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the plan you make hoping you'll never need to use it.
means a rapid, pre-planned evacuation from a home or area when things go bad fast, along with the gear you grab to do it.
from military slang from the korean war, when troops ordered to withdraw fast would say they were bugging out; prepper culture adopted it wholesale by the 1990s for civilian disaster planning.
72-hour rulebug-out bags are built to last exactly three days
bag weightexperts cap it near 20 percent of body weight
not a hideoutbugout means leaving, bunkering down is different
for instance
katrina evacuees — 2005, over a million people fled new orleans with what they could carry
fukushima exclusion zone — 2011, 154000 residents ordered to bug out within days
california wildfire kits — cal fire now recommends pre-packed go-bags for every household