Silent Earth
A True Doomsday Prepper
I have what some may consider a ghoulish habit of scouring personal news reports from natural disasters across the world to see if there are any lessons to be learned and occasionally different disasters in different places end up reaching the same conclusion.
I wish to share three with you today with the same net end result.
1 Northern Australia prone to horrendous flooding called THE WET.
In this scenario many residents of this region keep a vehicle ready during the monsoon season in which they can flee from rising flood water and still support themselves.
Many EXPERIENCED residents of this area as soon as the bad weather is forecast move their vehicles / trailers / caravans to an assembly point outside the town limits on the far side of the local river that often rises and floods before the town does, the flooded river is the only way out and if the river rises fast even their ready to go vehicles are stuck.
Other new settlers in the article learned the hard way after ignoring local advice and keeping their vehicles at home.
2 South Eastern Australia
Fire is the problem here the very dense growing Eucalypts that make up the forests are EXPLOSIVELY combustible as they are absolutely full of aromatic oils, forest fires here even on level ground can spread faster than many people can run.
Many folks in this region also keep ready to go vehicles to sustain them if (often WHEN) a fire breaks out, many of these Aussies use towed trailers with built in tent / cooker, fuel/ water etc
And as well example 1 many of these people store equipment AWAY from home, in this case they keep their cars and Utes ( SUVs) at home to flee encroaching fires but they keep their trailers OUTSIDE the fire risk area so as to be able to support themselves after a disaster.
3 New Orleans USA
I recently reported on how many well prepared Floridian and Georgian, Louisianans have been caught out by events during Katrina and Andrew type storms with failed dykes / levis / flood water/ cops or simply sheer volumes of traffic stopping them from getting out in time WITH their fully loaded vehicle meant to sustain them.
When you now read articles and comments from many preppers living in these areas its now reasonably common to here that some of them have now started keeping camping trailers, box trailer, U Haul trailers or even rent space at U Store facilties well inland from the danger areas in order to keep supplies and kit safe for future use.
I know personally of URBAN preppers in built up areas in the UK and other countries who understand just how very difficult it will be trying to escape grossly over crowded densely populated and bloody dangerous cities with family AND Supplies in tow. More than a few now take sensible precautions to cache not only supplies / fuel/ food etc but a few now appear to keep camping trailers / caravans even camper vans in secure storage yards OUTSIDE city limits.
It has to be worth serious consideration for many preppers to consider that bugging out LIGHT ( Lite in Americanese) often gives you the edge to see you get to safe ground before the masses or before the flood, fire, storm overwhelms you. Escape with your families then pick up your pre-located supplies / trailer/ caravan/ camper OUTSIDE the immediate high risk area.
Just food for thought.
I wish to share three with you today with the same net end result.
1 Northern Australia prone to horrendous flooding called THE WET.
In this scenario many residents of this region keep a vehicle ready during the monsoon season in which they can flee from rising flood water and still support themselves.
Many EXPERIENCED residents of this area as soon as the bad weather is forecast move their vehicles / trailers / caravans to an assembly point outside the town limits on the far side of the local river that often rises and floods before the town does, the flooded river is the only way out and if the river rises fast even their ready to go vehicles are stuck.
Other new settlers in the article learned the hard way after ignoring local advice and keeping their vehicles at home.
2 South Eastern Australia
Fire is the problem here the very dense growing Eucalypts that make up the forests are EXPLOSIVELY combustible as they are absolutely full of aromatic oils, forest fires here even on level ground can spread faster than many people can run.
Many folks in this region also keep ready to go vehicles to sustain them if (often WHEN) a fire breaks out, many of these Aussies use towed trailers with built in tent / cooker, fuel/ water etc
And as well example 1 many of these people store equipment AWAY from home, in this case they keep their cars and Utes ( SUVs) at home to flee encroaching fires but they keep their trailers OUTSIDE the fire risk area so as to be able to support themselves after a disaster.
3 New Orleans USA
I recently reported on how many well prepared Floridian and Georgian, Louisianans have been caught out by events during Katrina and Andrew type storms with failed dykes / levis / flood water/ cops or simply sheer volumes of traffic stopping them from getting out in time WITH their fully loaded vehicle meant to sustain them.
When you now read articles and comments from many preppers living in these areas its now reasonably common to here that some of them have now started keeping camping trailers, box trailer, U Haul trailers or even rent space at U Store facilties well inland from the danger areas in order to keep supplies and kit safe for future use.
I know personally of URBAN preppers in built up areas in the UK and other countries who understand just how very difficult it will be trying to escape grossly over crowded densely populated and bloody dangerous cities with family AND Supplies in tow. More than a few now take sensible precautions to cache not only supplies / fuel/ food etc but a few now appear to keep camping trailers / caravans even camper vans in secure storage yards OUTSIDE city limits.
It has to be worth serious consideration for many preppers to consider that bugging out LIGHT ( Lite in Americanese) often gives you the edge to see you get to safe ground before the masses or before the flood, fire, storm overwhelms you. Escape with your families then pick up your pre-located supplies / trailer/ caravan/ camper OUTSIDE the immediate high risk area.
Just food for thought.