I do so many 2-4 day roadtrips that I am permanently packed so this drill is a piece of cake. For starters, my SUV is always well-equipped with survival gear, including enough firesteels to ignite 50,000 conflagrations. My front hall closet is where I store camping gear.

In 20 minutes or so I could have bags in the car containing a week's worth of clothes, toiletries, etc. Maybe 10 minutes to put a couple bicycles on the hitch-mounted rack.

If this scenario is some horrible event that would preclude coming home for a long while and would empty out the city then I'd spend the next half-hour filling up coolers with food and beverages.

Being so prepared, I might beat my neighbors to the freeway -- where I'd sit for the next 14 hours crawling toward the Beltway and depleting my fuel tank.

Mass evac in my area is a grim prospect. It will not be quick and it would be scary.


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