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Evacuation & Route Planning
Leaving, and deciding whether to. Three tiers of destination, routes chosen before they are needed, documents and the hour that protects them, wildfire readiness, curfews and road closures, and what a declared emergency actually changes for an ordinary household.
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What a Declared Emergency Actually Changes
A declaration is mostly an administrative and funding instrument. What it changes for an ordinary household is narrow and knowable: curfews, road access, price…
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Wildfire Readiness for Households
Most homes lost to wildfire are lost to embers rather than to a wall of flame. Thirty feet of defensible space, the five foot…
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Crowds, Curfews and Staying Out of Trouble
Civil disruption is a movement problem before it is anything else. How curfews work, how to read a road closure, and why the households…
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Choosing a Place to Go Before You Need One
Most households end up with family, in a hotel two counties over, or in a public shelter. Three tiers of destination, what makes one…
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Go Bag or Stay Put Bin: What Your ZIP Code Argues For
Most households lose power yearly and evacuate once a decade. A point by point comparison of a stay put bin against a go bag,…
