"...How many of you, either consciously or way back in the dark recesses of your mind wish that something would happen so you could test out some of your theories and your gear?..."
No. Not only no, but hell no!!!
Well, um, I inadvertently tested a few items back in 1989. Hummm, uhhh umm, not something I would recommend as overall good for one's health.
Even remotely prepared, it cost me about 30 lbs. and over a month in the hospital. I still have issues from it (Jungle Rot does NOT go away it just rests).
We got from where we were to where we were supposed to be and did the missions, but I will never forget what bad water can do as a weight loss program.
So as the wise man said
OH NO, Not just no but HELL FUCKING NO!
Having thought about what I said, I will say that we have "practiced" a 'get-out'a-dodge" before. Wife and I had the 5th wheel ready to go and woke the kids in the middle of the night and went camping as fast as possible. Once there we took stock of what we missed keeping in the trailer and in the BOB's. Then we started "training". Everyone learned to use the different components of their BOB and then we moved to field expedient water gathering. That wasn't hard as it was raining cats and dogs. Each camping trip is spent with the 5th wheel RV as a "home base" and skills are worked on from there. We have also done this when everyone was out and about for work/school. Communicated, coordinated and hit the ORP. Store excess vehicles and move out. From a no notice start to out of the county in an hour is the goal. If we are too spread out we have secondary ORP's in differing areas as needed. But grab the BOB and hit the weeds for a week, NO.