Re: [californiadisasters] Prepare for Carmageddon With Mobile Disaster Kit

"Old school maps" are still better, IMO, than GPS, even though I have to say
that the GPS doesn't require looking at. In my limited experience, GPS (and
also online mapping) don't always know everything they're expected to. My
daughter has been sent a round-about way by GPS and along a road that didn't
go through by online mapping.

And how will GPSs handle a freeway that's supposed to be there but
temporarily isn't?

KNBC couldn't say it but I can: LA has for decades relied on the highly
accurate and quite easy-to-use "Thomas Guide". If it's not in there, it
hasn't existed for a year yet. This is a far better resource than any local
map I've seen in LA or anywhere (and most cities I've lived in have nothing
equivalent).

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As far as the concept of needing an emergency kit in the car: This is needed
at any time. It is not an especial need at this time.

As far as I can see, there are not going to be widespread problems; the
problems will be only in the immediate area of either end of the closure.
The Sepulveda Pass will be shut off, so that won't be an issue. The
populated area between I-10 and the Pass will be congested, although little
local traffic takes the Freeway (mostly just the in-and-out), and the same
for between the 101 and the Pass.

People just aren't going to be stranded in their cars or anything.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kim Noyes" <kimnoyes@gmail.com>
To: "CaliforniaDisasters" <californiadisasters@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2011 10:43 PM
Subject: [californiadisasters] Prepare for Carmageddon With Mobile Disaster
Kit

> Prepare for Carmageddon With Mobile Disaster Kit By Reva Hicks for KNBC-TV
> Los Angeles | Tuesday, Jul 12, 2011 | Updated 3:15 PM PDTAre you ready
> for the Southland's first planned traffic nightmare, the closure of the
405
> Freeway, aka Carmageddon?
>
> *405 Project Page: **Maps, Detours,
>
Tweets*<http://www.nbclosangeles.com/traffic/transit/Commuter-Tool-Kit-The-4
05-Project-123377363.html>
>
> City streets and canyon routes in the area are expected to be jammed.
>
> "We're such a mobile community in Southern California, we've got to be
> prepared for the unexpected," said Pete Moraga, spokesman for the
Insurance
> Information Network of California.
>
> He's urging drivers to put together a mobile disaster kit.
>
> "It can be as simple or complicated as you want to get," said Moraga.
> "Suppose you get stranded and have to sleep in your car, it would be nice
to
> have a light blanket."
>
> A mobile disaster kit can be just a small backpack, filled with some "must
> haves" for motorists:
>
> - Battery-powered radio
> - Work gloves, in case you have to work on your car
> - Bottled water
> - Food (snacks, especially high-energy bars)
> - First-aid supplies (including Band-Aids)
> - Paper maps
>
> Yes, paper maps. Moraga said "people get caught up in GPS devices. But
they
> need an old-school backup."
>
> "Best two weeks ever driving in Southern California happened during the
1984
> Olympics. People stayed off the freeway," Moraga said.
>
> "It might happen again."
>
> Source:
>
http://www.nbclosangeles.com/traffic/transit/Carmageddon-Mobile-Disaster-Kit
-125432973.html?__source=Newsletter-Daily
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