Remaining in Isolation

Albert...if your typical family has not prepared for this..they will not be able to stay indoors..

I took my kids to their curling lesson Wednesday night and looked around at all the people there and watched...and wondered how many of you have enough food to last a few months or even days in isolation..

Now I could be wrong, I live in a retirement community and yes these elderly people will need their meds, but when they shop at the grocery store they purchase enough for about 2-3 days and then go back out again..It is a combined social life,grocery trip...

As I have stated before in the 1918 pandemic..yes people where quarantined and lot of them starved to death...

 

It is really difficult to say what will happen....I guess this is the part I really don,t like to think about...but I am so gald I am in the know and have prepped the best I can...

I really don't think people will be hounded by bill collectors because THEY TOO won't be going to work or will be ill with the flu.  I really am not worried about banks taking people's homes from them because they will be too busy caring for themselves and their families. 

I have to question whether there will be a huge miltary presence in the streets.  Sure, places like L.A., Chicago, Atlanta, NY.  And maybe smaller cities like Tampa, Tulsa, and Denver. But many of us live in smaller towns, 20 or 30 miles outside of these larger cities.  My town has a population of roughly 20K, and is 20 miles north of Tampa. Maybe a dozen cops on the force. 

I seriously doubt the marines, or the national guard, will be landing here.  Unlike New Orleans, after Katrina, cities will be filled with people.  Could a thousand extra guardsmen make much of a difference in New York City?  I doubt it.

Federal and State resources will be severely stretched, and they will be placed in the largest population centers. They will have their hands full.

Smaller towns will be on their own.

If the BF goes H2H and becomes pandemic there will probably be a total breakdown in central government - Our elected 'leaders' will become quite consumed in blaming each other and trying to cover their own asses.  They will be overwhelmed very quickly and they will throw money, resources, military etc. first at this and then at that - usuallly late, and seldom accurate.  There will be gridlock in Washington.  Real power will slide further down the scale and will be used by some and abused by others.  Depending where you live will in large part determine how you live.  Small, older established communities where people know each other will probably fare best.   The people will band together for the common good and share resources.  Some small towns however will become subject to power hungry idiots that will want to confiscate what you have and declare hoarding as illegal and the community will take on a mob mentality.  Would not want to be in that small town.  Surburban and urban areas will be the most vulnerable.  People will not know each other and will therefore be distrustful and prisoners in their own homes sitting with their weapons and waiting for the 'criminals'.  I'm sure there is some justification in their concern as there could well be roving bands of desporados lurking about as will as the lone wolves looking for an 'opportunity'.  First pharmacies, then liquor & cigarettes, then convenient stores, gun stores, grocery stores, then private homes.  All in good time.   Just look at what happened during Katrina.  The more the breakdown in law & order and the more desperate people become the worse the situation for many will become.  Everyone should have a plan 'B' if their current living arrangements become too dangerous.  Roads too could become dangerous - highway robberies will be back in vogue.  People traveling may resort to convoys for mutual protection.  You may want to give some added thought to personal protection.  Vultures prey on the weak, not on the strong.  Someone previously mentioned perhaps finding a like minded friend(s) to link up with.  Perhaps a good idea.  If you know people in the country perhaps now would be the time to see if there could be an open door should the need arise.  If tshtf go sooner rather than later.  Think ahead - If things go bad - what is down the road where you live?  Prudent planning could well mean the difference between surviving in style or not surviving at all.  All this is predicated upon surviving the BF in the first place.  Whoee! what fun.  Laugh now - cry later.