Im interested.

I wanna bump this to the top cause I'd love to see if anyone is still interested in doing this. I'm still very new to the idea of bugging out, but have been prepping for three days of surviving with me and my family, but would love to try this, and perhaps to meet some good people. I myself am from the Lower Mainland, so anywhere in the area would be great. Let's see if there's any interest out there.

Just wondering if an evacuation drill should not have a few specific elements such as a successful meetup north of the Canyon say in Cache Creek or 100 Mile. It strikes me that if you cannot get out of the Lower Mainland when conditions are ideal how will you make it under stress. Perhaps a bit of realism can be inserted for free by agreeing that no one stay at a registered campground, that there be less than 100 dollars cash in the vehicle, and that you pick a weekend when the traffic is the most heavy say July 1st , and no one uses a debit card or credit card during the evacuation. It will test the safety factors of sleeping in the vehicle on the side of the road or convincing a private property owner to let total strangers camp out. Otherwise it seems to me that an evacuation to another location in the lower mainland is more like a conventional camping trip. On the return trip home of course credit and debit cards can come out of their hiding places. Oh yes, and no stopping at Tim Horton's on your way north. That luxury won't be available during the real thing.

No Timmies!!!!!! I bet you they would be open 24-7 until they ran out of supplies. LOL.

The government may not step-in quickly during ice storms or floods but by goodness they would deploy the CF on a moments notice to defend Timmies and keep the double-doubles flowing without pause.

Some things a nation must protect!!!!

🙂 Mountainman.

PS - Sounds like a great exercise. Post us on the outcome. Please.

I'm glad there is some interest, although it seemed to take until the nice weather was upon us;)
Great though! Keep checking it out, I like the input here. Especially about making this as real an evac simulation as we can.

I'm going to rough draft up a scenario to put up here, with guidlines and information about who, what, where and how much! I really, REALLY hope that some people get into this.
I don't expect a giant turnout, but even if we could get another couple people, that would be awsome!

It seems that everyone is super gung-ho about being prepared, but nobody ever wants to cut into their beer drinking time to test out their preps or plans...

FV_Armouries, how's that draft going? Sounds interesting, we can do a normal "family campout" at Golden Ears but with a deck of flashcards for "unexpected parameters":

- portmann unpassable
- pitt river bridge unpassable
- golden ears bridge unpassable
- massey tunnel unpassable
- alex fraser bridge unpassable
- queensborough bridge unpassable
- knight street bridge unpassable
- oak street bridge unpassable
- burrard brige unpassable
- cambie bridge unpassable
- lions gate bridge unpassable
- 2nd narrows bridge unpassable
- mission bridge unpassable

- vehicle tire flat (you can pass this flash card if you have a functional spare with appropriate tire pressure and all tools required for change - if bike a spare innertube/pump or significant patch kit)
- battery dead (you can pass this flash card if you have jumper cables or a dual battery in your vehicle - if bike chain break, must have tool to repair chain and spare link or two)
- need gasoline but all electronic payment methods are unavailable (no interac/credit cards, pass by having cash on hand or significant barter items, assume 25% inflation during disaster)

- natural gas leak, pass by having crescent wrench to turn of gas main available within 120 seconds time.
- building doorways jammed (or vehicle doors jammed), family inside, pass by having prybar/crowbar available

- allergy attack, pass by having antihistamine in first aid kit
- more first aid cards for: disinfectant, butterfly sutures, sterile gauze, splinter removal, burn treatment, gunshot wound
- water requirement, pass by having water purification capability
- knife check, pass by having knife available
- multitool check, pass by having ability to undo/redo 1/4" nut (Whatever the exact tool doesn't matter).
- flashlight check, pass by having flashlight available
- battery check, pass by having spare batteries for electronics (flashlights, radios, GPS, etc)
- whistle check, pass by having a whistle available
- cord/rope check, pass by having 25ft or more of cord/rope available
- for females, pass by having feminine hygiene products available (doesn't matter in kit or in purse)
- for parents of young ones, spare diaper check (pass by having 1 diaper available outside the normal bag, ie car kit)

The idea is that we'd have a deck of cards and draw one card say every hour or two throughout the day. Bridges become unavailable (perhaps several before we reach our campsites!) and requirements come up for certain supplies by chance as we draw cards. You would keep a personal score of +1/-1 for each flashcard drawn as a personal exercise in evaluating preparedness.

Can anyone suggest a few more "flash cards". Maybe even a few lucky positive ones? Like found a dropped tool, or found shelter, or found a rope?