# Are there safe places in the usa to survive the end of the world? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [December 7, 2012, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-safe-places-in-the-usa-to-survive-the-end-of-the-world/643301 "2012-12-07T15:16:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2012, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-safe-places-in-the-usa-to-survive-the-end-of-the-world/643301/61 "2012-12-20T02:04:03Z")
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**Author:** ![stui\_magpie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stui_magpie/32/11010_2.png) [@stui\_magpie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stui_magpie)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2012, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-safe-places-in-the-usa-to-survive-the-end-of-the-world/643301/62 "2012-12-20T02:12:56Z")
Considering it’s going to be December 21 in Australia about 16 hours earlier than in New York, just keep an eye on the News in Australia. If we start sinking into the ocean or become over run with Zombies you have 16 hours to load your guns and get your floaties on.😃 ---
**Author:** ![PandaBear77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@PandaBear77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PandaBear77)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2012, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-safe-places-in-the-usa-to-survive-the-end-of-the-world/643301/63 "2012-12-20T02:32:51Z")
West Virginia wouldn’t be a bad place to bug out. It’s a state forgotten by the other 49, there’s nothing there, it’s fairly isolated and lots of hidey holes in the hollers. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2012, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-safe-places-in-the-usa-to-survive-the-end-of-the-world/643301/64 "2012-12-20T04:28:12Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Depends on how the world ends. I heard it will go with a whimper, contrary to expectations. > [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > 'm not willing to meekly surrender to the Reaper even in a disaster. Do not go gentle into that good night. ---
**Author:** ![Capt\_Kirk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@Capt\_Kirk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt_Kirk)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2012, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-safe-places-in-the-usa-to-survive-the-end-of-the-world/643301/65 "2012-12-20T04:35:33Z")
> [@PandaBear77](#): > > West Virginia wouldn’t be a bad place to bug out. It’s a state forgotten by the other 49, there’s nothing there, it’s fairly isolated and lots of hidey holes in the hollers. There is a documentary about West Virginia, it is called “Deliverance”. Unless you like to “Squeal like a pig” stay far far away. :eek:😃 **Capt** ---
**Author:** ![bahimes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@bahimes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bahimes)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2012, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-safe-places-in-the-usa-to-survive-the-end-of-the-world/643301/66 "2012-12-20T07:32:10Z")
> [@PandaBear77](#): > > West Virginia wouldn’t be a bad place to bug out. It’s a state forgotten by the other 49, there’s nothing there, it’s fairly isolated and lots of hidey holes in the hollers. It’s well known that WV is the site where the “important” figures of government (and others) will be evacuated to in the event of a national catastrophe. Therefore WV=Target. ---
**Author:** ![Amphibio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b3f665/32.png) [@Amphibio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amphibio)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2012, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-safe-places-in-the-usa-to-survive-the-end-of-the-world/643301/67 "2012-12-22T08:01:08Z")
I’m surprised about all these posts claiming that people would choose to see out the end of days in North America. As far as I know, this seems like the most likely epicentre for the apocalypse, in the form of an overdue eruption of yellowstone park. Or have I got it wrong, geologists? Are there other semi-dormant mega volcanoes that could plunge the planet into years of ashy darkness? ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2012, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-safe-places-in-the-usa-to-survive-the-end-of-the-world/643301/68 "2012-12-22T11:35:43Z")
> [@clairobscur](#): > > Here in France, there’s a village (Bugarath) currently crowded by people who hope to survive the end of the world on december 21, since for some reason a mountain situated there will supposedly be safe. > Are there similar “end of the world-proof” places in the USA or, for that matter, in other countries? At this point, it would seem safe to say that the answer to your question is “yes”. ---
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2012, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-safe-places-in-the-usa-to-survive-the-end-of-the-world/643301/69 "2012-12-22T19:18:37Z")
You can come out now. ~VOW [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-safe-places-in-the-usa-to-survive-the-end-of-the-world/643301.md?page=3)