Do you remember Katrina? I do. All the MSM preached about was the ninth ward. I lived through it in South Mississippi. You didn’t hear much from us. Because most of us were without power for 6 weeks or longer. That includes cell phone coverage where I was as well.
We were too busy trying to get clean water (boil water notice is a joke when you have no electricity. unless you have a wood cookstove, firewood and access to reasonably unpolluted surface water), food (grocery stores were empty for weeks down here) and access to medical care (difficult when there’s giant trees down on your main road. For mile after mile after mile).
We dug out and recovered, eventually, because the rest of the country (thanks y’all!) came to our assistance.
How, exactly, do you propose to keep 300 million people provided with clean water, or even clean food in any sort of timely manner.
Cities would burn to the ground. You just think the ‘youth mobs’ are dangerous now. Wait till there haven’t been any food deliveries to their hoods.
How could utilities be up again quickly when the transformers that would be destroyed are largely made in China? At the very least it would be months before any power started coming back on line. What would YOU do to obtain clean water, food, and heat your home in that time. Not to mention simple sanitation. How long do you think your city sewer would work without a functioning sanitation plant?
“You didn’t hear much from us. Because most of us were without power for 6 weeks or longer. That includes cell phone coverage where I was as well.”
And yet you made it...
“How, exactly, do you propose to keep 300 million people provided with clean water, or even clean food in any sort of timely manner.”
Only the leaches in the big city need to be “provided” with stuff, and they would have a tough time. Most of the RED counties in this country can take care of themselves.
We were too busy trying to get clean water (boil water notice is a joke when you have no electricity. unless you have a wood cookstove, firewood and access to reasonably unpolluted surface water), food (grocery stores were empty for weeks down here) and access to medical care (difficult when there’s giant trees down on your main road. For mile after mile after mile).
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Uh huh. That’s why we prep.
Everyone needs a water filtration device in their homes — now. They run around $300 — easily purchased if you just give up a few dinners out for the month. Same goes for food storage.
Anyone who is not prepared to survive in place for at least 3 months with food, water, and needed medicines is a complete dufus.
Excellent point.
A good reminder.
I believe it wouldn't take the entire country to be blacked out to create such chaos.......those without would go “hunting” in unaffected areas.
While Katrina got all the coverage, some of us endured the aftermath of Rita, with little or no attention. We too were without power 6 weeks. As far as dealing with boiled water notices, no one on the gulf coast riding out storms should be without a propane grill, and plenty of propane supply.