It doesn’t matter how many cans of soup you have stored down in the basement. Once society truly starts to break down, you WILL be forced to leave your 3,342 rolls of shit paper behind. Getting away from the chaos EARLY is your best bet at survival. It doesn’t get more complicated than that. No amount of 550 cord, duct tape, whistles, compasses, solar ovens, generators, MRE’s, etc., in your basement are going to save you. Putting time and distance between you and the threat should be the priority.
In simple terms, if it looks like trouble is coming your way, get the hell out of Dodge before everyone else does. Let the hungry mobs fight it out over the 300 boxes of cereal in your buried school bus.