Everyone mentions "SHTF" like it's a known fact. Or makes whimsical "Zombie attack" references like that makes sense. It's childish.
But when someone mentions SHTF what are they talking about?
In 2003 Boston got a 27" snow storm. Other than stores running out of milk and bread, it was no big deal given the routine preparations we'd made.
After 9/11 the airport was shut down and some other transportation impacted, but no real consumer impact.
This region isn't prone to earthquakes, but we do get a lot of storms. So is it a natural disaster of some sort? I was impacted by the Blizzard of '78 [five days out of my house in Hampton, NH, car totaled, work shut down] and we've all seen what happened during/after Katrina, so that's what I use to make plans for. Or should I expect a total breakdown of civil society? Am I missing something?
But when someone mentions SHTF what are they talking about?
In 2003 Boston got a 27" snow storm. Other than stores running out of milk and bread, it was no big deal given the routine preparations we'd made.
After 9/11 the airport was shut down and some other transportation impacted, but no real consumer impact.
This region isn't prone to earthquakes, but we do get a lot of storms. So is it a natural disaster of some sort? I was impacted by the Blizzard of '78 [five days out of my house in Hampton, NH, car totaled, work shut down] and we've all seen what happened during/after Katrina, so that's what I use to make plans for. Or should I expect a total breakdown of civil society? Am I missing something?
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