You’re right. Bumper to bumper non-moving 5 o’clock traffic will be a piece of cake compared to the first days of HTF. During hurricane evacuations, people get stuck on freeways so long they run out of gas and there is always that crazy guy who causes a wreck or goes all road rage. And that’s with days of advance warnings. Even if they did have a rural place to head to, many city folk won’t be able to get there and, as you said, most would be clueless if they did get there.
Green acres is the place for me.
Farm livin’ is the life for me.
Land spreadin’ out so far and wide
Keep Manhattan, just give me that countryside.
New York is where I’d rather stay.
I get allergic smelling hay.
I just adore a penthouse view.
Dah-ling I love you but give me Park Avenue.
...The chores.
...The stores.
...Fresh air.
...Times Square.
You are my wife.
Good bye, city life.
Green Acres we are there.
Being in the desert I think we are fairly safe from the Green Acres crowd.
Not too long ago a city feller passing through was trying to visit with me. He asked me if we had birds and insects here, when I informed him yes we have all kinds of birds and insects here he said he didn’t expect to see any living creatures here since it was desert. He could not figure out how they could exist without water. Mind you we don’t even live in full desert as in all sand or sand and cactus- we are in high desert with tall grass, yuccas, mesquite- that type of vegetation. I was speechless- this yahoo doesn’t seem to know there are critters everywhere, even in the absolute desert...I tried to explain to him that there was water here, and we do get rainfall he seemed skeptical since he didn’t see lakes and streams.
That’s ok, folks like him won’t be coming here expecting to live off the land; though they easily could if they had a clue.