““Oh, even if there were an EMP attack, it would take a really long time for people to be affected, and we could handle it.” This sort of critic seems to believe that they will be able to “lock and load,” break out the freeze-dried lasagna, “molon labe,” and survive in the mountains on goat milk.”
Hard to argue that. There’s a Sam’s Club less than a mile from me. I’ll just go there and stock up after an EMP. They are ALWAYS loaded to the brim with food. After that, if they do run out at some point, I’ll just go into my back yard and shoot me a deer when I need to.
Difficult to see how THIS TEXAN will have a problem surviving. Not sure about the other 24,999,999 though.
Since the EMP will probably eradicate most electronic circuits you better plan on walking to the Sams. That begs the question on how to get all those supplies back home. It probably won’t take long for folks to figure out the power is not going to come back on for a while (many transformers on the power grid will blow all at once) so competition at Sams will probably be fierce. Even the government was recommending a emergency supply of 2 to 3 weeks. If you can, be prepared to sit it out at least 3 weeks after an EMP.
There’s a Sam’s Club less than a mile from me. I’ll just go there and stock up after an EMP.
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You’re joking right? The store will be locked up because without electricity they can’t check anyone out and your credit card will either be burned out (with the chip) or the computer on the other end and every bit of equipment between the store and the processing company will be down. They won’t take cash either because their inventory system is permanently down and they follow procedures.