Has anyone thought about this? - Did you at least consider it?

I am going to go out on a limb here, and assume that nearly everyone that reads this, will have constructed an escape plan, if the SHTF.

If I were a member or contributor to TPTB. I most certainly would have mapped out the most logical escape route for each and every town,city and region.

There has been a think tank somewhere, that has discussed what the masses will do when the SHTF. How deep have they gotten into it? Is your escape plan predictable? Will this change anything about your escape route?

Yes I am sure they have mapped out the most simple easily accessed escape routes. Those are the ones you will not find me anywhere near. Those are the ones they will setup checkpoints on. But if you look at all the hurricane warnings it's always the same geniuses that are sitting parked on the highway because nobody is bright enough to plan a different route.

reply to post by Mobius1974


This is what the traffic cameras are for at the key intersections.

The city will be very hard to escape from depending on its size. If you are really good with a motorcycle you could get yourself alone out.

But what if there is only one way out?
What if the only escape route is the one that is basically blocked by checkpoints....guess everyone, those being checked and those doing the checking are pretty well stuck, eh?



~holly

I think that's likely. That's why I'm not posting any plans.

Hearing a train off in the distance made me think of something. There are train tracks that go across streets and roads, effectively blocking the way. What if TPTB blocked those streets with trains? That would cut all vehicle travel.

reply to post by Skid Mark


I have watched Schindler's List ... I will not be anywhere near any trains...

I am sure that the power brokers of sociaety have an escape plan, that completely detours around what the masses have planned.

I am sure that a group or think tank has put together a scenario.... Do your plans follow normal routes or have you taken that into consideration?

reply to post by Mobius1974


Without going into detail, I can say that I have several back up plans. Sometimes, it's best to follow the road that's a lot less traveled.

I live more or less in the very centre of London, I might as well not even try get out to tell you the truth, it can take me an hour and a half to drive outside of the city in normal daytime traffic let alone if TSHTF

reply to post by Skid Mark


For sure... I am in michigan.. My goal is to be as far north as I can get... I have a method of travel all the way to canada... I can make it on the fuel that this vehicle carries. I can take my 4 wheeler along. I have 5 people to worry about and this will get us there. I have a 4X 4 trailer to attach to the quad. 2 bikes ... I will never actually touch a major road.. What is my transportation?

I am only by my route i have planned 40+ minutes from the Rocky Mountains.I have practiced driving this route on the weekends in the daytime and at night. to make it more familiar.To make it even more sweet there are alot of empty foreclosed homes up in the mountains.

I guess its all about who gets there first.As far as food and water i have alot of dry beans and rice, can goods and water,all of what can fit in my trunk and the rest on the back seat seeing there is only there of us.

I'm kinda leaning toward...hole up in the house as long as possible. I'm not sure there is any real hope of escape. I understand you gotta try though. If it gets that bad, I think I'll make my escape on foot. Me and my pack.

reply to post by glitchinthematrix


I am heading toward the Northeastern side of the hudson bay.. Canada- Who would attack canada? The natural jet stream would not blow any nuclear material up there.. Northern canada is going to be a major destination when the SHTF... I am in michigan .. I can do a solid 45 to 50 mph with nothing to get in my way to slow me down.. I can be on land north of michigan in roughly 5 hours.... By Boat!!! Lake huron will be my expressway!

I am heavily armed .. and could fish and hunt for my families food for a very long time.

Originally posted by Skid Mark
reply to post by Mobius1974

 

Without going into detail, I can say that I have several back up plans. Sometimes, it's best to follow the road that's a lot less traveled.

Honestly, that sums it up beautifully

reply to post by Ethyrial Symphony


Look if only 50% of the population was in mass exodus... Your theory holds water..

You need to take the path "never traveled" when the SHTF...

Total population movement at once.. LOL your back roads are going to be parking lots.. I would say IMO.. but thats a fact Jack!

you 2 arent the only ones in your town with that idea.. Shoot, your not even the only 2 on your street... 2 tracks are going to be jammed.. You need to get further outside of the box than that!!

I would invest in Hot air Baloon.. Or find a location that has them that you can take ....Maybe look to your local cessna airport.. I have a buddy with a Seaplane.. If at all possible.. He is single and can travel better than my 5 person family can.. I might steal it in case of emergency... When the SHTF.. During the escape, I have no friends.. Only immediate family!

Any SHTF evac plans have to pretty much consider the nature of the catastrophe... I mean, there's a much different plan for a flood, than for a nuclear strike, for example.

The real key in any SHTF scenario is going to be, be one of the first ones out. It's the later waves that will get stuck in traffic...whereas the worst that will happen to those first out is they may lose a day of work or something, if they jumped the gun....

reply to post by Mobius1974


Well with the many ATS threads and other net sites related which are possibly reach threads they have a good plan on what to do to catch you running. SO my plan is to BE THE WILD SPIRIT THAT DRIVES ME AND AWAIT THE WHO THEY FEAR MOST

Originally posted by Skid Mark
reply to post by Mobius1974

 

Without going into detail, I can say that I have several back up plans. Sometimes, it's best to follow the road that's a lot less traveled.

I'm not in very good shape to use this advice either, the road I'm on is one of the main roads in and out of the city

TPTB already have this dealt with. They planned and built the roads. Any mass exodus out of any major metropolitan area is going to bottleneck - providing time for containment.

Getting involved in any exodus situation is not a rational act, excepting cases of disaster and imminent danger.

If you find yourself in a do or die situation, throw away the GPS, and don't use any navigation system. Buy an atlas and utilize secondary roads. But even these will probably be guarded at borders.

Living near a resource, like a family owned farm in a rural area is probably the best chance of avoiding the brunt of any "martial law" scenario.

~Heff

Agreed, the nature of the catastrophe would change one's plan dramatically. For example:

In the case of natural disaster, I need not budge from my home. (I live in a place with no earthquakes, flooding, tornadoes, hurricanes, volcanoes, tsunamis, or even seasons for that matter, etc.)

In the case of nuclear fallout/warfare, I need not budge from my home. (I live surrounded by tall mountains on all four sides and am protected from fallout even if someone drops a hundred Tsar Bombas on the nearest target.)

In the case of financial collapse, I need not budge from my home. (The agrarian and neo-bohemian hippie community where I live is sustainable, I would just have to learn to get over that not-so-fresh hippie smell.)

In the case of bio-warfare or contagion outbreak and any following containment, I need to get out of Dodge fast! (Fortunately the woods that lead up into the mountains are across the street in my neighbor's back yard).

My biggest threat isn't to get to safety, but to stay safe after SHTF. The immigration of survivors outside of my geographical area, or scavengers, or some of the indigenous extremist groups are the greatest concerns I have to make contingency for personally.

I guess the point is, there are a lot of factors to consider that will vary based upon scenario and location and there is not a universal One-Emergency-Plan-Fits-All resolution.

However, it is also true that those who fail don't plan to fail, they simply fail to plan. So, it is something important to think about and have plenty of back-up plans for every conceivable scenario.