RIOTS Are Coming to a City Near You: What You Need to Do RIGHT NOW

RIOTS Are Coming to a City Near You: What You Need to Do RIGHT NOW by Karen Morris for The Organic Prepper

Some of you may know my story. For those of you who don’t, to put it succinctly, a great part of our preparedness journey as a family started because of the Ferguson Riots.  We lived them.  But now violence is erupting again in Minneapolis and many other cities across the country.

During the Ferguson riots, if we walked out of our front door, we could smell the teargas.  Hearing gunshots – that was a regular occurrence.  A crowd in our front yard?  Check.  Police helicopters overhead?  Check!  Bugging out once because of danger to our family and another time because of planned protests?  Check and Check again!

Guys, it was not fun.  It was scary “as all get out.”  My littlest guy who was 3 at the time stopped sleeping in his own bed.  My older kids wouldn’t leave the house.  This was real.

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If you are living near the location of the riots, what should you be doing now?

For those of you who live near the location of the Minneapolis riots or any of the other locations of civil unrest across the country, my heart breaks for you.  I’ve lived it first-hand.  The riots burned down my Wal-Mart, Sams, Little Caesars, Walgreens, and Shop and Save.  Most of these were less than a mile from my house.  Some were less than 1/4 mile.

I am not here to comment on what started the riots.  I have rock solid beliefs, but like most of the discussion of COVID right now, it will only produce fighting.  Let’s talk about something productive that we can all be on the same page with.

1.)  Pack your bug out bag.

If you live anywhere near the riots, you should have your bug out bag ready.   Don’t know what a Bug Out Bag is?  It’s a bag that you put things together so that you’re ready to leave at a moment’s notice.  During the Ferguson Riots, before we knew about bug out bags, we kept packed suitcases in our vehicle so that if we couldn’t get home, we had the necessary items to go somewhere else.  Be ready.  Keeping your BOB in your car is an extra added plus.

Another thought that will help you get out quickly if you need to is that you need to back your car into your driveway or garage.  This will allow you to pull out of your garage or driveway as quickly as possible.

2.)  Know where you are going to go.

Are you going to a friend’s house who lives outside Minneapolis or Atlanta or Portland or Columbus or any of the other locations of civil unrest?  Do you have a relative that lives in a neighboring state, and could you go there?  Are you going to stay in a hotel?  Plan that out NOW.  Not only that but get permission from the people you hope to stay with NOW.  That way there are no surprises when you show up by yourself or even with your kids in tow.

3.)  Decide what event during the riots will trigger your departure.

There should be something that happens so you know when to leave – some type of trigger.  Do you plan to leave when the violence gets one mile from your house?  Do you plan to leave when there is a planned protest near your house?  As a family, do you know it’s time to go when you hear of violence on a specific street that you know can spread quickly?

Have this talk with your spouse or significant other NOW!  You may THINK that you’re on the same page.  You probably aren’t.  I know from experience!  The more settled the two of you can be on this NOW, the better off you’re going to be when it comes time to leave.  This article will give you a lot more to think about in regards to WHEN you plan to leave.

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