[Kartographer]

"What percentage of engineers do you think are actively prepping right now?"

You are right there. I get post to my prepper threads all the time from one engineer who says it foolish to prep for more that a few days. He actually hates preppers with a passion.

[JRandomFreeper]

Cooks that used to be engineers, however, live a lifestyle that makes prepping redundant again. ;)

/johnny

[Black Agnes]

What would hurt bigtime, for a long time, is loss of the teaching hospitals. If the star heart surgeon in your area is mugged and left for dead for his shoes while trying to walk out of the urban area his hospital was in...he teaches no one. Ever.

And not just the teachers. The equipment too. The MRI facility that diagnosed the cyst on my kids pituatary was exactly one block from the hood. One block. And all those types of equipment are pretty much all Made in China. And those facilities are located in urbania.

It will be, even with doctors and a few specialists that make it, like medicine in 1950. A few X ray machines and surgical suites in small rural hospitals. MRI’s? CATs? Very few and far between. Laser knife equipment? Forget it. Burned to the ground with the hospital in the big city.

How long do you think Saint Judes would last if the lights went out in Memphis? The druggies would sack it within 3 days when their high wore off and their dealers were out.

[Ellendra]

I get post to my prepper threads all the time from one engineer who says it foolish to prep for more that a few days. He actually hates preppers with a passion.

Sounds like my dad, unfortunately. He's an engineer. He thinks prepping is just an excuse for hoarding disorder. He even claims that food should be thrown out if it's been 2 weeks or more since we bought it. And not just perishables, but ANY food, canned, dry, or frozen!