I have been thinking about this a lot lately, and am kind of at a loss as to what to do. I know what needs to be done, and would do it, EXCEPT that my dh refuses to discuss any WHAT IF scenarios. He deals with the here and now, and does it decisively and usually right. He leads and I follow, but right now, I feel like I am in a 4 horse hitch with all the horses going different directions.
He believes in a stocked pantry, and prior to our move back home to the N GA mtns that if TSHTF, as long as he could get us to these hills, we would be fine-he could take care of us. Now that we are in the hills, he does not say much. I have learned that he is not as DGI as I feared. He is just quiet about it, and says that I worry enough for both of us.
In a true emergency situation, where this area is affected this is one way I think it will happen. DH will be the determining factor as he always does what he honestly feels is right for us, regardless of if I like it or not.
If IT follows true to norm, no one will be all safe at home where it is a matter of battening down the hatches and riding it out. The kids will be at 2 different schools, dh will be in a bucket on a power line somewhere and I will be at the office. Home is 8 miles from my office and 6 from dh's, the kids schools are 2 miles and 6 miles from home.
My divorced sister works in the office at the school where 2 of my girls are, so I would ask her to get them and get to my house ASAP. I would transfer the office phones to my cell phone and then head to the middle school (6 miles from my office) to get the youngest girl.
On the way there, I would be calling dh to inform him of what was going on, and getting in touch with my 20 yr old. If this happens before her dh ships to Iraq the middle of August, I will tell her to get her fanny on base and stay put. The USMC will batten down. SHe is supposed to have a bug out bag ready, and said she does. If she is in this area like she is planning to be, I will have her head to the farm to top off all the water tanks for the stock, feed then get home. The farm is 7 miles on the far side of my house from the office.
Once all the kids are situated at the house, the oldest daughter at the house at the time will fill every tank/detergent bottle etc with water, and set the water tank we use to haul water for the stock in the back of the red truck and start filling. The younger girls will begin doing laundry and making sure the chickens are penned up, windows taped etc, supper started. A good meal will make everyone calmer.
My sister will head to her house and get her cats, supplies, etc and call her son, and 2 dils, and get them lined out.
I will run to Ingles and the feed store to top off anything that needs topping off, then head back home to dig in. Hopefully, the rest of the family will follow suit, though I bet dh's mama and the 3 nephews will dig in at their house with my bil. That is where the problem will be. My dh will be divided in what he wants to do. We moved back to GA to be with his side of the family when his daddy was dying. Now that she has custody of the 3 nephews (15, 12 and 10), he feels more responsible. I love my mil dearly, but she won't come to us due to the size of the house and not wanting to put us out, but she is welcome. If my sister, neice in laws, nephew and sisters 2 grandbabies don't come to my house, I am worried, and my dh may decide to send us to his mama's house 21 miles away, further north, away from Atlanta. If he will let me haul the horses and corral panels to put them in at his mom's, I am ok with that. If not, well, then, I am not sure.
Anybody got any advice? I am not one for bugging out, though in case of an attack on Atlanta, the mil's place would be better. Maybe I can talk him into putting some corral panels up at his mom's house......