Lets say a disaster hits and you are at work kids at school, wife/husband at his/her work too. Somehow you manage to get together at some point ( at home or at a specified place) and start your trip to bug out of the area.

ONE OF YOUR KIDS IS MISSING.
No one knows anything about him/her.

Would you leave the area ASAP or try to find the kid ???

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Let me start.
And let me state the obvious: It is a difficult decision to make.

I think that if looking for the kid is going to take so long, and nothing is there to indicate we might find him/her soon. Then it better to leave. No point IMO to lose the whole family.

It will also depend on the type of disaster. If its something that smashed the area and left. We may try to stay and look around. If the destruction is still going on ( like fire or chemical spill) I think that leaving is the best choice.

Once the family reaches a safe place, I will definitely come back as close as possible to ground zero to find my kid.

Is there a better way ?