Appreciate the wishes, but I live north of King of Prussia, PA. Google it if you want. If there's an accident on the major artery, Route 422, the entire area becomes a parking lot.

I can think of having to evacuate for only two events: (1) a fire in our development -- that already happened on a nearby street (more on that below), (2) or if a problem developed with the nuclear plant just up the road, in Limerick. Limerick Generating Station.

The fire was something to behold. The fire department had the entire development blocked off to cars. I work late, so by the time I got home, I was able to get home. The flames shot high into the air.

The whole unit, six townhomes, was evacuated. Found out later it was a murder-suicide. Some woman killed her mother and then used a lit match and her natural gas pipeline to blow the place up. Blew the roof off but didn't do too much damage to the adjoining units. The residents still had to live elsewhere for some time.

Yikes. Not a pleasant thought. I'm much more worried about a fire than I am about the nuclear plant.

My sister, who lives about 30 minutes down the rode and out of the Red (notice how it rhymes with "dead?") Zone for the nuke plant, said she'd take us (and our pets) in, so that part is done.

Now we're slowly (due to monetary considerations) building our kits with a view toward bugging in or even walking to my sister's.

-- Craig