Imagining what freeways will look like in SHTF

[500grains]

Today:

[Jellybean]

Today:

Yeah, I'd say that's pretty accurate...

Not to be a smart@$$ but.....
Notice the bike in the lower right, second pic.

[RogerinTPA]

I've thought about bugging out for the last few years and have come to the conclusion that if you don't have a really good fall back position that is out of the way, defendable, and that hasn't been taken over or you getting jacked along the way before you get there, bugging in is starting to look better and better. There are too many variables that come into play and are against you, once you leave your domicile. Buying a few acres a few miles away from major lines of communication out in the country and bugging in, is making more sense to me. Doing an environmental recon of property that will or should have the following: not be easy to stumble across, near multiple water sources (including a well), land to grow food, improved to a hardened shelter, easy to defend and large enough to support several gun toting friends and there families, and well stocked for several months. Hell even an old SAC missile silo has great appeal.

[FromMyColdDeadHand]

Bug-in, watch for fires, re-read "The Prince" and prepare myself to be the local war lord. Look to the Mafia and Hezbullah for viable models that could work.

[Thomas M-4]

BROKEN ARROW ,BROKEN ARROW I need you to burn them out on high-way


It took me 12+hrs to get from Biloxi to B-ham when Katrina hit and I was lucky to get on the road fairly early when the roads did clear I was running 90 mph the entire way.

[500grains]

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[PA PATRIOT]

Early warning is alway available unless its a terror nuke or unseen rouge Meteor, any other event will have preambles which an alert person will foresee and react too. Things as simple as watching the local news will give hints of approaching civil unrest and weather events. A 800mhz scanner which picks up local and state police, fire and emergency services is another way for advanced warning. Being ready the move in under 15 minutes is key to beat the pending rush on the roads. So Pre-Pack your supplies so its a load and go situation and know were your loved ones are so you can contact them and pick them up on the fly. I did a few test runs of my own plan and found them lacking so I make adjustments and continue to test my BUG-OUT.

[Redmanfms]

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No racism intended whatsoever, but Chinese drivers. There are similar problems in India. Those two nations have the fastest growing middle class in the world and have been putting over a million new cars (and drivers) on their roads every year for the past several years. Neither India nor China have a "car culture" like Western nations where there are general rules of etiquette governing road behavior. It's as if somebody took millions of people straight out of the Middle Ages (in terms of transportation) and gave them cars.

Driving in India is an experience I would never recommend to anybody.

[Travis B]

It's so amazing what you can do with photoshop these days.

[BCmJUnKie]

reminds me or every post hurricane condition in south florida. Except for getting to work, I really just ventured out to clear a few storm drains near the house.

Im from Fla. too. Brevard county, Cocoa Beach/Cape Canaveral. And its not just POST hurricane, look at what happens when people are evacuating! Im sure you know. I95 is ridiculous. I always just hunker down and wait it out. Anyways, DURING the hurricane is like a ghost town, a few cars here or there. So I guess the traffic like in the pics all depends on the situation..which includes two I can think of...
-1. People are aware that there is an imminent disaster incoming for certain regions...MASS panic, freeways packed, riots, looting, carjacking etc. etc.
-2. An over-night disaster when no one is aware, apocalyse, buildings and roads taken out, overpasses collapse. No cars on the roads.
So I gues it really depends on how BIG the disaster and if people are aware of it coming or not. If it was something people had time to prepare for and evacuate (like a hurricane) Then ya roads would be gridlocked. Panic beyond our imagination.