There are only about 3 or 4 main escape routes out of the LA/S.CA area. If a real big event ever happened they would never being able to evacuate 20+ million people out of that small region. It would be gridlocked immediately, and the millions who found themselves dead stopped on the freeway escape routes would quickly become targets from mobs of looters/criminals.
Yup—Prepper rule #1—move out of heavily populated areas.
There are no excuses anymore.
My sister-in-law lived in L.A. in October 1962 during the Cuban Missile Crisis. She said the entire town was in a panic with people grabbing all items they could off grocery shelves and hi-tailing it out of town, running red lights, causing wrecks.
LOL its like that every rush hour.