What is a bug out vehicle? What purpose does it serve. What capabilities must it have? What liabilites must be dealt with?
Lastly, why post a pic of a BOV? Why not just share the combination to your safe, what your food inventory is and when you'll be away from the house?
I appreciate the reason someone would want to share such info about their means of egress, but where does personal security come into this? When I see these vehicles posted, my natural instinct it to devise a means of rendering them useless, and it doesn't mean an EMP. A simple ditch would stops most any of them, and would slow the rest long enough to use other means to incapacitate it.
don't give advanced intel to those who would be your enemy.
But with regards to my first questions, anyone care to answer them?
Everyone has their own idea of what a BOV should be. My idea of one is something that can carry a decent amount of supplies, and blend in. A picture of our family vehicle is posted above. It's not a dedicated BOV, but it can carry a LOT of stuff, is fairly fuel efficient, blends in, has run-flat tires, and just happens to be what we bought for the family anyway. That's the way it came... and it won't be much good in any kind of off-road situation. As you can also see above, off-road capabilities would be useful, but a lot depends on where you are planning on going in a bug-out situation. Some people even buy older vehicles and keep spares of the most likely components to be fried in an EMP event, with the idea that they'll replace those parts and then leave -- those spare parts being stored in faraday cages for a better chance at them still working.
The idea here is to share ideas with other like-minded individuals about what makes a good BOV. Sure,a description would probably suffice, but Georgia is a huge place, and the odds of seeing any of the vehicles posted above on the road are slim-to-none. Aesthetics can be a consideration, I would prefer to hide in plain sight in a capable vehicle that doesn't scream well-prepared -- but everyone has their own taste and theories. Plus, people like to show off their gear, and, like I said, I don't think it's too much of a security risk.
As for pics of food supplies... I'd be more likely to share those here than tell some of my friends that I have them. Efficient storage is an important part of being prepared, and pictures help a lot. I planned my pantry based off of pictures I found online.
Operations security is important, and there are people on here that have banded together, but this can be essentially anonymous if you choose it to be. You'll get into more trouble telling too many of your friends and neighbors who don't take prepping seriously what you are up to.



