Caveat emptor:
-If it’s not obvious I am from NYC.
-I lurk here often over the past few years but rarely post.

Please define what "hills" means to you. I would head for the hills, but what I consider the "hills" is a friend’s house in Brooklyn or a buddy’s place upstate or in NJ. If it was a really wide spread disaster I would rent a car or get on a plane from their place and go visit friends or relatives in Seattle or Denver or Dallas or Germany or Hong Kong.

There is almost no emergency scenario that I can imagine where I would purposely drag my family into the woods for an extended period of time -meaning more than a day or two.

I have much more confidence in:
1. My ability to shelter in place.
2. The hospitality of friends and family outside the disaster area (and mine toward them should the situation arise.)
3. The ability of common people to come together to overcome mutual obstacles.

Am I naive?

It seems to me many on this forum are waiting –dare I say praying- for the day when the S hits the fan so they can sprint off to the “hills,” gear in hand, yelling “I told you so” over their fleeing shoulders. I apologize if my perception is incorrect.