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About Laying Low ( bugging in) v2
16 November 2012, 10:36,
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About Laying Low ( bugging in) v2
About Laying Low (bugging in) (v2)
NR © 2012

In the UK many members of our community are now focusing their prepping efforts on bugging in, IE living full time in the locality of their bug out location (BOL), such as moving out of the cities, bypassing the burbs and moving lock stock and barrel to a small rural or semi-rural community. They still maintain the capability of bugging out if forced to by retaining BOB’s, caches, BOV’s etc but they focus mainly on making their normal home their primary bug in location. Accordingly many people now choose to move further out from the cities as their jobs, family ties and budgets will allow.

British preppers are now addressing the massive problems of (A) being able to bug out successfully and (B) finding a secure and safe BO location when they do bug out.

People notice that gross overcrowding and overpopulation in our cities combined with a road system that is even on a normal day close to gridlock for at least 6 hours each day. They note that even a single vehicle accident such as a car and caravan overturning can lead to massive tailbacks and localised gridlock for hours, especially as the police of today appear to thrive on closing roads often for 24 hours to investigate every possible fact of the accident. Indeed we all know of cases where entire regions have become gridlocked because of a small accident, or road works, or bank holiday traffic, or ½ inch of snow or sporting event or the dreaded farmer accidentally tipping an overloaded trailer full of hay bales onto the road. Heck up here the three main north south roads became gridlocked one day recently because of a herd of horses got onto one of the roads.

Consider also our unpredictable climate there is a 3 in 4 chance it will be bad weather to content with as well (Cold, Wet, Windy or even all three).

We also consider the problem of bugging out during a crisis if 30 million unprepared and panic stricken people decide to flee the towns and head to the hills.

Consider for one moment if the riots of August 2011 spread to every city and large town and the violent unrest continued for a week, our police and military could never hope to contain it, this could see millions trying to escape the fires and looting.

Consider the implications also that as well as you trying to cope with 30 million evacuees but also perhaps the public transport systems are not working either because the train, tube and bus drivers are among the 30 million heading out of town as fast as they can.

Consider also the fact that if mass panic did occur and the 30 plus millions did decide to flee how many of them are equipped to do so? How many of them will have enough food and fuel and more importantly how many out of say 30 million refugees have a destination to go to where they will be welcome?

Consider also the government, regional and local authorities along with the military will not want 20 million souls plus a few hundred preppers clogging the roads and paths and exhausting the immediate fuel stocks within hours.

Those considerations among other are making many preppers choose to relocate now and attempt to adopt “The Good Life”.

(Yes I know there is equally as many preppers with the most wonderful and varied reasons why they just cannot move right now, I’ve given up trying to reason with them and now just encourage them to become very capable urban preppers)

So where does this leave us folks who have relocated to the shires and what issues do we need to consider?

In the short term if rural preppers are to survive the initial crisis and the immediate aftermath I think we are all in agreement that not being discovered by the authorities or by packs of feral sheeple will feature highly for the first few weeks. This in itself will give us some interesting issues to overcome.

We are living and surviving in our rural retreat, we need to stay warm, stay clean, stay healthy, stay motivated, stay alert, stay secure and stay fed. That is a lot to deal with if the world around us is unravelling.

I can foresee problems with running the central heating because boilers (furnaces in American) need electrical power as well as natural gas, and nearly all modern CH systems have noisy vent systems which on a quiet day or night can be heard from hundreds of yards.

I see problems with wood burning and multi fuel stoves if we use them during the day because even bone dry wood and supposedly smokeless fuel both smoke until they are up to operating temperature, not to mention the smell of burning wood and coal can be detected for over a mile.

I can see problems with lighting if very strong blackout protocols are not in place, I don’t think lined curtains will be sufficient, shutters and boards probably will need to be in place at least before dusk.

I see problems with concealing larger livestock and keeping all livestock both quiet and secure in the initial post collapse period

I see noise from firearms may persuade SOME more cautious types to avoid your area of operations, but equally I foresee other bolder and possibly better armed people being attracted by the gunshot.

I see people noticing wind turbines more if they are actually turning and are more likely to investigate them, I feel turbines may need to only be turned on after dark, and ideally lowered out of sight during the day.

Water wheels and water turbines are noisy, they can be more easily concealed than wind turbines but they will need very good noise suppression measures.

If you are using motor vehicles and animals for transport or patrolling you are going to have to be very careful you don’t leave a trail of hoof prints or tyre marked mud heading back to your retreat. Indeed you don’t really want the sound of a 4x4 engine heading repeatedly back to the place you live in. Once the societal collapse has settled down engine noise will become far more apparent.

Folks even the good lady wife boiling up cabbage could be the cause of your discovery as the smells of many cooked meats and veg travel long distances, and the hungrier the sheeple the more sensitive their noses will be.

Your stockpile of firewood or coal will need to be well hidden at all times as will the parking arrangements for your BOV. Aerials for radios will need to be lowered during the day or well hidden.

In the short term at least noise reduction protocols will need to be very strongly kept in place, especially at night. In time after the die offs and rage has subsided you will gradually be able to relax and start rebuilding and hopefully enjoy a long and fruitful life.

For all the potential difficulties in bugging in I still consider this to be probably the best (least worst) option available to most preppers living in the UK today.


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16 November 2012, 12:58,
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RE: About Laying Low ( bugging in) v2
I could not agree more.
The only thing that we do not have, as such, is BOV.
Yes have a vehicle but that is not for Bug Out. If we do have to bug out then it will almost certain to be on foot, using our preplanned routes and caches to another place of safety.

Our 'retreat' is where we live. We think we have done what we can with it to make it as secure and 'uninviting' as we can.
No one can plan for do everything.
The only other thing that we hope we have achieved is that we have become part of our little rural community. So when, not if, the SHTF we may be in a position to help them.

Unfortunately not everyone is so fortunate and will have to plan and do what they can.
John
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16 November 2012, 13:11,
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RE: About Laying Low ( bugging in) v2
very well thought out nr ......going to study this post a bit more....when i read these posts there,s always something else that needs my attention and more thought....thank god for this site...there,s so much to do
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16 November 2012, 13:17,
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RE: About Laying Low ( bugging in) v2
Good post NR

I dont have the option to bug out because of my wifes health and other needs but these posts give plenty of food for thought re improving our bug in location - thanks for all the advice Smile
73 de
OSR

The duty of a true patriot is to protect his country from its government ~ Thomas Paine
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16 November 2012, 14:12,
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RE: About Laying Low ( bugging in) v2
Thanks for this post, NR.

It reminded me of some things I was thinking of and clarified a couple of others.

Much appreciated.
Prepper Kid: when will the sheeple wake up to the reality?
Prepper Parent: When it is too late to begin prepping for it.
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16 November 2012, 14:44,
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RE: About Laying Low ( bugging in) v2
I'm thinking of opening a thread called 'Novels' for your posts NR.
Skean Dhude
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It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change. - Charles Darwin
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