Groups? Or Flyin' Solo

[BCmJUnKie]

What does everyone plan on doing as far as holding up in a SHTF/Disaster scenario.

Those of us with families, you plan on sticking it out and protecting them? What about friends and other family?

What about taking up different positions around your home with Comms. and alternating 6-8 hour watches?

There can be safety in numbers. What about consolidating ammo and food and holding a position.

Single guys too...You plan on getting some friends? Hand them a weapon?

Or do you think other people would slow you down if you had to bug out.

Having a big group can diminish options. If they are untrained.

[Kfgk14]

I'm lucky enough to have a family that stays well prepared (grandma's still around, her family grew beans to find their way through the great depression). Wood heat, generators, solar. They all live waaaaaayyy out in the boonies, know their way around all manner of tools (my uncle's a welder, and another uncle is a master carpenter, plumber, and home electrician) and they're armed. HEAVILY armed. Even grandma, bless her heart, can shoot straight. My whole mom's side lives out there. They have plans to connect on the family farm via bicycle transit or motor cycles, and several are active .Mil with carbine courses under their belts (and a concealed handgun under their belts, all of 'em). Of course I'm one state over, but I could make my way to them if I had to. It' take weeks, months maybe, but I could get there, I've traveled that route before on a motor cycle and I could do it on foot if necessary. Of course, where I am, I'm relying on my neighbors (several carpenters, doctors, veterinarians, and a few Vietnam vets in the area, along with a couple very well-stocked local handymen). I'm the most heavily-armed member of the neighborhood, but I know there are WASR-10's in every house on the street (and ammo for them, too!), and an avid IDPA competitor lives just up the road a mile or so. So my plan is to find safety in numbers. I'm also tied down with family here, so I'm not as mobile. If I was still a bachelor, or I didn't have children, I'd be considering a more solo lifestyle, preferably on a dirt bike or other small, ultra fuel-efficient vehicle.

[BCmJUnKie]

That kind of setting would be ideal.

LOTS of property out in nowhere.

I would set up flood lights if I had something like that.

[Pork Chop]

I live in town and have a family so depending on scenario, hunkering down at home may not be feasible.

None of my extended family is even remotely prepared for anything, so in a true shtf situation I couldn't provide for them all if we wanted to preserve our supplies for my immediate concern which is my wife & kids.

If we had to bug out I plan on keeping it small & simple, unless we could partner with another small group in a beneficial way.

[Moltke]

Living in urban northern VA if there was a superdisaster and the population was left in place without rule of law or adequate resources to survive, I imagine that it would turn to a small 3rd world country very fast. I'd plan on locking down my neighborhood and arming people while establishing a power base for myself.

-- Oh, and is this a scenario where the government is going to eventually come and provide relief, or should I begin plans for expansion? --

[Kfgk14]

That kind of setting would be ideal.

LOTS of property out in nowhere.

I would set up flood lights if I had something like that.

Per light discipline, they have floods and spots, but not on infrared sensors or anything like that. They bought an old light board (think stage/concert board) and they control any strategic/defensive lighting from it. They're looking into night vision too, for greater light discipline.

[blackjack_03]

I live in a small town with no large city withing an hour and a half. I figure I would just hunker down and see what played out. Its only me and my wife so if I would have to move I could do it pretty quick.

[Gotrovr]

staying flexible to meet situational demands would be primary focus IMO

[Eric D.]

I live behind a shopping center in a moderately sized suburb. There is a large hill between my street and the shopping center and only two roads that lead to my street. I am friends with several of the neighboring families and I trust them. They all have unique skill sets as well but only one family is armed.

I would block the roads and fortify my house. I have one friend who would be happy to provide overwatch from the hill. I want to outfit each house with at least one type of radio if not every individual. Depending on the situation, security shifts may or may not be necessary. I have grandparents in the area and my mom and sister who would probably shack up with me as well. Except for the lack of armament, I know I have enough people to hold down a spot. Moving anywhere far away would be hard. If I had to bug out I would want my brother and four other close friends with me. A small group of guys I know can move hard and fast.

[PA PATRIOT]

Depending on everyone outside your immediate family is nothing more then a security liability. Many think they can trust persons outside the immediate family but I have to say that these same people you trust now could and would turn on you in a second should the need a rise in a us versus them situation.

I see this all the time as a LEO how best friends or family members will turn on each other over minor issues let a lone a SHTF event.