G.O.O.D

[hancocs]

http://www.survivalblog.com/2010/06/some_good_thoughts_by_jir.html

I though this was a pretty good article on bugging out.

[opsec]

Put into the context of the USA, I think local law enforcement is probably your biggest threat. It's going to be awfully tempting for some towns to use the highways passing nearby to extend their tax base. When the local sheriff is running out of fuel for the squad cars, I think at least a few of them will attempt to tax "surplus fuel" from passing vehicle traffic. (I expect lots of fuel and food delivery trucks to get confiscated en route.) How many jurisdictions does your bug-out route pass through?

What I've been saying all along.

[Atash Hagmahani]

I had not considered freeway-based shakedown rackets, but consider Mexico and Central America where they are common.

I'm not far from my own bug-out location so as long as I don't go out during a severe crisis it will probably be OK.

The thing that always worries me is getting STRANDED. That's why you should not go anywhere DURING a crisis. Wait until it stabilizes enough to be reasonably safe.

[Beeherder]

Once again eye am reminded how much i respect and enjoy James Wesley Rawles.

Consider using a cargo carrier such as a bike trailer, stroller or even a wheelbarrow. These can allow you to move a lot of cargo with less physical strain than carrying it on your back. A "jogging stroller" or bike trailer can handle fairly rough terrain and allow you to move off road somewhat.

i find one of these very useful on a daily basis here at the Work Ranch but could not imagine carrying 300 lbs with it:

http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/links/link.jsp?id=0005595&type=pod&cmCat=cat601138_feat

[opsec]

I just had an idea. If you took a wheelbarrow and balanced the load perfectly on the axle so that there would be no tongue weight, you could then tie off the handles to the sides of a padded weight belt and it would take almost no exertion to pull it behind you over level ground. you wouldn't even notice it until you had to pull uphill with it. Not that it's really a viable bug out idea, but maybe in a more sedate, post carbon environment, that might make walking to the store easier.

[wander]

Put into the context of the USA, I think local law enforcement is probably your biggest threat. It's going to be awfully tempting for some towns to use the highways passing nearby to extend their tax base. When the local sheriff is running out of fuel for the squad cars, I think at least a few of them will attempt to tax "surplus fuel" from passing vehicle traffic. (I expect lots of fuel and food delivery trucks to get confiscated en route.) How many jurisdictions does your bug-out route pass through?

What I've been saying all along.

This already happens, what do you think the point of traffic tickets are??? Traffic cops are basically just tax collectors. Some get greedy and try to keep what they are confiscating... the government doesn't like competition.

http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/oklahoma-sheriff-convicted-of-stealing-cash-from-motorists/
http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/21/2102.asp
http://www.examiner.com/x-6928-Houston-Page-One-Examiner~y2010m1d13-Texas-State-Trooper-convicted-of-pulling-over-ripping-off-Hispanic-drivers

When I worked with LE, often they would talk about this sheriff up in Muskogee who was doing it, a few local FBI folks eventually caught him in a sting. Like I said.. they don't like competition.