Bug Out: The Complete Plan for Escaping a Catastrophic Disaster Before It's Too LateLearn how to prepare a bug out bag and how to prep your home and family in case a catastrophic calamity strikes and you have only minutes or hours to escape. Warning sirens are blaring. you have 15 minutes to evacuate. what will you do? Cataclysmic events strike sleepy towns and major cities every year. Residents face escaping quickly or perishing in rising waters, raging fires or other life-threatening conditions. By the time the evacuation starts, it's already too late. Being prepared makes the difference between survival and disaster. Guiding you step by step, Bug Out shows you how to be ready at a second's notice. • Create an escape plan for where to go and how to get there. • Pack the perfect bug-out bag for the first 72 hours. • Find food, water and other necessities outside of civilization. Floods. Hurricanes. Pandemics. Earthquakes. Blizzards. Tsunamis. Wildfires. Riots. Bug Out includes detailed information on the best escape locations everywhere in the U.S.: • The Pacific Coast • The Rocky Mountains • The Desert Southwest • The Heartland • The Lakes and Big Woods of the North • The Gulf Coast • The Appalachians • The Atlantic Coast |
Contents
Introduction
| 1 |
Part I BugOut Basics
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1 THE FANTASY THE REALITY OF LIVING OFF THE LAND
| 11 |
2 THE BUGOUT BAG STUFF YOULL NEED TO SURVIVE
| 22 |
3 ADVANCE PLANNING LOCATION SELECTION
| 49 |
4 TRANSPORTATION TO WITHIN THE BUGOUT LOCATION
| 71 |
PART II BUGOUT LOCATIONS
| 101 |
5 RIVERS SWAMPS ISLANDS OF THE GULF COAST
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8 LAKES BIG WOODS OF THE NORTH
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9 THE MIDWEST HEARTLAND
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10 WILDERNESS STRONGHOLDS OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS
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11 DESERTS CANYONS MOUNTAINS OF THE SOUTHWEST
| 225 |
12 PACIFIC CREST MOUNTAINS THE WEST COAST
| 247 |
BugOut Bag Checklists
| 270 |
Sources for Maps Recommended Equipment
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