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Originally Posted by Sun Tzu
I remember about 3 years ago there was a gas shortage in Arizona. For about 22 days you couldnt find any gas anywhere. When a station would happen to get a tanker drop a load, people swarmed in like vultures. Arguments, fist fights, price gauging, even fuel theft. There is no doubt in my mind had that been 3 months things would have turned very ugly. It truly wasnt a huge deal obviously everyone survived, life went on. It was however, a small taste- a very small taste of the feeling of helplessness and out of control that enters when the the everyday routine and elements that found that routine are taken away. I can only image if there were suddenly another gas crisis like in the 70s, combine that with some sort of outbreak, image not being able to get gas or medical supplies. Every hospital you go to is full past capacity, and every perso you run into or encounter has the same thing on their mind protecting their family. As I watched a fight directly in front of my car as I was waiting in a line for 4 hours for gas, it amazed me how easy people will go into survival mode. Its kind of disturbing how fast and easy society could break down.
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I was in Phoenix during that gas shortage, but I rode my bike everywhere for a month.
Am I prepared, no. Would I like to be, yes. But there are a lot of problems in a lawless, anarcist, survival of the fittest world. You may be able to survive for three - six months in your shelter, but you better hope that no one else is desperate enough for food and water when emerge into the world again. I have no doubt that human society would break down into a hunter-scavenger type of population again.
Then there are the problems that you may never think about. National Geographic's show about a world with no humand made the point that nuclear reactors might meltdown, which would cover most of the currently populated areas with major radidation. Hopefully someone would shutdown the Palo Verde nuclear plant before it had a meltdown.