What To Do In The First Hour After SHTF

  • SHTF Happens and you are on the Road

    This is the hardest of all situations to experience sudden SHTF yet it is the most common one in society.

    If the vehicle works get fuel as soon as possible and buy food and water in the first gas station you see using cash but only if it is safe and uncrowded. Then get home or to the preplanned bug out location using the vehicle. In sudden SHTF people literally drive miles in one direction, usually to collect family, and then end up being directed the opposite way by Police. When they finally get home it is burned down or looted.

    Some SHTF scenarios will see the vehicle fail or be blocked in its progress. Abandon the vehicle immediately gathering all useful supplies and get moving away from people and towards home or the bug out location. Use the sides of highways to move away from the groups of scared, annoyed, and confused people on the road. You always have a paper map however basic and a get home bag in the car.

    Transit by boat, plane, or train in a sudden SHTF is problematic. In your Golden Hour gather supplies, learn exits, and start thinking how best to get out and home. Water in train, boat, and plane washrooms is not drinkable but empty a recycling bin and fill up those bottles with it. You should have a few water purification tablets on you at all times.

    Experiencing a sudden and dreadful SHTF on a plane might be interesting. However diversion and being kept in an airport is more likely in a sudden SHTF. Carry cash in large amounts and try to carry some cash that can be used in the countries you are flying over or near. If the power is on and you can use credit cards to immediately start an alternative route home.

    But what if you're at work, school or the mall? 

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    33 Comments

    1. Marty Morris said:

      Scratch my head for first thirty minutes, then take me 10 minutes stretch my back out and si.10 minutes drink coffee n maybe a smoke.then scratch my head some more.

    2. Michael E Waters said:

      No way. First and foremost. Find out if the shtf is localized or city wide or nation wide. If it really is shtf use your head. Get to your bug out location asap at almost any cost. If it will take longer than a day. Prepare for the trip. But certainly do NOT barricade yourself in a washroom for days or weeks. That’s lunacy. This arrival is very dangerous guidance. Come on people. Plan your shtf and work the plan. Plain and simple. Don’t follow stupid guidance like this arrival states.

    3. Lina Neighbors Landrum said:

      if the phone is off and cars wont start going to the bank then shopping. If phone is working and cars are running, still going to the bank and going shopping.

    4. Gary Gregory said:

      I keep a couple loaded mags for just in case. But if Shtf I would have plenty more to stuff full

    5. Cyrus Hunter said:

      Go dark. Once the initial panic wave of people fleeing settles down, id scope out the situation. Go from there

    6. Kenny Trawick said:

      Im keeping my$#%&!@*in the country when it hits the fan. I have food, water, shelter and everything thing else i need.

    7. Charles Ferguson said:

      That’s when the snowflakes all freak and start yelling for government help. FEMA camps would be too damn good for them

    8. Rodney Gatewood said:

      Depends on disaster, can go from hunker down and wait to lock and load and find a defendable structure

    9. Robert Robertson said:

      SET BACK AND LAUGH AT EVERYONE GOING CRAZY,,IF THE LORD SAYS IT MY TIME TO DIE,THERES NOTHING GOING TO STOP THAT.

    10. Al Fischer said:

      Sit back and watch the$#%&!@*show… I’m not in charge…

    11. Gary Holt said:

      Yeah, get stuck in traffic. You’d make better time on a bicycle, or walking, stash and old junker miles down the road at some friends house.

    12. John Shaw said:

      Collect more food and water, locally, then come back home. There aint no getting out of this city

    13. Jason Dominy said:

      Who cares. Once nuclear powerplants lose their employees and start to meltdown across the globe the levels of radioactivity won’t be safe.

    14. John Kertzman said:

      Load all the mags you got and then be prepared ro defend what you got to survive.

    15. John Skirtich said:

      I’m staying home … pump handle water out of the ground … hunting … fishing … everything I need within 5 miles of home.

    16. Rory Howard Hoven said:

      Hey im just wondering could you wait out a month or 2? In that your looking at having about 90 gallons of potable water per person. And about 120 legit meals per person in storage.. I’m not there yet and i dont need to be worried about water

    17. Tim Delos said:

      I have old people in my neighborhood. I’d probably make sure they are okay and invite them over if not.

    18. Steve Rooker said:

      Upon seeing the bright flash of nuclear detonation, calmly bend over and kiss your a– goodbye!

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