Originally Posted By: Eugene

I used to carry a lot of gear in my truck so I could make it the 20 miles home, now I shifted most of that gear to home since its nothing to make it home. I now have a small old camper that I'm currently rebuilding the roof on sitting in my garage that will be ready to go at a moments notice.


You're making an assumption you'll always be able to get home. Consider the possibility of other emergencies occuring that could prevent you from getting home (i.e. natural gas leak ). I would suspect that safety zones around such things would still be in place, even after an event of national significance (unless everyone is gone for one reason or another, which would most likely include you)