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[Don Bowen <don.bowen AT earthlink.net>]

At 9/27/2005, you wrote:
> There are some worried Nellies that say Peak Oil will
> get prices so high that it will cause a mass exodus
> from the cities, just like Katrina did, with similar
> problems: looters, people begging for food and
> shelter, etc...

Many of those who panicked and ran unto the interstate had the city 
mindset.  One city was about to be bad so run to the nearest city that 
might not be as bad over city based arteries.  Another mindset was that 
someone in authority said go so someone in authority must be responsible to 
see that everything was ok.

> All of this makes local markets and local communities
> really important because they can help each other
> without spending too much on transportation. Help each
> other on protection from looters,

I have been reading that one of the causes of the mass traffic jam up is 
that many communities along the side roads blocked roads in fear of looters.

I think that mass exodus and the resulting clogged roadways contains many 
lessons but I am afraid that every group will take a different lesson and 
none will be entirely correct.  In the end I think we will have learned 
much but will misapply that knowledge.  We always seem to be fighting the 
last war.

Don Bowen                          Awl Knotted Up

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