Originally Posted by
Dwight55
I'm sitting in my BOL, . . . using my keyboard, . . . which of course will not most likely be the case when TEOTWAWKI occurs.
Couple of things to keep in mind:
1: If your BOL is more than 50 miles from your present location, . . . you will most likely have to cross a river or two. River bridges are man made and handy funnel points, . . . and God help you if it is the Mississippi or Ohio you have to cross. Bridges are far apart, . . . easily taken over by bands of thugs who will demand (and get) just about whatever they want from you in order to traverse the span.
AND, . . . if you think a firefight is a great idea, . . . just remember that it is probably their buddies who also have the other side.
If you have to do a BOL, . . . try to pick routes that will not cause you to have to cross rivers. Here in central Ohio, . . . I cannot go hardly anyplace without having to cross at least one, . . . sometimes two, . . . or the same one multiple times. Each bridge is a funnel point for blackmail and robbery, . . . if not beating and being raped.
2: When the stuff is dripping off the fan blades, . . . there is the potential for up to and including 2,200,000 (2.2 million) thieves, thugs, robbers, murderers, and assorted other bushwhackers to be on the loose, . . . with no means of support, . . . no prepping done, . . . probably no close family to help them: they are the inmates of our penal systems.
Once the civilization goes down, . . . many of them will find a way to "get out of jail", . . . and they'll open the doors for many of their buddies. Seeing that there are some 3000 counties in the US, . . . this averages down to about 750 hardened criminals, . . . all looking for your stash, your cash, your clothes, your food, your wife, daughter, and girlfriend, . . . and they do not have anything to trade for it.
While you are looking at a BOL, . . . and what it offers, . . . remember you have to get there in one piece, . . . and you have to hold on to it.
Best wishes, . . . may God bless,
Dwight