[blam]

"I don't think it's possible to plan on leaving in an emergency. All along the coast in Washington state, they have signs "Tsunami Route" to higher ground. "

I wasn't leaving. My concern was all the needy people who 'flooded-in' to my sphere of influence. People everywhere for days, stranded, out of gas, no food, water, etc.

[Travis McGee]

Yep, those highways can bring tens of thousands of hungry, scared, desperate and possibly infected etc folks into your little shangrila in a hurry.

[djf]

I guess in a tsunami, you would have no choice. But thinking about the bioterrorism or bird flu epidemic possibilities, the last thing I'd wanna do is run to a supermarket and have some 6 year old kid cough up something green on me!