bugouts
Hasty emergency retreats
Bugouts are hasty departures or evacuations, especially emergency retreats from a dangerous situation.
The term originated in military slang for a panicked withdrawal: The bugout from the overrun position was chaotic.
In survivalist culture, a bugout is a planned escape to a safer location when disaster strikes, hence bugout bag—a pre-packed kit for quick evacuation.
Depending on oneself alone
- off-gridWithout utility connections
- bushcraftWilderness survival skill set
- foragingSeeking wild food sources
- homesteadingSelf-reliant land-based lifestyle
trapping · hunting · camouflage · SHTF · prepper · doomsday · self-sufficiency
Sudden ruinous event
- catastropheDevastating, large-scale misfortune
- SHTFCatastrophic societal breakdown
- collapseSudden structural failure
- emergencySerious sudden danger
pandemic · EMP · apocalypse · worst-case
Mass departure from somewhere
- fleeDepart swiftly from threat
- escapeFlight from captivity
- departureAct of going away
- flightAerial journey by aircraft
withdrawal · exfiltration · relocation · displacement · refugees · desertion · defection · rendezvous
State of being prepared
- stockpileAccumulated reserve supply
- provisionsStockpiled food and supplies
- suppliesResources for a task
- kitsGrouped items for purpose
contingency · planning · drills · go-bag · cache · prepping · checklists · loadout
self-reliance
Depending on oneself alone
- off-gridWithout utility connections
- bushcraftWilderness survival skill set
- foragingSeeking wild food sources
homesteading · trapping · hunting · camouflage · SHTF · prepper · doomsday · self-sufficiency
disaster
Sudden ruinous event
- catastropheDevastating, large-scale misfortune
- SHTFCatastrophic societal breakdown
- collapseSudden structural failure
emergency · pandemic · EMP · apocalypse · worst-case
exodus
Mass departure from somewhere
flight · withdrawal · exfiltration · relocation · displacement · refugees · desertion · defection · rendezvous · extraction
readiness
State of being prepared
- stockpileAccumulated reserve supply
- provisionsStockpiled food and supplies
- suppliesResources for a task
kits · contingency · planning · drills · go-bag · cache · prepping · checklists · loadout · grab-and-go
bugoutsstand
Upright support structure
holdouts · last stands · advances · entrenchments · stands
bugoutssettling in
Becoming established somewhere
homesteading · permanence · staying · rooting · anchoring
bugoutssheltering in place
Staying home safely
hunkering down · staying put · standing ground · entrenchment · digging in