this reminds me of a related exercise; there are situations that happen slowly, and those that happen quickly.

Thanks for linking to that article AKSAR. Always good to see a spotlight on the dangers.

I do wish the reporter had included at least a paragraph with practical information on basic preps (such as water storage) that could make a huge difference for people in the days/weeks following a disaster.

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MOM is not all that imaginary for some.

Syrian refugees for example have seen monsters called (ISIS) kill and burn most anyone who does not subscribe to their views. Leaving homecountry and losing family members is within the definition of TETOWAWKI or MOMs in my opinion.

It is now the nightmare that I think of and cannot figure out a solution or prep. I am 60 something now , and even running some distance is not easy for me. I try to store some preps here and there , but what if those monsters reach our area.

Alien attack is not too imaginary afterall

Cash on hand and travel paperwork in order. Given your age, you would have to be among the first wave of refugees. Otherwise, you may be stuck waiting for transportation. I don't think that cross country treks are really an option anymore.

Let me add to that a reliable vehicle, a full tank of gas, and enough information about your area to be able to get out as soon as it becomes apparent that it's time to do so.

Let me get back on the original article. Personally I find that such scenarios used on table top exercise to be counter productive or atleast not the best way to train people.

- Many just don't take such huge scenarios as serious anymore, because it's over the top, doesn't feel realistic or 'won't matter if that much happens'.
- Since massive scenario's can't be solved nicely, it always means it's never finished nicely, leaving the students with a bad after taste, which reduces the effectiveness how they can reflect and learn from a exercise.
- Small numbers (victims, resources, etc) are tanglable, massive numbers are just statistics and seem to matter less.
- Crisis management is about proper information gathering, communication, resouce management and dicision making. The goal of exercise should be to training peopls skills and identify where skills and procedures lack, so they can improve them. Having huge scenario's means you can't really focus on these things.

However my experience comes from training people up to a multiregional level, not as big as those Maximums of Maximums training incidents.