Devastatedhow is maui doing ??
Many people that have wells can survive. If one has a drilled well take the cover off and drop say a tin can on a string or rope and bail it out. . We have a septic tank that does not need electric to operate as in a raised bed .... I also have access to 5 ponds within 1000 ft of my home. Not all on our land. I am sure neighbors would allow a few buckets /day to flush a toiletEvery other person thinks they're going to hunt their way to survival. It took the wildlife population decades to rebound from the Depression. The average US household has two weeks worth of food on its shelves. Thats everything from the microwave popcorn to the condiments next to the stove. Best to aim for numbers that will cover you for six months. You're certain to find some spoilage as you reach the back of the kitchen shelf and hot the stuff you didnt have in regular rotation in good times. Waters even more critical. If you dont have at least one 55 gallon barrel of water set aside, its cheap insurance. You may or may not have had time to fill the tub before the power went out. Do you have any means of collecting or treating the surface water you may be relying on after your stored supplies run out?
Nobody is "friendly" after a few days. Point them in the direction of the nearest FEMA camp.I experienced this on a small scale a few years ago when a microburst took down our lines. Power was out for 5 days. Doesn't seem like a lot of time, but it is enough to cause panic for most of the general population (esp in cities). It wasn't in winter, which wouldn't have changed much for us since we have woodstoves. I have a full house backup generator that I ran no more than 2hrs a day (split morning and evening). It was enough to keep freezers cold, gather water from the well, charge electronics, etc. I knew it was going to be a long event so running the generator all day was out of the question. I have 50 gallons of diesel on hand that I routinely cycle out. I didn't even go through a 5 gallon container those 5 days. As a family we did well. Had plenty of supplies, managed without TV (which we dont use a lot), actually did more family things like board games. After 2 days in everyone was able to shower and even did a quick load of laundry. It was life as usual.
I prepared for something like this and from actual experience learned new lessons to further prepare for the next time. I will add, by the 3rd day we had family and some neighbors stop by for water and other stuff. We helped out where we could. My brother and his wife asked to take showers, which I denied. I don't think they liked that much. Point is, one can prepare all day for this stuff, the biggest issue is dealing with others. It starts out being a friendly helping neighbor. But long term outages will eventually cause chaos and guess where people are going to go? That worries me the most.
why Yes I do, we have a Big Berkey water filtration system. We could pour swamp water in the top, and pure clean. delicious water comes out the bottom. People should look into them. CDC and FDA approved....blah,blah,blahEvery other person thinks they're going to hunt their way to survival. It took the wildlife population decades to rebound from the Depression. The average US household has two weeks worth of food on its shelves. Thats everything from the microwave popcorn to the condiments next to the stove. Best to aim for numbers that will cover you for six months. You're certain to find some spoilage as you reach the back of the kitchen shelf and hot the stuff you didnt have in regular rotation in good times. Waters even more critical. If you dont have at least one 55 gallon barrel of water set aside, its cheap insurance. You may or may not have had time to fill the tub before the power went out. Do you have any means of collecting or treating the surface water you may be relying on after your stored supplies run out?
why Yes I do, we have a Big Berkey water filtration system. We could pour swamp water in the top, and pure clean. delicious water comes out the bottom. People should look into them. CDC and FDA approved....blah,blah,blah
all you need do is get ahold of the black filters, which, last I checked are on back order.......![]()
Month tops.
$20 says they don't make it 5 days .I wish that was accurate but imo I think that you're very optimistic And generous.
I bet a city like NYC wouldn't make it 5 days in a total electronic and communication blackout.
A city like buffalo or Rochester wouldn't make it 10 days without complete chaos. Perfect example is look how bad buffalo degenerated into chaos and looting after a 3 day blizzard when the citizens knew things would still return to normal once the blizzard ended. Imagine when there is no communication and it's a complete blackout and people start to realize "this is different" and how they react. Even mid sized cities would be warzones in 10 days.
This is only accurate if something happened without warning. If there was any indication that things were about to get really "different", the chaos would start well beforehand.I wish that was accurate but imo I think that you're very optimistic And generous.
I bet a city like NYC wouldn't make it 5 days in a total electronic and communication blackout.
A city like buffalo or Rochester wouldn't make it 10 days without complete chaos. Perfect example is look how bad buffalo degenerated into chaos and looting after a 3 day blizzard when the citizens knew things would still return to normal once the blizzard ended. Imagine when there is no communication and it's a complete blackout and people start to realize "this is different" and how they react. Even mid sized cities would be warzones in 10 days.
It would depend on how quickly people decided it wasn't coming back.Month tops.
The amount of aid that would need to be supplied IMMEDIATELY, to keep people fat, dumb, and happy is not realistic, even if the 'event' was isolated to a single city. Look at hurricane Katrina/NOLA as an example. Society has deteriorated immensely since then, and many more people are just dirty fucking animals today.If they were thinking "the authorities are working in getting it back up" then a month or two. Depends on how long they still believe that.
It would depend on how quickly people decided it wasn't coming back.
If they knew it was done for good, then 2 or 3 days to anarchy.
If they were thinking "the authorities are working in getting it back up" then a month or two. Depends on how long they still believe that.