Yeah, that is the strategy I am pursuing. Seems the odds are better.

By the way, I am bugged in today because my access out to the west is crawling with fire, police, etc. as Stockton's finest knockdown a brush fire along Interstate 5 that spread into a condo complex and single family areas. From TV coverage it looks like some 4-6 8-unit condos and some 7-8 homes have been lost. This is all about 1/4 mile to my west and south.

My access to the east is doable but would require going through the evacuation center area set up in a large local church. I figure traffic is a mess there, too, and they don't need any more folks going to and fro. This is all about 1/4 mile or less to my east and south.

[Because I live along a slough there is no ingress or egress to the north.]