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Redline Evac

A Tuesday in July

One night, the evacuation order is for your street.

How long would it take to get your family out?

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38.6780 N · 121.1761 W · Sacramento corridor

Wireless emergency alert · mandatory evacuation

2:47 AM.
You get the evacuation order.

Not a watch. Not a warning. An order to leave now. Hesitate, and you leave with everyone else. The people who leave last are the ones who get trapped.

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Now make all of these decisions.
In the next 30 seconds.

With everything on the line, and no plan.

Now everyone’s looking to you

You’re in charge.
And you’re guessing.

You’re deciding the route, what to pack, who grabs what. Out loud, in the dark, while time is running out.

The average family takes

93minutes to
get out…
UC Davis / National Center for Sustainable Transportation, 2018 Camp Fire evacuee survey

02:50 AM

…Your
first3

minutes are already decided. The route, what to pack, who grabs what — settled weeks ago. No debating. No guessing. You just go.

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The readiness check

Fourteen questions.
Answer them here instead.

These are the same questions the night throws at you, asked somewhere you have time to think. Nothing is sent anywhere. Your answers stay in this browser tab and disappear when you close it.

  1. 01Do you know which road you would take out, tonight, without looking it up?
    Do you know which road you would take out, tonight, without looking it up?
  2. 02Do you know your second route, for when the first one is closed?
    Do you know your second route, for when the first one is closed?
  3. 03Do you know where you are going, a named place, not “away”?
    Do you know where you are going, a named place, not “away”?
  4. 04Do you know your evacuation zone by name?
    Do you know your evacuation zone by name?
  5. 05Do you know which hazard is most likely at your address?
    Do you know which hazard is most likely at your address?
  6. 06Have you decided, in advance, what makes you leave rather than wait?
    Have you decided, in advance, what makes you leave rather than wait?
  7. 07Is it settled who makes the call to go, if you disagree?
    Is it settled who makes the call to go, if you disagree?
  8. 08Do you have a plan for the night you are not all in the same place?
    Do you have a plan for the night you are not all in the same place?
  9. 09Does everyone know the one out-of-area person you would all check in with?
    Does everyone know the one out-of-area person you would all check in with?
  10. 10Could you put your household's medications in the car in under a minute?
    Could you put your household's medications in the car in under a minute?
  11. 11Do you know where the passports, deeds and insurance papers are right now?
    Do you know where the passports, deeds and insurance papers are right now?
  12. 12If you have animals, is what they need to travel packed and reachable?
    If you have animals, is what they need to travel packed and reachable?
  13. 13Do you know whether everyone and everything fits in the vehicles you have?
    Do you know whether everyone and everything fits in the vehicles you have?
  14. 14Has your household ever actually walked through any of this out loud?
    Has your household ever actually walked through any of this out loud?

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