I'm not going to talk shit about these people and their last minute decisions thinking they're about to see the almighty.

Fuck at least they thought of the kids instead of just trampling them. It could have been a LOT worse.

And OP; you keep talking about prep and how you'd react to something like that. Imagine you're more than 30 mins from your property and you got the text.

Or you turn a corner and BAM a line of foreign soldiers are coming right at you.

When you get caught out; you're caught out. It's really difficult to be well prepared for that and even if you are. Sometimes all you can do is hold your ass and hope for the best.