Where are they???

[Petertherabbit]

I see marching off to the woods with a backpack, stove, tarp and a water straw, as a losing strategy.
Were millions to do this, they'd create a humanitarian emergency all of their own. The rescue services, forestry services etc could be swamped with idiots causing problems or killing each other.
Far better to bug in, having already prepped and thought the situation through.
I do think there's a huge surge of interest in prepping, it is becoming somewhat mainstream, because people have seen how badly govts respond to real crisis and are even planning to create them.