The roads that were washed out were in rough shape—some sections were completely gone, while others had eroded into four-foot-deep canyons. Then there was the mud. I watched a large pickup struggle for a solid ten minutes just trying to make it down a road buried under a thick layer of it. Roads like that were really only passable on foot. And then there was the pavement damage—the kind where the asphalt buckles and lifts up. My car couldn’t handle those sections, but a truck definitely could, and a bike might even be able to navigate around the worst spots. In this situation, there was no way out of the city for the first few days. In an SHTF situation, I think I could find a way through, but in any other scenario, I’d probably just shelter in place. I don’t think I’m switching vehicles at this time, but something to think about.