Do I need to finish this article? It’s pure bullcrap. Society does not collapse after 72 hours without power.
I don’t know about that. Here is a good read by our own Travis McGee. It is food for thought. I think you’d be amazed how quickly things would unravel.
“Alas, Brave New Babylon” new fiction by Matt Bracken
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3058882/posts
It would happen quickly. You have to remember that with a power system collapse, your personal store of fuel would be whatever is in your tanks - likewise every delivery vehicle. Without electricity to run the pumps, fuel would be locked just a few feet beneath the surface of every gas station. Considering every food store has a continuous stream of food delivery and stock turnover, the supply pipeline is about two weeks. With a power failure, two days
I live outside of Washington, D.C. Two and a half years ago we had a sudden windstorm, a "derecho," that took out power for several days. People who didn't have a full tank of gas couldn't get out of the area because the gas stations weren't working and the DC Metro wasn't running--and besides, many roads were blocked by fallen trees or by accidents that had taken place in the absence of traffic lights. There was no way to get money out of your bank or buy food. The stores began throwing meat and produce away after their generators ran out of fuel. In my pretty doctors-and-lawyers neighborhood, groups of young men of different racial and ethnic groups began roaming up and down the street. I assume they were not looking for friends to come out and have a beer with them; they were strangers and they looked like trouble. It was hot. People who weren't used to living without air conditioning were angry and got into fights. The cops were too overwhelmed to respond. People who needed medication could not get it.
This is what happened after a very short period, only a few days, with the promise of near-term restoration of power. What do you think it would be like if the whole grid went down for a prolonged period, with no promise that it would ever be restored? Watching this event, and the previous one we called "Snowmaggeddon" when I had no power for five days, is what made me a prepper. Twice in just a few years--yes, it makes you think. Or it should.
Full blown urban warfare will begin well before 72 hours. Gangs in place will not face effective opposition from city government without outside support available. Easy recruitment will expand the ranks quickly.
uh does the name Katrina mean antying to you?
It didn’t take 72 hours for looting to happen in New orleans, now imagine if the power went out, and STAYED out. They’re killing each other there now like it’s free, and the power is still on.