Western Montana is separated from the missile fields by mountain ranges and the prevailing wind direction and is in fact considered the best place in the continental US to ride out a nuclear attack by Joel Skousen. Being too far away from population centers to be walkable by refugees is the main consideration for Skousen.
Skousen also likes the Cumberland Plateau because refugees are unlikely to opt to walk up the escarpment that separates the Plateau from the population centers to its south.
Western Montana is separated from the missile fields by mountain ranges and the prevailing wind direction and is in fact considered the best place in the continental US to ride out a nuclear attack by Joel Skousen. Being too far away from population centers to be walkable by refugees is the main consideration for Skousen.
Skousen also likes the Cumberland Plateau because refugees are unlikely to opt to walk up the escarpment that separates the Plateau from the population centers to its south.