Comments on: Are Big Cities and Urban Areas Survival Deathtraps During a Disaster?

By: Christoverre

Christoverre — Sat, 18 Nov 2017 20:46:37 +0000

Probably the “best’, most prepared couple I know not only have quality B.O.Bs, impressive gear, ample provisions and have ‘scenario mapped’ with several potential circumstances es and plans… among all this, they’ve added caches/ stashes to their mix. These are hidden personal waypoints which contain supplies are located along predetermined routes which thereby can become previous resources enabling more extensive bug-out.

By: Not Under Water YET

Not Under Water YET — Sun, 19 Jul 2015 03:52:30 +0000

This article has nothing to do with (urban prison camps). The second part of the title would suffice. That said, the article makes some sound suggestions. Having lived through several of these senarios, I witnessed the closing of the entrance/exit to a city. It was done to protect the citizens of that city from out of control, mostly youths, who were “rioting”. During a chemical spill buses were still allowed to go in and out to evacuate even though cars were prohibited so you might want to familiarize yourself and support local transit. San Francisco’s only natural disaster problem is earthquake, the last big one was in 1989. These major quakes reoccur every ninty to one hundred years. That gives the citizens of SF at least eighty years to prepare. If there is a pandemic, anyone on either coast, might consider a little fishing, their is no better place to be in a pandemic than in the ocean, having fun while the rest of humanity deals with it. What would you do? I don’t have a yacht YET!! Now if there’s a sunami, all bets are off.

By: J.J.

J.J. — Thu, 30 Oct 2014 04:39:27 +0000

Hello, You need to get out of this country before the whistle blows. The Jews found out the hard way by staying in Germany thinking things would get better. Have we forgotten the lessons learned from World War Two? History always repeats itself. Things are not getting better now they are getting worse. What are you waiting for…go now while you still can. Sell everything you own and move to a safe country. The USA has been targeted for termination, we are living on borrowed time. These are the End Times the Bible tells us about. WAKE UP AMERICA

By: Tank

Tank — Sat, 12 Jul 2014 00:04:32 +0000

Be careful to avoid choke points like bridges or tunnels. Try and find alternative forms of travel like boats or bike/horse trails.

By: Bob

Bob — Fri, 11 Jul 2014 15:36:45 +0000

If roadways are unusable, it would be possible to follow train tracks out of a city. Rail traffic will continue to move in most scenarios. In the event of the government shutting down the roadways, sneaking onto a ralcar may be the only way to escape the city. Remember, the sky may be full of eyes (drones, helicopters, etc.), so either get inside of or under a car/tarp/cover of some kind and ride out of the city that way. Getting on and off moving rail cars is extremely dangerous and can kill you, so don’t be stupid. Wait for the train to slow. It will when it approaches a rail yard or signal not in it’s favor…then get off.

By: yzoldowl

yzoldowl — Fri, 11 Jul 2014 14:42:23 +0000

In reply to victor. Try and get hold of a map of the storm sewers in your city. If all other routes are blocked, you may be able to escape that way.

By: old soldier

old soldier — Fri, 11 Jul 2014 01:37:03 +0000

In reply to victor. Walk the route with your vehicle ahead of time to get an ideas of travel time, etc. Regarding scanners, most police agencies are going with frequency hopping radios. Whata this means is you will have to purchase a hi priced scanner to receive. Low priced pocket scanners, can't keep up with the frequency hopping and few if any radio traffic is received. An idea is a tone alert weather radio. The warnings are put out around an hr before the projected emergency. As for being reluctant to move, remember what happened in the riots of 68 in DC: the counties around the city sealed it off. Wait too long then survival will really get complicated. Just some ideas.

By: Susan

Susan — Thu, 10 Jul 2014 23:20:38 +0000

In reply to victor. find and memorize routes off of highways to your destination. country roads make take longer to get where you're going, but it will be less congested. fewer people will know about them. try to google a route off of highways. find paper maps that are up to date. the internet might be down when TSHTF. I don't know about radio stations or websites. if you find out, let me know.

By: victor

victor — Thu, 10 Jul 2014 18:33:01 +0000

what are a few good radio staions or trusted websites to look for heads up on potential disasters? ive read stories online and watched the news but all seem to play different cards and give you a run around. I’ve seen and heard of things from friends that are possibly taking place as we speak,but how would i be more sure? i can’t afford to just drop spend and move. i do have a place planned to go but as this article states freeways can be clogged or shut down. anything can help, thanks