In that case 5 days may be about right, as our supply chain comes to a grinding halt.
Many population centers have experienced disruptions over the years for things like hurricanes, and they don’t get overly alarmed at store shelves being empty... temporarily. In the Houston area we’ve had a few such such disruptions that lasted for several weeks, including power outages and stores closed.
But when people start to realize that the cavalry is not going to arrive and save them, they will panic. Things will get ugly fast. The further away people are from population centers the better, but that does not automatically mean safety. Even very remote areas are accessible within a few days of walking. And there will probably be lots of armed, violent gangs that have other means of transportation as well.
Probably a lot like The Walking Dead minus the zombies.
I often see preppers on these types of threads bragging on their generators and how much fuel they have stored up. They would do well to leave those generators turned off. Otherwise, they will attract the wrong element like bugs drawn to a porch light.
The key in this situation is to pretend you are as screwed as everybody else and not be conspicuous.
Exactly .
TWD is a blueprint for surviving what we’re discussing.
Right down to the leftist ‘zombies’.