March10k - Member - The Prepared

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Reply to: (Official discussion) Rainy day funds and cash on hand Posted 3 weeks ago

I totally understand cash in the BOB, but beyond that, this topic makes no sense to me. Two weeks’ worth of expenses? What expenses? Why wouldn’t you just dip into your emergency supplies?

Reply to: (Official discussion) Best maps Posted 3 weeks ago

Stay FAR away from MyTopo. My house was built in 1996, and my entire neighborhood is missing from their map. Their data has to be over 30 years out of date.

Reply to: (Official discussion) Bug in vs. bug out Posted 1 month ago

Bugging in is definitely preferable, if it’s safe to do so. What you can stockpile vastly exceeds what you can carry, and in terms of threats from others, a prepared defense is usually vastly preferable to a movement to contact. The other problem I have with bugging out is doing so without a destination and a plan. I currently have a general idea of a direction and distance, nothing more, for two categories of scenarios: Is a near/medium term return home plausible, or not?

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Reply to: (Official discussion) Rainy day funds and cash on hand Posted 3 weeks ago

I totally understand cash in the BOB, but beyond that, this topic makes no sense to me. Two weeks’ worth of expenses? What expenses? Why wouldn’t you just dip into your emergency supplies?

Reply to: (Official discussion) Best maps Posted 3 weeks ago

Stay FAR away from MyTopo. My house was built in 1996, and my entire neighborhood is missing from their map. Their data has to be over 30 years out of date.

Reply to: (Official discussion) Bug in vs. bug out Posted 1 month ago

Bugging in is definitely preferable, if it’s safe to do so. What you can stockpile vastly exceeds what you can carry, and in terms of threats from others, a prepared defense is usually vastly preferable to a movement to contact. The other problem I have with bugging out is doing so without a destination and a plan. I currently have a general idea of a direction and distance, nothing more, for two categories of scenarios: Is a near/medium term return home plausible, or not?