OMG, all those urban dwellers will go nuts. Stores will be looted, buildings will burn, gasoline pumps won’t work, water pressure will be lost, no commo, its going to be a real mess. Law and order, forgetaboutit, it will become the law of the jungle. I’m talking about one week, not one day.
I have 12KW solar cells on the roof, 3300 amps of battery storage for 20 hours which means I can use the battery for a week and a half before I worry about it. I have a natural gas 16KW gen to charge the battery and a 6KW backup gasoline generator.
I’m old and I really like my A/C, I don’t plan to be without it just because of a grid failure.
Heaven forbid no Starbucks and no zillion selfies with pouty lips showing just how their widdle feelers have been hurt. Safe places will be over run and there won’t be enough green crayons for everyone. And someone won’t get their piece of pie.
Yup, within a day or three, the stores will be empty and since refrigeration and our JIT (just in time) distribution systems rely on power, new stock won’t be able to be delivered. Within a few weeks, millions will die in and around the cities especially. The survivors will start leaving the cities and head for the suburbs and then rural areas, raping, pillaging and plundering along the way.
We just got grid after living without it for 5 years. We have a tiny solar set up. 300 watts with 4 golf cart batteries that ran LED lighting and a small 12vdc chest freezer/fridge.
A few years back, we had a heat wave with temps over 100 for most of the summer, two months, and it was miserable but we survived. Outdoors under a roof, canopy, carport etc is the best place to be, unless you have a root cellar. Saw some people doing that even though they had electric. Old wood house with windows a/c units that weren’t keeping up.
Forty-eight hours to establish a blockade—contain the pillagers assault for two weeks and then sort out the remainder.