This should be the most popular forum topic right now.

[C ountry]

The longer they stay in the big cities the less that will come bothering you. Good fences, more yucca plants are your friends.

 

[WinstonSmith]

There's just no way that the elderly, boomers, gen Z, and millenials are going to become hunter gatherers in the forest.

Doesn't mean they aren't dumb enough, or might get desperate enough, to try. And fail. And when they do they will look to supplement their failures with the successes of others.

 

[WinstonSmith]

The most believable to me is an interruption in guel. Remember the panic when a FEW stations were out of gas during Obama? Now imagine just three days with no fuel. Grocery stores don't get restocked and we'd go from business as usual to complete anarchy in less than a week, guaranteed.

An severe interruption in diesel would grind everything to a halt and be a disaster of epic proportions. Hopefully we keep up with our strategic reserves enough to keep that from happening.

 

[WinstonSmith]

The only real SHTF situations I can come up with in the United States that are not based on fantasy doomsday scenarios are the Great Depression , Dust Bowl and Hurricane Katrina. People were displaced and moved involuntarily and eventually voluntarily searching for jobs, food and homes. Not all parts of the country were impacted the same way or with the same level of severity. Federal government resources were needed to keep people going and help them rebuild their lives. Obviously, some people have other resources and support networks to help them survive and are more self-sufficient than others.

Soup lines , homeless shelters , National Guard distribution points were set up in urban areas / cities and not in the middle of the woods or on top of mountains.

Everyone with common sense buys non perishable food items and stockpiles as much as they can based on the space they have available. Especially when you buy it on sale. Being involved in your community and being part of a good church family is always helpful .

The point I am trying to make is if the SHTF and lasts long enough you will have to move on at some point when your resources are exhausted. Or will you just ride your horse for transportation and live off squirrels and the catfish you catch in the river. You can make your candles using the beeswax from the bee hive colony you have on your property. Don't forget to install some solar panels so your well pump can keep working.

I'd add war to your list but definitely agree with great depression.

 

[timbgtm]

Most liberal politicians do not understand supply and demand. The more industries evolving trade, lower the price and availability. With Biden shutting down the pipeline shortage is bound to happen. Not to mention job loss.

 

[Bandwidth]

Most liberal politicians do not understand supply and demand. The more industries evolving trade, lower the price and availability. With Biden shutting down the pipeline shortage is bound to happen. Not to mention job loss.

Most people on here dont' understand economics. Look at the number of threads with people bitching about prices.

 

[Inatree]

The most believable to me is an interruption in guel. Remember the panic when a FEW stations were out of gas during Obama? Now imagine just three days with no fuel. Grocery stores don't get restocked and we'd go from business as usual to complete anarchy in less than a week, guaranteed.

Google up a map of the petroleum pipelines in the U.S.A. and see how vulnerable our coasts are. I worked on those pipelines back home and they run through very rural and secluded areas. They are totally undefended.
All the (tank farms) (fuel distribution centers) are located on these lines. Even they are very poorly defended.
We all know how vulnerably rail lines are. They are impossible to defend.
It would be pretty easy to turn the gas off.

 

[GodBlessTheUSA]

I believe most of the markets are no longer supply and demand, but “what the market will bear”.

The ODT is showing this effect as are a lot of consumer goods , and services.

 

[GodBlessTheUSA]

TANSTAAFL

In case no one has already said it in this thread.

 

[hikingthehills]

The most believable to me is an interruption in guel. Remember the panic when a FEW stations were out of gas during Obama? Now imagine just three days with no fuel. Grocery stores don't get restocked and we'd go from business as usual to complete anarchy in less than a week, guaranteed.

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