A thought that has occurred to me quite suddenly in the past five minutes, and one I must now flesh out on paper (or screen), is that of solo preparedness. More importantly, why it doesn’t work for the long term.
The world of preparedness is full of hoarders of various soft, hard, and edible goods, with a plan to ride out any disaster on their own, defending their precious stashes through blood or subterfuge. But the concept just isn’t realistic, and I’m going to break it down further for those of you deep enough down the preparedness rabbit hole to be here.
Part One: Solo Survival At Home
Frankly, houses are a terribly unsecure form of protection. They’re typically not designed with security as a high priority, and any defenses you can put into place can be broken down fast and loud or slow and stealthy. And with a large enough group, you can probably work around these failings. But as a solo survivor of a natural disaster, warzone, or whatever problem is currently ailing you, any vulnerabilities are yours alone to tend to. And with the malicious and starving on the prowl, there’s no limits to the creative lines people will cross to get your things.
There is also too much to accomplish during a large scale emergency for any one person or couple to handle without a support system. Was your home damaged? Was your bug out location compromised? Perhaps your food system requires management from outside your structure, or your water system? Can you manage these things with injuries? Can you manage your own potential injuries? And do you have the skillsets in place to prepare you for what happens when opposing forces, be it man or nature, come knocking? The answer is simply this: No.
No one individual carries the capabilities and knowledge to complete every necessary function of preparedness in a timely fashion and without putting him/herself at undue risk.
Ultimately, assuming you are running the most secure safehouse in the world, with penetration proof windows and breach proof doors, you will eventually have to go outside. Whether it is to perform infrastructure repairs, gather food, or collect whatever supplies you have inevitably overlooked collecting, you do eventually have to leave the safety and shelter of your lovely little shelter and weather the storm and chaos that comes with a natural disaster.
And that will lead us in to Part 2. The world outside your home, and the capabilities it takes to survive solo in the wild. Part 3 will entail a thought walkthrough on what happens when you survive solo in the city, and Part 4 will be solo survival on the road.
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