Code Words

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In an emergency/survival situation where we may have to 'bug out', my wife and I have set up 'code words'. One word means a location of where she or I have gone in case were not together when the SHTF. (We both will try to get to home when needed.) These places are prearranged and we have a few. Often times it's to an innocous place where there is another code word. We bought some of the flourescent colored tape that surveyers use and a Sharpie to write with.

It's kind of like the code words that you give your kids so they know that someone is authorized to pick them up from school. Which in and of itself is a kind of survival situation.

Anyone else do this?
 
Nope. I had thought about it, but the wife isn't exactly in tune with me when it comes to preparations, etc. We live less than a mile from her work and I work from home, so getting together if something happens wouldn't be that difficult.

I think it's a great idea to have some sort of plan in place if you are separated or whatever and an emergency situation arises, but it can only work as long as both parties can get to the appointed rendezvous, or know all of the problems that lie ahead. In all reality, there are too many unknowns that can come up, that can put a twist on everything. Sometimes, if it's possible, it's best to wait till the dust settles and go from there.
 
Right after 9/11 a buddy and I set up a notification list (think of a hi-tech phone tree) with some abbreviations for locations, etc. We didn't get too fancy with anything past the method of notification, though. For example location "One" meant one place, "Two" meant someplace else. We had the same simplistic method of communicating whether we were under duress, etc. It was a fun exercise, but mostly what we got out of it was the pre-planning it forced.

On the other hand, when my kids were younger they had some short-lived difficulties with some wanna-be's that didn't take "No" as a good and proper answer. This occurred on the heels of a small, localized crime spree where some guys snagged a kid off the street, threw him/her in a van and beat on them until the kid agreed to assist with a break-in in his/her home. The bad guys got let in with a key, etc.

So we set up a code word with our kids that made them feel a lot better. We picked a name that no one had as a friend, and if they ever indicated - by note, phone, or conversation - that they were with someone by that name, everyone knew the balloon had gone up.
 
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