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Originally Posted by da Vinci Dan
Most around me will do the same. Also, the “roving mobs” discussed in the article will be neither plentiful or tough.
A local story comes to mind. A nearby wealthy gentleman was in the hospital. Thinking his wife was alone and an easy target, a group of drugged up idiots break into her house for some heroine money. She sat at the top of the stairs and shot the first one through the door with her shotgun. As it was during the winter, the guy was easily found in the bushes, covered in blood and his own feces.
No break-ins ‘round here since.
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I agree with you and dan79. It seems to me that people band together in times of extremis, share what that have, rescue each other, and even die for each other. People risk their lives to save strangers. Exhibit A is 9/11. The toughest, meanest city in the U.S. banded together and pulled for each other in an incredible and unexpected way. The weeks after 9/11, painful as they were, were the time I was proudest I've ever been to be an American. And there are plenty more exhibits from all around the world. It's what we humans were naturally programmed to do. Instinctively, we are social animals, and we default to that primal instinct to band together in times of stress. Band together and cooperate for the survival of as many as we can save. That's how we perpetuate the species.
Although I definitely believe in being prepared, I think spending your time and money on a bunker you can hole up and shoot people who come by to do a wellness check or ask for food is a pretty bad idea. If the big quake hits as predicted here, and I survive it, I don't plan on holing up behind sandbags with an arsenal to defend my stuff. I'll be out helping pull folks out of the rubble.