ARIZONA GUIDE
mesa AZ
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I am a practicing survivalist. ( i dont mean some nut that runs around looking like Rambo). We have a BOB ( bug out bag) for each member of our family in the closet by the front door. Our TT is stocked and ready to go with most things. We would have to add a few items to jump and go but they are items stored together in our home anyways. WE live in Mesa AZ so we do not have many natural desasters here as of yet but you never know what this crazy world will pull next. Be prepared please.
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Hot-Rod
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rmjhrt - sent you a PM - sorry it took me so long. After my post this a.m. the situation here kept me from the computer. I would not recommend San Onofre SB at this point. I can see it from my house and our housing area is in the pre-voluntary evac stage. (read - I can see red sky) All depends on the wind direction I believe.
I thought I was good with where I live but things have changed. Fires on Camp Pendleton may be threatening to our housing area so I finished packing up the PUP, the TV and the car with all that we felt most important. For all the grief the DW gave me for getting the PUP - she is really grateful we have it now.
Also, the fires on Camp Pendleton caused the closure of allowing traffic through because the fires have blocked the route leading through base to north San Diego county. I think you could still cut across base to the south - go through to the I-5, then head north. However, if you caught the 10pm news you would have seen the fires threatening the I-5 south of SONGS so no guarantees there.
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ann straus
norfolk virginia
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i live in hampton roads, va. it floods here during northeasters and hurricanes. if it looks severe, the pup will go to mother-in-laws and come out after the storm until i can get home.
i keep bags packed during hurricane season with pet food, easy to heat canned food, and clothes. i also keep a spare propane tank for emergencies. everything else is preloaded but food and the tv-weather radio combo. i had lived in the house one day less than a year and talked to the previous homeowner. he said a few inches in the front of the garage. we were over a week without electricity and 2 1/2' of water downstairs. hot food and hot coffee were a luxury. big lesson learned.
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PershingD
Richland, MO
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When I first started reading this thread, I seriously wondered how useful the pup would be in a survival situation. After reading everyone's posts, I am beginning to see things in another light.
I'm going to have to think about this...
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cndlzrus
Trenton MI
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With all the fires in S. Cal, we were talking about what we would do if we ever had to evacuate the house. My first thing was hook the pup up and pack the hubby, kids, dog and cat up, then head out. Living in Michigan, the only thing I could see this possiblity of happening is for Tornadoes(after the fact) or chemical spill or something with the nucular plant. Most of our weather tends to go around the area I live in, Lake Erie protects us well. I am far enough away that if the lake ever rises we would not be effected.
So all these posts here, are all good reason to be a pup owner.
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Hot-Rod
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We used our PUP this week after being evacuated because of the fires. We had everything packed up expecting to be evac'd and then around 330a.m. they gave the order to get out. Our neighbors have a pup also so we joined forces and left together. We also took two other families with us. The two other families have three kids and two dogs each and didn't have any place to go. We all went to Doheny SP which took us in at no cost. I can't say enough about how great they were. A local church showed up every day with meals, although we didn't take it because we had prepared. Anyway, four families, 9 kids, and 8 dogs...and everyone was happy camping at the beach. It was as if nothing unusual was happening - which is really how it should be for the kids sake.
I'm proud of my pup. We had two families - 7 people and 4 dogs...a little crowded but bearable.
We are so very happy we had our pup to make our evacuation - turned in to a stay at the beach - less stressful.
We were able to come back today and all is well. I have to admit I feel bad for all those families that didn't fare so well.
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He Ruide
Cincinnati Ohio
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Rod, I'm glad that things worked out for you and your neighbors... and most importantly you all are safe and sound. Little did we know when this thread was started that we would have actual evidence of the utility of a PUP.
Take care.
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CampinHappy
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We lost power a couple of years back on a cold evening. We popped up, turned on the furnace and went to bed...nice and cozy warm.
It also serves me well as a tool of survival if the DW blows her top when I come home with a new "toy" (shotgun, dog, camper).
When I was little, my dad referred to his camper as the "dog house".
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Hot-Rod
California
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He Ruide - Thanks! You are so right...who would have known this thread would apply so quickly.
Everyone - I can't emphasis enough how having the pup made everything seem so normal. For those with kids...it helped tremendously to keep them worrying about whats going to happen with their toys.
I was far enough away that hot embers weren't an issue. I wouldn't have stopped driving until I was clear of them. As we all know, canvas and hot embers don't go well together.
I gave some thought to hurricanes, tornadoes and earthquakes. I see it going one of two ways:
1. You wait until after the fact - if your pup is still intact, you live out of it during the recovery process.
2. You have enough advance notice to hook-up and get out of the area completely and live out of it until the "all-clear".
Either way, keep it as ready as you can within reason. Be prepared to pack in short order. Have your Bug-Out checklist - having already worked out the kinks. With that, you should be able to fare a whole lot better than those that stick their heads in the sand and pretend it can't happen to them (saw a whole lot of that too).
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Hot-Rod
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Sorry - a major type-O.
It helped tremendously to keep them FROM worrying about whats going to happen with their toys.
I'm no sicko, I don't want my kids worrying...that's what DW & I do for them. Ha!
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