When disaster strikes, whether man-made or natural, and events turn so serious that one ponders on the issue as to whether to batten down the hatches and stay at home, or to brave the elements and evac to a safer place...As you will see from my article, all is not black and white and many 'tick boxes' have to be checked either way..... Read on... (Introduction only here, I have included the link below to read the whole article)
In a time of crisis, extreme emergency or pending
disaster the majority of individuals have an inbuilt ‘survival chip’, this where
the chemical in our body kicks in to inject a dose of adrenalin. The reactive
condition is commonly known as ‘fight or flight’, whether to stay and combat the
situation, or to use a little common sense and retreat or back off to fight
another day.
In extreme and sudden examples this is demonstrated by sheer individual strength to overcome a life threatening situation, such as a mother lifting a vehicle off a trapped child, or developing a sudden ‘super power’ speed to overcome an animal attack and so on.
However, in our scenario we are dealing with a more
longer-term situation, and up to a point the reactive conditioning will be
similar, but coming in waves and troughs over a prolonged period and at a much
lesser level
This reaction then may also be related to a situation of a communal or local disaster. When disaster strikes either, whether of natural or man-made origin, one has to decide remain in the home location or to evacuate to somewhere ‘safer’.
This decision will be one, if not THE, biggest decision
you will ever make, and it comes with many caveats and complexities, The one
standing major issue is that this life changing decision will be your (and your
family’s) choice, and once taken will have be followed through with all its
consequences. This is a decision not to be taken lightly, and depends on many
circumstances and issues of preparedness that we will now go through.
More here... http://www.ambilacuk.com/safesurvival/flightorfighti.html