I live just north of Dallas, Texas.

I have a Ford Ranger with almost a foot of clearance. It normally has enuff supplies in the back to make do if I had to... tent, sleeping bag, bug-out-bag and misc food supplies. I work about 20 minutes from my house via the side streets, so with reasonable warning and depending on the crisis I could make sure the truck is stocked. However if I need to cut and run, I think I would be ok.

My concern is if the media were to announce that some emergency had just happened or would happen soon and they needed to evacuate the northeast part of the state it would be choas.

There are probably a dozen paved roads leading north of town with 3 having 4 lanes or more. But you try to get 5+ million people to move in an orderly fashion and there will bottlenecks and choas.

So I was lookkng at alternate roadways... I saw a post earlier that mentioned the forest service road. I think I could easily use those after I got north of town a little. But that got me thinking... the electric company easments for the high power lines... fairly flat, grass and weeds are not terribly high or thick. Rail roads...usually have a gravel bed that is wide enuff to drive on. < I am not saying everyone should do this.. it would be dangerous >

Any one have other alternate roads? or know if there are maps that would cover the ones I mentioned?

thanks