This is the positive scenario for how things might go.
Another scenario, equally as plausible, is the Mad Max scenario.
Food & firearms are essentials in the years to come.
I read this or a similar formula many times on many threads. The problem I have with it is that very few suburban homes are defensible positions against any threat greater than one assailant with a gun, and that's if someone is awake. Concrete walls and steel shutters just aren't going to please one's neighbors between now and when the big trouble begins. Any suggestions/comments.