I haven't been able to post because I have been busy with my daughters wedding stuff. She is getting married in September, but there is a lot to do right now. So I haven't been able to post.

I do have a sleeping bag and tent in the trunk of my car. I have camping stuff, a small back pack, food and water. I have other stuff too, like a wind up radio, etc. My husband complains it is too heavy for the trunk of the car, so I will have to get lighter gear, like a smaller tent.

The 2 big things in my area that I would have to bug out because of are fire and earthquakes. If the fire is below my house, then I am trapped and would have to get out through the woods on foot. But fire can travel fast. So I would be stuck. I have often thought of getting one of those fire tent things to get under. They have talked about them on this forum, but I can't remember the name at the moment. Someone here will probably remember the name. There were links to some really neat ones. I have the links, but don't have time to look them up right now.

The other is earthquakes, in which case I could just camp out here if my house were destroyed. I have enough stuff in my car to do that.

If I was able to escape during a fire, there are only 2 roads within a mile that I could escape on. I would hope to get out before the crowds, or it might be very slow going. Traffic seems to come to a stop when there are problems here in the mountains or on the highways our side of my immediate area. If that happens, then people drive up here and sometimes block our road so we can't get out until the traffic clears. Because of that I know how bad it would get if there were a major problem in the city like a nuclear war. I think I am far enough away that I could hunker down, but I am not positive. It would be a problem if I was downwind of the blast.

From what I have read, I would only have to hunker down for a few days. I might be able to leave before the crowds get up here. I would have to head south, but I would have to do if FAST. I know about building a thick walled small space to crawl into that the radiation won't be able to penetrate very far. I have read about it on this site: http://www.ki4u.com/products1.php

But those are the reasons I am obsessed about it. I know I could get trapped here very easily and I am not in shape enough to hike out that far or take a bike through the mountains. I have thought of a scooter or something. Meanwhile, I just hope nothing ever happens to cause that. I might have to try to hitch a ride if I get stuck.

Joy