Bump for this discussion. Even if you'd rather have it privately. I'd like to know what other people plan to do because I'm just not sure how to handle this.
I don't know what I'd do...and I've thought about it long and hard. It's a very disturbing thought process, especially if you have young children like me.
It depends on who's doing the evacuating and how many of them there are. Maybe I'd ask, "can I bring a handgun for protection?" and they say "No", I'd probably answer, "okay, just let me grab my coat", at which I probably grab something that will most likely be the last thing i hold onto while my family jets out the back.
you'd probably have some warning as the vans/buses would be making their way down the street, so you'd probably have a few minutes to bug out. I think bugging out to the hill country is the best idea for survival. are there road blocks? they probably don't have enough personnel for that, so i'd guess you could get outta town if you stayed away from main roads. when they don't let you leave, you know it's going to turn out bad regardless.
The one thing to remember is that there are more of us then them, by a long shot. Even with all the military (active/reserve), national guard and local law enforcement, they don't have enough. add americorps or obamacorps and there's still not a lot, even if they are armed.
forced vaccinations/quarantines are my line in the sand. no one's sticking me with anything i don't want, even if i have to suffer the chance of getting one of the mildest flu's in history (H1N1 as it stands right now is not even a blip on the radar).