When the bridges/overpasses fail, when there are trees and power poles across the road, when the road looks like this:
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There is a good chance you will be hoofing it and that is what a GHB is for.
I think some folks are underestimating the potential damage to our area if the full impact of a 9.0+ quake hits us. My planning assumes the worst - roads buckled, bridges and overpasses down. I expect not only to have to walk, but to also encounter lots of issues (crowds/mobs or other dangerous folks, power lines, trees, landslides, gov roadblocks, snow/ice, etc) that make it anything but a simple hike home. If I'm at work, I'll have to cross at least one river, possibly 2 to get home - and if I'm in Vancouver at the time, I'll have the Columbia to contend with as I suspect neither bridge may be passable if the big one does hit.
I'd rather plan for the worst and hope for the best, makes for fewer surprises.
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