Posted on 03/21/2013 4:57:52 PM PDT by Kartographer
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
(Excerpt) Read more at shtfplan.com ...
The way such things have always been defended, of course.
A valid question that’s crossed my mind as well. A garden isn’t any good if the lands been burned, or your home, or the soil or waters no good.
I think more of us should consider how and where we would relocate to in such a scenario.
Thanks. I’m going to pick that one up.
All you have to do is fire that wolf into the air a couple of times. All Evil Doers will depart vamoose
Make it not obvious that it is food. Edible landscaping.
Having seeds to sprout and potable water, you can grow your own food for a long long time. It’s live food and you don’t have to limit yourself to alfalfa, mung bean sprouts. Wheat, oats, many types of beans and seeds can be sprouted. Endless variety of food that is very nutritious.
I decided to try an infection of my pancreas for Christmas, added the kidney, liver, gall bladder, heart and pneumonia on for extra fun. I was tied to a bed on painkillers which made morphine look weak.
No food or drink for 8 days to calm my pancreas down.
Thanks for the map. I live in a warm but high crime state but I still wouldn’t move to Chicago.
My post about Chicago was referring to your “cold weather” comment. Not overall crime statistics. I should have added Detroit.
Your fast...total abstinence, or did you drink water? In many of these situations, water might be scarce before food is scarce.
I keep running through this economic collapse thingy and come up with "best guest" scenarios. I keep coming back this: a cascade of crisis after crisis, but rather drawn out. Any come back to where we are now will be loooooong and slow.
The slower the collapse the better is the way I see it. Let us gradually revise our paradigms-like settling into a pool of cool water. It is more or less an awakening. As the book you read suggests fasting for two days, it will be a conditioning and awareness training brought to you by reality. Bread costs so much more, but it is available. Gas will cost more and there may be "shortages" from time to time. Marauders may raid local supermarkets and stores from time to time. Riots in the inner city. The only thing that really concerns me is general panic and random thuggery.
We will learn to deal with the food, gas, crime and general crap situations. But we will adjust - adapt, improvise and overcome. It sucks but we will prevail. And your step-daughter will too. The young will actually adapt easier.
FWIW
I believe that Chicago, Gary, Detroit, Flint, and Philadelphia can get quite cold. No shortage of thugs in any of those places.
Look up ‘Black Cloud’ loads. Flite control ...
Your story title relates to today’s SHTF article about Cypriot riots, but you apparently posted text from an article from November 1, which was linked from the former. Was that deliberate?
And then, the only way you could get yourself fed is to slave away for the looters, doing their bidding . . .
We did a liquid fast for nearly a month. It was ok until one day we looked at each other and made a dash for the burger place. That was the best burger ever!
I didn’t do it, it’s part of the story as posted by Mac Slavo the author of the piece.
You don’t defend it but hide it. Grow mushrooms and sprouts indoors. Potatoes grow under ground so those who don’t know what the leaves look like won’t bother them. Carrots, kohlrabi, lettuce, onions, beets, etc. can look like weeds if they’re not planted in neat rows. Plant your garden randomly in your weedy yard. Learn to forage. Remember, Euell Gibbons said, “Ever eat a pine tree? Many parts are edible.”
Minnesota is a big swamp so water wouldn’t be that big of an issue but I don’t think I could go without water for two days.
Sorry to hear that but I’m glad you made it!
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