Okay. I work for an Alphabet Agency and I am aware of the plans. There is definitely some stored food (freeze-dried/MRE-style). However, enough to last everyone, a year? No.
And regionally, especially the cities, there will be enough disorder to prevent effective distribution. Further, if the government collapsed due to lack of money to keep the EBT cards running... how are they paying their people to distribute the stores? Without people to distribute, how does the food get to them?
Look, it's clear I won't be able to sway you. I get that. Perhaps it is your own personal lack of preparation that subconsciously motivates you?
So, sincerely meant, best of luck to you.... I'm taking a different approach.
When I worked in the food distribution industry Hugo hit. Before Hugo made land we had 600 very full trucks sitting behind the Smoky Mountains waiting for the hurricane to hit and go on its way.
When the winds died down, the trucks went in and fed the people.
Very impressive.
Methinks you two are arguing about different scenarios.
Katrina was a localized event of short duration and substantial advanced notice. The whole country contributed to rescuing it. The entitled could, on the whole, sit there for a few days and wait for others to meet their needs; uncomfortable, yes, but not long for the system to restart.
The point of this thread is a national event of indefinite duration and little advanced notice. The entitled would not be helped as the would-be helpers would be suffering themselves.
One city, a few days’ warning, a few days’ crisis, yes warehouses can be raided to compensate.
All cities, a few hours’ warning, ongoing crisis, all warehouses will be emptied in short order and no one available for distribution and no viable infrastructure to distribute on.
Different scenarios.
I worked for a County OEM for about 3 years a few years ago, post 9-11. We were perhaps one of the best equipped and trained such office in the Midwest, perhaps in the nation. I participatd in all phases of planning and response for everything from table top to full scale exercises.
So I can say with some authority that if anyone thinks the EMA types at ANY level have any inkling of how to deal with a scenario like this they are crazy. The people manning the State, county, and municipal comm centers will vanish like a cool breeze in less than a week. Its not that they are cowards, tho some may be. It’s just that they aren’t trained to deal with widespread civil disorder and violence.
Your local EMA spends 90% of their time planning for and dealing with weather events simply because that’s what most disasters in America are caused by. Once the lead starts flying these people are going to go home to try and protect their families and property.