You could get an RV and join the Good Sam Club, they have a member helping member thing. I had forgotten all about that feature until this discussion started...

I think we need a handshake or "high-sign".

I guess if you were an ELK, Shriner, Mason, 4-H'er, Boy Scout or fraternity memeber / alumni etc. you could develope a great network anywhere in the US.

Yet another reason for an ETS conference, to develop and learn the secret handshake or tattoo or whatever.

Although Chris isn't getting near my backside with a hot branding iron!

Load the Car with Gas, buy the Kid a hambuger and a coke, Start out of town by going North on interstate 15 about 8 or 10 miles out of town you will see State hiway 93 on your left. It goes due north, Stay on that untill you come to a town called "Panaca". There is enought stuff there to keep you alive untill thing get back to normal, what ever Normal is in "Lost Wages".

If it's a relatively local problem, you don't have to get home, you just have to get out. I carry a small address book with me, just in case I'm lucky enough to be within reach of a friend.

It's nothing personal, guys, I just hate Las Vegas.

And if you think any of the local news really tells how it is, get a police scanner and listen. I've cross-checked what I heard on the scanner against what was in the news the next few days. Lots and lots of robberies; lots of bank robberies (ever had to go to three banks before you could find one open for business?); dead bodies found in alleys, dead bodies found by kids setting up their new tent prior to going camping with the scouts, dead bodies found by hunters. Dead bodies that were once homeless people who were living in holes in the ground covered by tarps and plywood, who were burned to death when someone would toss gasoline into the hole followed immediately by a torch. Lots of shootings, hardly a night passed in my neighborhood without hearing gunfire. Ever driven a limo for a funeral and had the whole funeral party ambushed? Ever parked your limo in the outskirts of a casino parking lot while waiting to be sent somewhere and suddenly felt cold steel in that hollow below your ear?

And you know the real insult? The only thing I've ever won in my life was.... you guessed it: a 3-day trip to Hell with a show and airfare included.

Sue

Susan

"And you know the real insult? The only thing I've ever won in my life was.... you guessed it: a 3-day trip to Hell with a show and airfare included."


Take a Navy Seal on a training camp out with you and watch the fun.

Iron Raven, you could save the $9 in road maps and going to either Los Angeles or Chicago you can jump on I-40 west or east respectively west will take you all the way to LA and east will get you to Oklahoma City then take Route 66 the rest of the way to Chicago.

My shopping list:

- 4x Water Containers - at least 20 gallons capacity in total (don't buy water, just get water)
- 8x Gas Container
Gas
10 boxes granola bars or bags of nuts.

That's it.

What if the interstate or other major routes are bogged down with the other people wise enough to evac during this serious calamity? I would definitely say the maps are worth it, but hopefully if you were taking a car trip to LV you would already have the nessecary maps and not need to spend your emergency cash on them. I can get you anywhere if my map is good enough. I always have maps of my local area, city maps, state maps, a state atlas (60 pages of topos), and regional maps of the entire east coast. And though I like those cool new vehicle GPS, nothing beats paper maps.

For those of you that are members, AAA is awesome about giving you maps of whatever state/region/city you need, at no extra cost other than membership.

Everything Sue said is 100% accurate. It's a sewer of a city, a pure "take" economy, nothing of value or worth is made there.