The Security Mentor

This post isn't about computer security.

Have you ever thought of buying a Toyota Prius as being a safety measure?

It turned out that way for people evacuating from Hurricane Rita. In the long stop-and-go traffic of the evacuation, people with hybrids could keep their engines off most of the time. The result is that they kept going while others ran out of gas, gas that wasn't available at the sold-out gas stations.

Short story about hybrids in the Rita evacuation
Long story from a Rita evacuee who needed his Prius's efficiency and GPS system to escape

Whatever car you drive, fill up when you're down to a quarter tank (you know, like that advice in driver ed that nobody paid attention to). In a disaster, by the time you think of filling up, everyone else will have drained the gas stations dry. Keeping at least a quarter tank at all times guarantees you some mobility.