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In article <3565c0poethts2igfjp3canm7c3a5s418k@4ax.com>,
 Scott in Aztl?n <slothkills@THEyahooOBVIOUS.com> wrote:

> In ca.driving, Larry Scholnick said:
> 
> >My point is to remind us how vulnerable most of our key transportation
> >routes are. If we ever have to evacuate Los Angeles (I
> >know, it would never happen--I've been watching too many junk TV movies,
> >such as NBC's 10.5 ), we would all be in deep trouble.
> 
> I've said this very same thing many times. That's why I'm buying a cheap SUV
> (now that prices are dropping like Lead Zeppelins), filing a PNO (Planned
> Non-Operation) on it, and keeping it handy in case I need to escape the basin.
> With millions of people all trying to flee the basin at once on the already
> overloaded freeways, the only way out will be over the mountains via the truck
> trails or via boat (and a boat is too expensive to keep if you aren't going to
> be using it, plus you still have to tow it to the water and launch it)
> 
> >And how did we get this way?  
> 
> Because we're surrounded by big mountains with only a few narrow passes?

Mountain trails will instantly clog with stuck cars, broken down SUVs, 
and everybody who started their escape with only 2 gallons in the tank.  
Going around that mess will involve hours of poor traction and long 
detours.  You'll probably run out of gas or get the SUV stuck.

If I had to evacuate Silicon Valley, I'd do it on a bicycle and on foot.