SHOCK: 72 Hours After Grid-Down:

Full Title: SHOCK: 72 Hours After Grid-Down: Starvation, Supply Shortages, Food Lines, No Clean Water, No Gas, Transportation Standstill *Independent Reports, Pics, Video*

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.

I’ve got no sympathy what soever. It’s not like they didn’t know it was coming. Being unprepared is expected by the entitlement crowd... “government will provide”.

I partly agree with your statement. But it isn't always entitlement mentality that leads some to be insufficiently prepared.

For some people it is just plain denial. They simply refuse to believe that this "can happen here."

And for others, they have never envisioned the possibility of loss of things they have always known. For example, someone I know always pooh-poohs suggestions he should stockpile potable water, non-perishables, and a supply of water for flushing toilets.

He doesn't even seem to understand where tap water comes from. I warned him that if the power fails --and then if municipal generators run out of gas-- there will be no running water! He seemed surprised to learn this.

This person is very conservative and very intelligent, and has no entitlement mentality whatsoever; but he has never given much thought to where ordinary things like tap water come from.

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