A massive cyber attack or emp

jecornel

Hits the U.S. and you lose power. How long could you last? What kind of prepper are you and how much ammo do you have? What’s your plan to survive 4-8 weeks with no power within 200 miles of where you live?

trublue

The book, One Minute After, gives one a realistic view of what life would be like. It’s not pretty.

Tequilla

jecornel said:

Hits the U.S. and you lose power. How long could you last? What kind of prepper are you and how much ammo do you have? What’s your plan to survive 4-8 weeks with no power within 200 miles of where you live?

Get in the car and drive duh

trublue

How long could you last?

It depends on a variety of factors, many of which I have no control over.

What about you?

UW_Doog_Bot

I'm good.

trublue

Details, please.

I kid . . . I kid.

LoneStarDawg

I’m focused on being above the 75th percentile, but I don’t want to be in the 99th percentile

The most important word and often neglected… water

Goduckies

Depends on how much propane I have in my BBQ lol

jecornel

You get in the car and go where? Let’s say hundreds of thousands are fleeing as well? Driving away might be a worse situation. Most people can’t afford spare food. Supposedly half of America has no savings and can’t afford a $400 emergency repair.

Tequilla said:

jecornel said:

Hits the U.S. and you lose power. How long could you last? What kind of prepper are you and how much ammo do you have? What’s your plan to survive 4-8 weeks with no power within 200 miles of where you live?

Get in the car and drive duh

Doogles

jecornel said:

You get in the car and go where? Let’s say hundreds of thousands are fleeing as well? Driving away might be a worse situation. Most people can’t afford spare food. Supposedly half of America has no savings and can’t afford a $400 emergency repair.

Tequilla said:

jecornel said:

Hits the U.S. and you lose power. How long could you last? What kind of prepper are you and how much ammo do you have? What’s your plan to survive 4-8 weeks with no power within 200 miles of where you live?

Get in the car and drive duh

I'm not the expert, so could be wrong, but I imagine martial law gets called immediately and mobility is limited to specific sectors while they get back online.

It would be a shit show, the toilet paper hysterics would amplify to apocalyptic levels.

greenblood

You just figure shit out. As long as you have a water source, a propane grill with enough propane, you should be able to hold out for a few weeks. Longer than 8 weeks, that’s a whole different story

RoadTrip

UW_Doog_Bot said:

I'm good.

Shit I used to be almost 100% self sustainable. Still have the ammo and guns but no auxiliary power or solar or any land or ground water. 3 more years and I'm out of here...I hope.

Doogles

greenblood said:

You just figure shit out. As long as you have a water source, a propane grill with enough propane, you should be able to hold out for a few weeks. Longer than 8 weeks, that’s a whole different story

I think you underestimate how bat shit the general public will get without water, power and empty stores (likely raided) after 72 hours or so.

jecornel

People with lots of kids are not prepared for keeping their kids fed in a time of real catastrophe. Imagine, nice neighborhoods on the line with poor and destitute people.

This scenario eventually plays out.

Doogles said:

greenblood said:

You just figure shit out. As long as you have a water source, a propane grill with enough propane, you should be able to hold out for a few weeks. Longer than 8 weeks, that’s a whole different story

I think you underestimate how bat shit the general public will get without water, power and empty stores (likely raided) after 72 hours or so.

Swaye

If you know how to hunt, fish and prepare your own food you will be fine. How many people can hunt, kill, bleed, skin, quarter and prepare a deer? This is well less than 20% the population now. Maybe 10%. Urban centers are completely fucked and will devolve into bedlam quickly. I'll be fine.

46XiJCAB

Swaye said:

If you know how to hunt, fish and prepare your own food you will be fine. How many people can hunt, kill, bleed, skin, quarter and prepare a deer? This is well less than 20% the population now. Maybe 10%. Urban centers are completely fucked and will devolve into bedlam quickly. I'll be fine.

I do my fishing at Whole Foods. City dweller.

USMChawk

Living in the desert my biggest concern is water. To that end, I have a pool and a distiller. I live amongst a large Mormon population, who are renowned preppers. As I have plenty of guns and ammo, I’m sure arrangements can be made.

Sledog

Swaye said:

If you know how to hunt, fish and prepare your own food you will be fine. How many people can hunt, kill, bleed, skin, quarter and prepare a deer? This is well less than 20% the population now. Maybe 10%. Urban centers are completely fucked and will devolve into bedlam quickly. I'll be fine.

The problem is most people know how where I live and the game will immediately disappear. They know how to can, jerk and store stuff.

PurpleThrobber

Until my vehicles run out of gas, I could easily live on venison for as long as those fuckers keep trying to play tag with my car.

Could probably pick off a couple deer per week at the Compound. Those are the dumbest fucking animals.

trublue

Quick Note: With an EMP, all electronics will be fried. Only very old automobiles (with gasoline) will be operable. Computers will be inoperable.

Doubt that generators will be operable.

jecornel

That’s a good point

trublue said:

Quick Note: With an EMP, all electronics will be fried. Only very old automobiles (with gasoline) will be operable. Computers will be inoperable.

Doubt that generators will be operable.