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Hello,

May I comment on this one?

I will stay where I am, as health says that I won't be able to run.

So I will be the home site for family and friends, the area isn't too bad, about a 100 miles from Vegas and no military or plants to bomb. Plus I live in the desert, not town.

My concern is not what "I" will do, but the chaos that will come from the city folks, who will run----and run, with no place to go.

During WW2 and Viet Nam, I lived in San Diego, even during the Nam war, we were not allowed to remove our kids from school if there was an attack. We were told that there were 3 days of food in the stores and warehouses for the town, AND that the Gov. would lock it up and take it under control.

The evacuation routes all went thru military areas and were not able to carry the traffic (2 lane roads), so the signs with the arrows pointing up toward heaven truly carried the message that heaven was where the route would take you.

From San Diego, you have a choice of Los Angeles, El Centro or Mexico. Not my idea of escaping to safety.

Why am I talking about San Diego? It is a good sample town.

Do you remember the California fires earlier last year?

I was reading the reports and thinking that it was an attack, do you realize that many times there were no roads open to leave the area? Yes, even freeways were closed.

I think that it was Lake Arrowhead that the evacuated with a stream of cars, 7 lanes wide, bumper to bumper for 27 miles.

Someone was driving down the freeway and starting grass fires every mile or so, at the off ramps.

Several times roads were blocked with burning vehicles.

It is all in the Free Republic threads for the fires.

Unless you have a place to go and get an early start, it is better to stay put and fight to hold your place. ( My opinion).

Today, I live near Kingman, Az. We will have problems, as there are no plans for our needs, if there is a major strike on the California coast.

During the Nam war, it was thought that if there was a nuclear strike in San Diego, the radiation fallout would hit Phoenix and Tucson, Az. The official military opinion.

Kingman was the evacuation site for them. We had blankets and crackers stored in the court house basement. But, no longer, it is offices and as far as I know has never been replaced since it was cleaned out 20 years ago.

I am not as afraid of terrorists, as I am all the people on the road, who are scared and hungry.

During the Nam war, a friend was on the Wellton, Az school board, the military sent an adviser to help them, he told them that the California coast people would wind up out of gas about Wellton (35 miles from Yuma, as I recall 220 miles from San Diego.

I always thought of my brother, who had a screaming wife and 4 kids under 6 years old, they were the prime example of what would be attempting to take over what ever someone else had, scared, desperate and tired of attempting to keep order in the car and having no idea where he was going.

Today 35 years later, he still is not prepared and yes, I still preach at him because he isn't.

Store food and water. (I buy my storage food from waltonfeed.com, I have absolutely no connection with them. Check out the survival links to the website, lots of info on how to survive.)

I have attempted to talk folks into storing extra shoes and coats, etc.

During WW2, America did their own manufacturing, even with rationing there were limited items available.

Today, it will be easy to cut off our supply of clothes and food. Don't forget the missing ships, they will work nicely to shut down the Panama Canal. It will be easy to bring America to a halt.

Yes, I admit that at times, I do play with thinking around corners, guess as a FReeper, I will have to break down and make a Tinfoil hat, is it OK to have feathers and flowers or does it have to be plain?

Please overlook the misspelled words, I don't often write, so have gotten rusty.

Prayers for your safety and happiness,

Ruth