THAT is a night and day difference from urban populations who store their food at the grocery store and are totally dependent on "someone else" to supply the electricity or natural gas they use for heating. If the sewage plants stop working, everything in the cities backs up - those of us on septics keep going. Think - crammed in like sardines, no running water (electricity again), no sewage treatment, no food.... no civility in short order.
The urban mindset is completely different than rural.
Two years ago the Texas legislature passed a law that all water systems and water treatment plants had to install diesel genersators sufficient to run them during a big disaster without interruption. They are all in place now so we will have running water. Period.
This is a great advance for us and it is something that you demand from your legislator in the current session. It really will make it easier to survive. It is a huge jump.