The water system in my county depends on electricity to keep the pumps working. They have standby power and fuel for 2 weeks.
Even the Pentagon is warning of power outages lasting more than a month in severe very real possible situations well short of anarchy or civil war.
If the grid collapses, it is a major undertaking to get it functional again, even without mechanical damage to the generating equipment. It doesn’t have to be an EMP event, the grid is very vulnerable to failure on several fronts.
“My menu varies, I can go from one menu to an entirely different one easily; I did it for 29 years when I had to.”
LMK how that works with 3 kids ages 8 to 12. While you and I can exist on calories alone, many will not do well, or co-operate.
It works very well after two nights of going to bed hungry.