RV's in T2K
I think we covered some of this in a previous thread. I can not find it right now. (My Google-fu is weak tonight.)
My Observations:
1) As war starts in China, I think you would see some preppers start heading for the hills.
2) First nukes in China, I think any prepper left in a city is out the door. Heading to their main base camp. Getting down into their hole and pulling the cover over them. You will also see the first civilians heading out. Most of them do not have a CLUE where they are going...They just want to be away from the city.
3) First Nukes in Europe: The average civilian will be scared to death. Any one with the sense God gave an ant is heading outbound from the major cities. The problem is with so many on the road, the roads become clogged....quickly. Look at Atlanta during last ice event. once the first problems hit the roads, EVERYTHING stopped.
Now where does this leave the RV'r? IF they got out early, I do not see major problems. Oh a tie up here or there, sure. Maybe some gasoline shortages as people fill their RV's, towed vehicles, and spare gas cans. IF the roads deteriorate, the RV'r is in trouble. As I read RV's, roads only or VERY Mild terrain. I point at the RV convoy in Independence Day Movie. Out in very flat desert.
I look around my area of Fayetteville, NC. Yes, relatively flat. BUT most of that flat area consists of farms. That means you have to negotiate the rows that the farmer planted. IF they are pointed the way you want to go fine. Going over said rows, not so good unless moving very slow. No more than 5 - 10 MPH. I would think at more than that, you tear the bottom out of your RV. IF the ground is not wet. Soil here in this part of NC is mostly sand. Can be very nasty when very wet, but it does dry out fairly quickly.
Now let's say, you are good at reading the tea leaves. You read last night about the first nukes that Russia dumped on China. You packed your RV, filled the gas tank, maybe got 10 - 20 gallons extra in gas cans. Maybe you even thought a little and topped off your propane tank and got 10 - 20 more gallons of water.
Now what do you have? About 400 miles of travel before gas tank starts getting really LOW and you need to think about using your reserve gas. Forty gallons of water in the clean water tank, what ever food, clothing, weapons, people and odds and ends that you crammed into said RV. A family of four, you probably have at most 10 days to two weeks of supplies on board.
I am really tired tonight, so I am going to end this diatribe here. I will pick it up again soon. Trust me, there is a reason I am going down this particular rabbit hole. No, I did NOT see a White Rabbit.......
My $0.02
Mike
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