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Originally Posted by cockerpunk
having lived through long term civil unrest where all emergency services were unavailable for days, i have to say it changed my opinion on what happens when all civil order collapses. i always knew prepping was kinda bull**** (no way to live a normal life in an insane world).
my advice is get to know your neighbors. all civil and governmental order will fail, but contrary to action movies, its not the purge, its not every man for himself. new communities rise to enforce normalcy. and those communities start with your neighbors, and your friends.
i know, i know, the fantasy of loan well equipped man coming over the hill to enforce truth justice and the american way is powerful. but its not really true. having supplies for more than a few days or a week is really nothing more than a fantasy fulfillment tool.
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Au contrair mon frere.
We are one bad harvest away from a famine.
Most grocery stores stock a 3 day supply of foodstuffs. That means you are 72 hours away from things going “pear shaped” if supplies are interrupted and that doesn’t include “panic buying”.
Do you not remember the bare shelves at your local supermarket after the lockdown? What if you had to “bug out” and knew that wherever you were headed would be cleaned out of supplies also?
Not to be a “Debbie Downer” but being prepared is serious business. Depending on neighbors, well maybe to borrow a cup of sugar, but if there’s no projected end to the turmoil, get the eff off of my porch.