SHOCK: 72 Hours After Grid-Down:

SHTF Plan ^ | 11/1/12 | Mac Slavo

[Kartographer]

Full Title: SHOCK: 72 Hours After Grid-Down: Starvation, Supply Shortages, Food Lines, No Clean Water, No Gas, Transportation Standstill *Independent Reports, Pics, Video*

A recent study noted that the majority of people have enough food in their pantries to feed their household for about three days and that seemingly stable societies are really just nine meals from anarchy. With most of us dependent on just-in-time transportation systems to always be available, few ever consider the worst case scenario.

For tens of thousands of east coast residents that worst case scenario is now playing out in real-time. No longer are images of starving people waiting for government handouts restricted to just the third-world.

In the midst of crisis, once civilized societies will very rapidly descend into chaos when essential infrastructure systems collapse.

Though the National Guard was deployed before the storm even hit, there is simply no way for the government to coordinate a response requiring millions of servings of food, water and medical supplies

Many east coast residents who failed to evacuate or prepare reserve supplies ahead of the storm are being forced to fend for themselves.

Frustration and anger have taken hold, as residents have no means of acquiring food or gas and thousands of trucks across the region remain stuck in limbo.

[Biggirl]

The thing of it is that, it is more talk than not. Northeasterners are more or less not as used to handling “weather issues” than those from other parts of the country.

[Biggirl]

Could it be because of the issue of “right to work states?”

At least in CT, their help is very, very much appriciated.

[Biggirl]

From AL?

You got a winning college football team. I watch their games as much as possible. Roll tide.

[FreedomPoster]

Ignore that request in #39; blam has me covered.

[blam]

"From AL?"

Yes, on the coast.

[Biggirl]

Crews are on their way, problem will be solved much, much more quickly.

[blam]

This Depressing NBC Segment On Staten Island Could Change The Way The World Sees Hurricane Sandy

[Adder]

Good idea. Provided your contract employee doesn’t take your money and run...

I was referring to the post that said apartment dwellers in NJ can’t have grills...

I also heard that it was illegal to buy gas from an out of state supplier...that had to be waived by Christie.

IOW, big gummint is in the way of folks working stuff out...

[4yearlurker]

Drudge states that people are eating out of dumpsters on Staten Island. Were is Shep Smith's round the clock coverage as he cried and his mascara was running?

[muir_redwoods]

What? Are you serious? We get it all here in the northeast. I’ve seen tornadoes, blizzards, hurricanes, multi-year droughts, ice storms even an earthquake. You know not of what you speak. Until very recently, the highest non-tornadic winds on earth were recorded here in New England. In 2010 I had ten foot snow drifts in my driveway with sub zero temperatures. I’ve seen high temps exceed 105 degrees in the summer.

Don’t confuse the northeast with five boroughs in south east New York.

[Biggirl]

Having to deal last year with a freak storm in October, just made me a little more tougher. The problem is that, NYC being a big media market is like the wheel that makes the sound that means it needs oiling or better known as the squeaky wheel.

[Mister Da]

Forget the few local gas stations that are open. Chances are, they will run out before you get to the head of the line.

I always prepare well, but having enough gas for my generator to run for days is a problem. Just storing 50-75 gallons of gas, keeping it dry & safe from the storm, is a problem. Too, this much gas can blow you to tiny bits.

Last hurricane, I drove 55 miles one way to a town with power. Plenty of gas stations open & much shorter lines. This is really the only solution until the power is restored. Find out first where power is restored, then go just a little further to avoid the lines. Early morning (pre-dawn) searches are most fruitful.

[keats5]

It amazes me that people seem to expect emergency responders to be there, set up, the moment the crises hits. They too have to wait for the waters to subside and the roads to open before they can even begin setting up- hence the warnings to evacuate and stock up beforehand.

[SVTCobra03]

If you live in an apartment you need to have a bugout plan. What would you do if you had no heat, power or water for several months?

[Farmer Dean]

The water in your water heater is also drinkable.We bought a Aqua Rain ceramic filter so any water can be used after filtering.

[txrefugee]

And FEMA says all these transactions should be done on your computer. And to be safe, make hard copies on your printer::)

[Alice in Wonderland]

So f*cking devastated right now. Smell burning houses. People fighting for food. Pitch darkness. I may spend the night in rockaway to help ...

It's amazing, the National Guard, FEMA, and the Red Cross haven't made it to Rockaway but Occupy Wall Street has. They and a Sikh group from Queens have been bringing in hot meals. They're also bringing brooms and shovels, pitching in with the cleanup.

I wonder which burning houses he was smelling ... the 110 that burned to the ground in Breezy or the more than two dozen that are gone in Belle Harbor? Maybe it's the Rockaway Park shopping district where it's taken 4 days to extinguish fires in block after block of stores, all with apartments above and bungalows behind.

I haven't heard from my brother since before the storm hit. He's 70-years-old and one of the original preppers ... but there's just so much you can store in a one-bedroom 2nd-floor oceanfront apartment. I'm sure whatever he has he is sharing with other tenants in his building.

At least he and the other residents don't have wait in long lines for buses because there are none ... and they don't have to wait in long lines for groceries because there are no grocery stores left.

[GlockThe Vote]

I got gasoline. Don’t ask cause I can’t tell. It pays to know people, let’s leave it at that.

Word to the wise - have cash on hand!

[txrefugee]

Shep Smith on Fox is only interested in Really Big News, which he can deliver with his pinched face in his most dour tone, such as, ‘There is canabalism in the Super Dome.” He must have the goods on Roger Ailes to have kept his job after his outrageous misreporting during Katrina.

[MrB]

That’s what a lot of people neglect in their preps - CASH.

Cash is KING in the early stages of collapse.
Silver will be for later when the fiat money starts being rejected,
and gold is simple to preserve wealth “through to the other side”.