It's Christmas Day!

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Very difficult scenario here.

Everyone's relationship with their relatives is different so answers will differ accordingly.

Some relatives I'm totally not bothered about, others I wouldn't want to leave on their own. IMHO there shouldn't be too much danger regarding marauding gangs in the first 24 hours.

First things first, find out as much as you possibly can about what's going on. Secondly, consider your journey home/BOL. If there is dense population in those 60 miles, you might want to leave sooner than later due to traffic chaos. If you think the journey home is quiet and safe enough but there's still total silence for longer than 2 hours then you go to DEFCON 2. In those two hours, get to know where you stand with regards to immediate food, water, shelter and protection. Once you have that, everything should flow from there.

Obviously, if it was only a 24/48 hour hic-up, then I'd probably stay to make sure everyone was ok until the power was back on. If there was a prolonged and continued communication and power outage then I would want to get back to mine asap with those that I care for. Taking along some food, water and weapons goes without saying.

For me, the first real problem starts when others you're really not bothered about want to come back with you, not sure how I would handle that...