I am of the opinion “something is up”. I do believe NK wants to mess with us and that NK leadership has painted itself into a corner. I think there is a bigger plan afoot and NK is a pawn. So who is the real target here? If the U.S. goes down, so does the world economy. Is this “it”? The great leap forward and one world government comes into play?
What I can’t figure is “why now?” Why not wait eight months for winter to return and guarantee A LOT of death, why not do it four months ago? Why now? We are headed into prime growing season, we won’t be using as much fuel to keep warm, weather will be more ideal to “recover” from disasters. So why now all of the sudden?
IF NK could put the lights out in a portion of America, what does it serve and why would they announce it when good weather is right around the corner? Just doesn’t add up.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m prepping as much as I can, though I can’t figure this out beyond NK being nutz, I do think something is right around the corner.
Now?
Because our food stores are almost depleted from last growing season.
Because even though we’re headed into prime growing season right now, most of the country has yet to plant their fields.
How would that happen if the tractors weren’t functioning? Without step down generators the refineries are out of comission. So are the pumping stations and therefore the pipelines. So are the gas stations. Assuming the farm equipment didn’t succumb to the attack.
How much yield would the fields produce without fertilizer and pesticides? Those depend on fossil fuels and refineries. See above.
How would those get delivered?
How would the crops be harvested?
How would the harvested crops be distributed?
This, strategically, is the perfect time for a strike.
People could grow stuff in their yards in suburbia. IF they had seeds. Most do not. And even if they planted those seeds TODAY, you’re looking at nearly 2 months for anything of significant caloric value to mature. Most of the suburbanites don’t HAVE two months of preps.
Forget the urbanites. There are far more of them and there’s zero arable farmland on paved streets and parking lots. Even if they had seeds. Which they do not. They wouldn’t know what to do with them.
So, long before any crops mature, the social order will have assumed the state of complete anarchy.
Rural people, who have sufficient preps to live long enough to get in a garden will fare much better. Assuming they can defend those food stocks from the millions of urbanites and suburbanites.
And the food question overlooks the more pressing issue of availability of clean water and sanitation. If the power shut off right now. Clean water becomes an issue for most of the country immediately. Soon thereafter sanitation becomes a big issue as well. Even though we’re quite rural, we have a water association that delivers our water. Most people, even out here, no longer have their own wells. Especially any homes built after the water association came into being.