State Parks if grid goes down/SHTF

[Never A Victim]

You're first problem would be that you only have a "weeks" supply of food. Your second problem is that you ran out.

 

[10-32]

Id don't get it, what does one do after the weeks supply of food runs out?

Only a week? You should have more than that on hand. Just buying few extra cans of what ever food each week adds up quick. If you're buying ammo and/or some Kool SHTF 2000 Survival tool every week stop it and put that money towards something that will really keep you alive, food and water.

 

[Butch627]

Only a week? You should have more than that on hand. Just buying few extra cans of what ever food each week adds up quick. If you're buying ammo and/or some Kool SHTF 2000 Survival tool every week stop it and put that money towards something that will really keep you alive, food and water.

Ok, lets say you go to camp out in the state park and you have 5 years worth of food and enough other clothes and provisions to live for 5 years. 25ft away, or 1000ft away or 1 mile away there are all kinds of people with 1 weeks worth of food. You may have 5 years worth of ammo, but a good number of the others with empty stomachs will have a pretty good supply of ammo too. How long are you going to hold out in your tent or camper surrounded by the hungry hordes? Camping out in a state park with scores of people you don't know wouldn't be that much different from the superdome after Katrina.

 

[Justus]

Was wondering if State parks like Potato Creek are on the same power as the rest of the town/area or if they have a seperate source of power. Seemed like it could make a decent improvised bug out spot if options A and B didn't pan out. Obviously I wouldn't be the only one with that idea more than likely. Thoughts?

Potato Creek is on the grid. We happened to be there hiking on a day when the power was out. The stores were closed and things seemed chaotic. I don't think there were even any gennys on site.

 

[Trigger Time]

People who have no idea how to survive will head for the woods. Not me

 

[ModernGunner]

Why would anyone leave a fairly secure structure, like a house, to go live in a tent?

 

[Justus]

Why would anyone leave a fairly secure structure, like a house, to go live in a tent?

Evacuation? They happen almost everyday in the US.
We had one a couple years ago during an industrial fire that pumped toxic smoke across part of our town, it involved about a hundred homes.
The building was a metal coating plant at one time and no one knew exactly how toxic the fumes were so homes in the path of the smoke were evacuated.

 

[Percolater]

We lost power last summer at Marango Caves when a storm went thru. Ended up taking a lantern/flashlight lit tour to get out of the heat since the cabins were saunas. Made the most of the situation, and turned out to be a great adventure for the family.