Remote/Distant Family Members

**Morgan101** · 08-07-2012, 05:03 PM

I thought about this while reading the thread about the family being on board. My daughter lives half way across the country from us. If TSHTF we definitely would want her home with us, and I am quite positive it will be my responsibility to go and get her.

She is a city girl with no means of transportation, so there isn't even a place where we could meet. I would be going against the flow, and right into the teeth of the fleeing masses, but I would never consider anything but getting to her, and making sure she is safe. I haven't thought this through very well, but it lurks in the back of my mind.

Does anyone else have close family members you may have to rescue or bring home when TSHTF?

**myakka** · 08-07-2012, 05:40 PM

Yes, my wife.

She works in the next town over. We have a plan for most scenarios, but the hardest one will be emp.
I have an older motorcycle stored in a metal shed, so hopefully I can go get her. I also live on site of the agency I work for and we have some ex-military vehicles that have been converted for our use, so I am hoping that something here will still work.
Worst case though I know the route she will walk, and she has a bug-out bag in her trunk. So she could start out, and I will head towards her to escort her.

Our son is 16, and might be at school in town, but it is only 4 miles. I will have to get him a bag in his truck.

**Scouter** · 08-07-2012, 06:24 PM

Originally Posted by Morgan101

I thought about this while reading the thread about the family being on board. My daughter lives half way across the country from us. If TSHTF we definitely would want her home with us, and I am quite positive it will be my responsibility to go and get her.

She is a city girl with no means of transportation, so there isn't even a place where we could meet. I would be going against the flow, and right into the teeth of the fleeing masses, but I would never consider anything but getting to her, and making sure she is safe. I haven't thought this through very well, but it lurks in the back of my mind.

Does anyone else have close family members you may have to rescue or bring home when TSHTF?

Morgan, if my comments about not wanting to be responsible for extended family sparked this thread; I did not mean for it to sound so cold. It just that I have 10 people living in my house right now (includes 1 son-in-law and 2 grandchildren) and just don't think I could handle anymore.
My daughter and her family just got back from Ft.Carson in Colorado a couple of months ago. I was really stressed at how I was going to get them home if SHTF while they were there. The few times I drove out there it took over 160 gallons of fuel for my truck. Wasn't sure if I would be able to get that much if SHTF. I would suggest you and your daughter plan a route now. Maybe start thinking about lay over points in between where you could find her.

**Morgan101** · 08-08-2012, 09:14 AM

Scouter do not worry. I did not think your comments about extended family were anything but truthful. We all worry about those things. I was thinking that my daughter is on board with prepping, but she is so far away we would have to get her back with us. We wouldn't want her to be alone.

I say she is on board. She has a BOB. She listens and takes to heart the things we tell her. She has been stranded in a power outage, unable to get home, but when it comes to evacuation she kind of thumbs her nose, and thinks it will never happen. I have tried to discuss routes or highways where we could meet, but she pretty much blows me off. I will have to press the issue the next time we are together to work out an route where we can meet.

Your comments are always appreciated.

**MGF** · 08-08-2012, 09:51 AM

My daughter and her young family live 3 states away.

Realistically, given what I already have to deal with here, I doubt if I'd be able to get to them if things were very bad.

Fortunately, my son in-law is pretty sharp and I think they might do ok.

**RICHFL** · 08-08-2012, 10:14 AM

My own family is spread from Washington DC to San Diego Ca. with everyone to meet in MN. I live in Florida so even I have to travel over 1500 miles. Not only do you need to know your routes but many alternatives as you can find. If EMP hits think of all the cars stuck on the many roads in and around cities. The large number of 18 wheelers on the main roads outside cities are also another worry. What will happen to the people who are stuck out on the road? Will they start walking home?

So when you travel you will need to travel only in daylight so you can avoid broken down vehicles and crowds.

Our best plan is to jump ship as soon as we get indicators from family members who are in shall we say governmental positions who will have the need to know! I hope that will give us a few days jump on everyone else. We have set up code phrases that tells us what is going on and what type of disaster to prepare for.

It is the best I can do for now. We travel the routes at least 2 times a year and change the route each time trying to find better locations for stop overs, finding fuel, water and food that the main highway will not be near.

**Morgan101** · 08-08-2012, 01:21 PM

RichFL your plans are always well thought out, and points well taken on alternate routes. My biggest problem is my daughter is not mobile. She doesn't even have a bicycle. Unless she evacuates with friends, I have to go and get her.

The other thing that concerns me is communication. How do you contact people to tell them 'I am coming, don't leave.' or if they leave where did they go? If Route A is not available how do you know they went to Route B? Neither of us know the area that well enough that we could say 'we will meet at Pete's Bar on Jefferson St. in Who Knows Where, N.J.'

It makes me think as well. We definitely have to do a better job of planning this. It would be an enormous advantage to have some warning; even 24 hours. That would probably be enough to get her out of harms way.

I wonder how many others have kids in college, or working on an assignment out of town, that would be in this same mess.

**Applejack** · 10-14-2012, 07:59 PM

We have a step granddaughter that lives in califorina. she has no car now as she left it here when she took the job there and flew to california. She is talking about flying home if things start to look bad. any takes on rather this would be a safe thing to do if SHTF?
AJ

**Chefsimms** · 10-14-2012, 08:22 PM

I have no relatives on my side of the family in the States (Except my sister she lives in Alaska) Most of my side of the family is in Canada, England, Ireland, (well you get the idea, anywhere but here) My Family is already asking us to move to Canada to live with them? Most of my wife’s side live in the States but most are 800 plus miles away, so we are in the same situation. I can`t wait to see how others are planning on getting together with loved ones…

**Big Guy** · 10-14-2012, 08:46 PM

I work in Nashville and live in Clarksville, I hope I have things set up for my wife to bug in until I get home. If things get too bad my son is supposed to come get her out and leave word at my house so I know where they go and what rout they are taking.

My brother lives about six blocks from me he is also supposed to come get her and take her to one of the BOL's if I am at work.

This is my biggest worry, I hope that I have all the what if's worked out.