How far to evacuate?

[CharlesHarris]

The evacuation model I planned for was based on hurricane storm surge, flooding and high winds over a large area. The same evac plan was used as a planning standard to get outside the Moderate Damage Radius after a nudet.

As a family we exercised the plan several times for storms, although its origin was during the Cuban missile crisis, when Dad was a government scientist at Ft. Belvoir. I dusted it off again after 9/11/01 and relocated out here permanently after I retired. Getting as far outside the Beltway as possible, has always been the plan.