Safe Haven - if there is such a thing

[mikebratcher69]

Vast stores of food and equipment, whilst advantagous are a burden also.
Any building such as the old cotton mill units you are thinking of of multiple floors are advantagous in one way BUT equaly as dangerous in another. For example a building has four sides which need to be equaly protected.
There are lots of ex millitary people about that would think nothing of swimming a river or climbing barbed or razor wire, or indeed burrowing under it, for a worthy prize me being one of them.
And as previously stated by another member multiple pellet strikes would'nt make me even flinch, as I'd be wearing a paintball mask say or have a very padded face mask for protection. Neither would a bayonet as all millitary personel have be trained in hand to hand and bayonet fighting. Civilians would be put off and probably dispersed, unless they had an ex millitary leader willing to take casualties, which he would be.
If you have the stores you say, you need a dedicated security team willing to fight to the death for you, their future and the stores etc...
Do you have that?? People often blag about what they'll do but when push comes to shove you dont want to find out your really on your own do you??
Also there protection and secure movement is and will be a big task, they need to remain mobile at all times unless you have ample "security" in place to protect it.
Armed guards will be nessesary to protect people moving goods from one locaton to another, people should not do double duty ie people moving goods dont protect as well, they do however carry weapons in case of severe contact. If you for example look at troops moving around afghanistan or some other war zone, those tactics and firepower would be needed to dissuade people from attacking your transport.
Trucks, or vehicles of any kind are easily diasabled without exposing yourself to danger, then what'd you do with a disabled truck full of stores??
Being shut away in a building you MUST have an escape route in case of fire.
Fire is the unarmed persons best friend.
If I assaulted a building for its stores and was repelled, my next step would be to burn you out, hoping that there was some stores left undamaged by the fire. I havent lost anything you see, I didnt have your stores in the first place so if I lose them to the fire I havent lost out.
If there something left well i'm a winner.
Regardless of what people say about fuel being unavailable post shtf, you'll always find enough to make a few petrol bombs, and if for example I added polystyrene ceiling tiles to it you would then be assaulkted with petro jelly bombs that stick to anything and burn for a long time.