“Tell me oh wise one, why does it take weeks and even months to get the electricity back up after something as localized, relatively speaking, as a hurricane?”
I was born in the mid forties and we didn’t have electricity till I was in my teens. And no running water till I was in my late teens. We had a good life...
Today I would just go out and start up the standby generator.
Your standby generator might be a large door stop after an EMP attack.
Does your water well have a hand pump capability?
So how does you having a standby gen. get the electricity up and running for the rest of the country?
It doesn’t, which is what makes your statement so ridiculous.
I live in a rural area, too, and could get by for few months with no contact with the rest of civilization. My wife and I have anticipated the possibility of some disaster either here in Texas, such as a storm, or a national one such as being discussed. Just as the poster said, when ALL the power poles are down, and ALL the roads are blocked, it takes along time to recover. And add to the fact if it was a national disaster, Obama’s people would be robbing and killing everyone they could, making it even harder to repair the situation
I hope it has a LARGE fuel tank!