Along those lines. Recommend eating through your frozen food and perishables before you get to the canned food. I anticipate power grid problems if things continue escalating.
We think the same—of course that is why I still have Y2K food lying around... ;-)
Tossing it was on my spring cleaning list until the current unpleasantness..
I can’t speak for the power grid outside of western Washington- but out here we are a combination of hydro and refined fuel. Since the Alaska pipeline ends here, we will have oil, and spring melt will fill all of the reservoirs.
Dams require very few operators. Refineries require large crews, and they all plan to lock two crews inside the gates on twelve hour shifts once any lockdown occurs. The lights will stay on up here, at least. Natural gas will flow, we will continue to bring propane to suppliers for those who don’t have LNG. Our utility systems will stay intact.
Out East? Good question. Not my area.
“Along those lines. Recommend eating through your frozen food and perishables before you get to the canned food. I anticipate power grid problems if things continue escalating.”
Correct, as things break and power companies realize that their suppliers are out (due to non-shipments from China), I’ll be happy with rolling blackouts giving me a few hours of power a day, so I don’t have to run my generator. But we’ll see...