Neighborhood Evacuation

[jcr]

[no doubt this is the wrong place, but where?]

From the thread on a "box of ammo" found that morphed into actually a "box of (inert) grenades" found in a house.

Seems once a week, we see reports of neighborhoods being evacuated. This time because grenades were found, other times because there is some kind of stand-off.

Question: Who can make me leave my home when something is happing a couple houses away?

Can I make my own evaluation, and stay if I'd like?

How do they even know who is home to be evacuated?

 

[Finalygotabeltfed]

As I remember, the effective burst radius of a grenade is about 5-10 meters. If said "grenade" (which most often is an empty, inert dummy with a hole in the bottom) is any further than that, a mass neighborhood evacuation is nothing short of grandstanding by public officials.

Short answer is, just don't answer the door and stay away from the windows.

 

[the jeff]

the blast radius is 50 feet, and the metal/shrapnel travels upward. so it is best to lay flat on your belly.

 

[Firetarr]

Should we lay flat on our bellies when the cops come to "evac" our neighboorhood?

Just kidding!

 

[doobie]

In my neighbourhood the closest house is over 100 yards away. There are no gas lines. About the only thing I am going to evacuate for is a forest fire.