"...the mythical pagan biker gangs out to sieze your freeze dried lima beans and 12 guage shells will likely ply these routes with 10 guage shotguns..."

Good point. If things go really really bad, there will be bands of roving bag guys just looking to take your food, water, wife, 12 year old daughter, you name it. Just look at what happened inside the N.O. Superdome after one little hurricane. Think Mad Max, Road Warrior, Deliverance, all that bad stuff WILL happen. There will always be bad guys who figure, why prepare yourself, just take from those who do. So, if you head out into the boonies, you'be better get WAAAYYY out in the boonies, and, no matter where you are, be ready, willing, and able to defend what is yours all cost...