The looting and violence may not happen over night but eventually, as people grow desperate, it will happen. We know you are one of the good ones, the type to keep a level head, but if craziness is surrounding you your safest bet may be to act out as well. See the following:

Follow The Current
If everyone is headed in the same direction, it’s best to follow the crowd as long as you have to until you can escape.
Now, in theory, a crowd like this might seem easy to get away from…but I fervently disagree.
In a riot there is pushing, shoving, and absolute civil unrest. People also tend to go a bit crazy, lighting torches and setting things on fire, and tipping over cars.
Angry protests and riots are not typically something you can just walk away from whenever you feel like it.
However, by following the current, you’ll avoid drawing attention to yourself, and you’ll also be a lot less likely to become crushed by hundreds of people.
Try to move toward the edge of the mass of people and escape down an alley or side-street as quickly as possible.
However, there may be times when you’re not on foot; sometimes, you might be in a vehicle trying to navigate your way through the chaos.
Blend In At All Costs
I understand that you have beliefs and morals and probably won’t be happy about the civil unrest you’ll be facing once SHTF. Believe me, I get that.
But in order to protect yourself and the ones you love most, you’re absolutely going to have to blend in with the protesters and rioters around you.
This might mean chanting, raising your fists in the air, and/or holding a sign (even if what the sign says is against your beliefs).
I’m not asking you to believe in what you’re saying/doing, but I am asking you to go undercover and blend in with those around you so that you can escape as soon as possible.
Because believe me, the last thing you want/need is hundreds of protesters coming after you for trying to give them a lesson on morals.
Stay Home At Night
You know that saying, “Nothing good ever happens after midnight?” Well, it’ll never been more true than once looters, rioters and protesters are flooding through the streets and marching outside your front door.
Not only do people go crazy during these situations, but they also tend to think that they can get away with a lot more wrongdoings once the sun goes down.
And with the combination of law enforcement and angry crowds, you’ll find that outside is the last place you want to be if you want to survive and keep out of trouble.
Lock your doors, keep firearms and other weapons within reach, and wait it out.
Secure Your Home
Securing your home is a crucial step in protecting it from looters, rioters, and civil unrest. Thankfully there’s a number of ways to do this without raising too much suspicion. And, with enough of these precautions, it’s likely looters will deem your house too difficult to break into, and will move onto another home.
The first step is to reinforce your front door; after all, the front door is where 80% of burglars enter from.
Now most people think burglaries happen because the front door breaks and splinters when force is applied; however, this is not the case.
Burglars are able to get in because of the damage done to the door jamb (the vertical portion of the door frame that the deadbolt fits into). By damaging the door jamb, the door can no longer deadbolt into place, and it leaves the front door standing wide open (literally).
One of the best solutions to this is to purchase a door club. The base of this handy device screws into the floor directly in front of the inside of your door. When you want to prevent intruders from breaking in, set the head of the door club (which looks like a long, horizontal metal oval) into the base in the floor.
This way, when the door is opened, it will immediately hit the door club, and will heavily reinforce your door from being kicked in or otherwise broken into.
Another way to secure your door is to check the screws in the door hinges. Sometimes, sellers that don’t want to spend the money on repairs will place small screws into the door hinges, leaving your door vulnerable to anyone kicking it in. Make sure you have at least 3″ hardened steel screws in your hinges to keep that door in its place.
Third, you can get small alarm systems that stick to the inside of your doors and windows. Turn it on, and as soon as your door/window opens, a loud buzzer will go off, alerting you and the intruder that the entire neighborhood knows they’re breaking in. This will help prevent them from pursuing the robbery.
Another great tactic to deterring looters is to plant rose bushes underneath each window. Rose bushes look beautiful on the outside, and yet have prickly thorns that will puncture through the skin of anyone that tries to get too close. And, when SHTF and panic sets in, looters will be looking for homes they can break into FAST – not ones that look like they’ll be a hassle to get into.

If you are like us, have a family and friends to worry about during a crisis situation, you understand what it takes to keep them safe and your home secure. If you don’t, then the tips above are certainly helpful.

It’s almost a cliché to say: “Man-up.” But pretty much everyone in your family will have to do that. This is why we train, have drills, and TALK about what may happen. To learn more about personal prepared ness go to Survival Frog.

Attitude, as well as supplies, has everything to do with your survival when things go bad. Keep your eyes and ears open. And keep calm.