Nemo:
re: "I live right on the edge of that blue zone."
I'll be in a similar situation in NH. The map shows a big blue blotch in Massachusetts - to my southeast. If there are any roving mobs coming from that direction, they'll have to go through 30 or 40 miles of country homes before reaching me. My newer land is ten miles further... in a different county. Since it's increasingly rural/wild when you go that direction, I'm optimistic about my chances. Folks living out there are almost all armed, so we won't be sitting ducks. If the people in the area organize, it would take an army to get us... and in a catastrophe of that sort, I don't think we'd be an army's priority.

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