I will admit I do not know much about nuclear bombs but I do know that there are many factors and not everyone would agree so I used what I believed was the worst case scenario of twenty-five miles. Even if I survive the initial blast and can put twenty-five miles between myself and the center, am I still safe?

Of course it does not have to be a nuclear bomb since that is not what I wanted to discuss in this thread. It could be anything that would trigger wide-scale chaos and cause people to flee the city, the 1% that you mentioned.

You are right. The first thing I would need to do is to get on the radio and I forgot to include that in my initial post. Obviously communications channels still work. Otherwise, the bus driver would not have known that there is a reason to grab the family and get out of town now.

It is the end of the world as we know it, at least for the city, what would we do in such a dire situation that we would not otherwise do?

Getting back to my bus scenario, the driver has abandoned the bus. I get on the radio but I can't get a hold of anyone or if I do, there is nothing they could do. I believe I have a justifiable cause to finish the route. I get to the end of the line which is a bus station. At this point I have a decision to make: Do I leave the bus and take my car home or do I take the bus which can hold more people and go further on a tank of fuel? If I decide to take the bus and the risk of abandoning my car, any passenger who wishes to join me is welcome to do so. I make at least two stops, perhaps more, before I leave town.

Jeanette Isabelle