Leave to where? In my neck of the woods, when the urban population starts to move away from the uninhabitable cities, (What I've heard called the "Golden Horde."), they will be channeled by geography away from my 'go-to' spot. I've given this some thought.
I and a select few have developed contingencies. The question is whether we have a moral duty to accept and protect the emotional train wreck pictured above, or lead it somewhere that won't contaminate the water supply and do the humane thing and end its pain...
I have seen and worked with some of the political activists in today’s world, most of them illustrate by their shopping habits that if some kind of disaster happened, they would be turned to begging for food pretty fast. In fact, with the obvious exception of politicians, I would not be surprised if plenty of activists weren’t doing much for if some week without electricity or some other crazy thing happened where you would need food and water that stays well without refrigeration. Take my time at the deli, for instance, people focused on getting some really perishable meat during the time of Sandy. While I was not in NYC, at the time, but in Delaware, I was still thinking. Thank God this is likely not going to be too severe of a flooding or power outage problem (1 week or more without power) because these people raiding the deli would turn to begging or worse when a lot of their food spoils due to a lack of refrigeration.