This is gonna get interesting.
The region all of these people are trying to get to is remote, desolate, with little population, and virtually no services available (gas, food, lodgings, phones). I’ve been all through that region, and it’s all two-lane twisty roads and 100 miles to the next gas station.
I saw on the news this morning that most gas stations in Bend are out of fuel. The Fred Meyer’s store in Bend sold 35,000 gallons yesterday!