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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

On Mar 31, 2008, at 8:04 PM, Bunjov AT aol.com wrote:

> We are genuinely worried about an influx of people from LA, to the  
> South,
> and Las Vegas, to the North, should a major disaster occur.

This has been an oft-expressed fear for the thirty or forty years I  
have from time to time been reading survivalist books and articles. I  
think the fear is unfounded. Freeways would quickly be plugged with  
out-of-gas, flat-tired, crashed vehicles. When people panic it ain't  
pretty. Macho types with 4WD trucks think they will just drive around  
the freeways. Wrong. Look at a map. Rivers, overpasses, chain-link  
fences, mountains, and, yes, armed bands will make it nigh impossible  
to drive very far out of a disaster area.

Imagine your worst-case scenario. Now figure out how you can handle it  
or accept it. Then live without fear.
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