Ref the bug in / bug out condundrum

[NorthernRaider]

An example of how one incident can mean chaos for hundreds of thousands.

At 3 AM last night someone on the Army camp next to the A1 at Catterick heard and reported a loud explosion, Civvy police responded and closed the A1 in both directions just south of Scotch corner.

Now at 18.45 hours some 15 hours later the A1 is still closed and the road network in this area is in absolute chaos. much traffic has been redirected onto the A19 chaos very slow traffic up the coast but the rest has been diverted onto small local roads in an effort to get around the closure. 44 tonners ended up on farm tracks and down 6 ft wide country lanes, gridlock in tiny villages, vehicles going round in circles for hours.