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Where do you go now, and how do you get there? Do you expect that you can get to your vehicle if you have one? Do you think you can use it? Do you think that the roads/bridges/etc. will be passable? Do you have enough fuel to get to wherever, and/or do you think you can get more? Did these types of questions influence your choice of vehicle when you bought it?


These are excellent questions, and I'm happy to say that you have the answers. Unfortunately, they depend on your particular area and probable disaster, so I can only guess what the answers are.

In my area, the big problem is earthquakes. My wife and I have two "assembly" areas where we'll meet depending on what roads/railroads were destroyed, with ham and GMRS radios to help insure contact. We assume roads and bridges will be down and impassable. As a result, we assume fires will not be fought, looters will not be repulsed -- much as in New Orleans.

We fill our gas tanks when they hit half empty, but we assume we'll be stuck here for at least a week. If we're not stuck here, we can hit the road that's open. We assume no stores will have power, thus no gas, no food, no purchases of any kind within a 50 to 75 mile radius. (Your mileage will vary, as they say. We expect earthquake damage to be more localized than hurricanes, but we are also prepared to be disappointed.) We expect motels, restaurants, and large parking lots to be filled to overflowing in the surrounding areas as evacuees run out of gas, steam, and money.

I _used_ to think that staying here would be better than getting on the road and getting into traffic fights with would-be evacuees because this is where the relief efforts would be coming. Hmm.... . Maybe I'll just add more food and water and hope for the best.