanding of your society. Being in a nation where disasters strike up to 20 times a year and thats just the typhoons, the society I am in tends to be more like ants. Meaning everybody pitches in and actually somehow listens more than they normally do on normal days.

During covid, everybody followed what the goverment mandated and stuck to guidelines. The department of health took the helm and the rest mostly listened. As for the lock downs, there those that break them but most overall followed the lockdown procedures and listened. The business went into rationing mode and panic buying controlled, neighbors even went into barter mode. Some used their skills to still have income, aka home cooked meals that can be delivered. There was some corruption and issues, but overall society in my parts remain glued together.

Statistics showed during the lockdown, crime went down as high as 49%.

What most of the population dont know, as it was burried through time was the setup of the government here is more of in preparation for war. Meaning, the lowest point of contact for the government in the Local Government Unit or "LGU" whish is the "baranggay" a term for the old sailing ship used for trade back then that was a community. Your Baranggay is typically about a few street blocks and has its own clinics, fire department and law enforcement. From my reading before it was set up that if fully enforced the Baranggay at war will be filled up by reservists from their area to fight and defend their places and the unoccipied areas can function without directives from the National Government... however, due to the insurgency gaining ground, implementation of the military reserves part was in indefinite hold. So it took on more of a civil government form. During Covid, there were even competition on the best run Baranggays.

Long post, gist is its a "bug In" for me and where I'm at.