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You have no power coming from the electric lines, no water flowing through the tubing coming into your house, no natural gas as well, grocery stores/markets are looted or too dangerous to risk seeing if anything is left, no phone (land or cell) and no internet access. All you have is what you have with you or stocked up.
None of the above services will be online again in any foreseeable time....What do you do? How long can you survive?
Well you didn't provide enough information. Specifically, I would want to know if this is a bug out situation or a hunker down and shelter in place situation. I am much more prepared for shelter in place. I don't really have bug out location hidden away out in the hills loaded with food and weapons. That's pretty much what we call home.
We have our 72 hour bug out bags, laptop computer with all necessary records, some food, water, fuel, cash and a couple of weapons ready to go. If it is a bug out, I am only confident of the first 72 hours, maybe a week if we stretch it or run into some hospitality.
Shelter in place? Then we are good to go for 3 months. We thought about doing more, but it was too morose of a thought. If things get so bad that there is no electricity, no grocery stores, etc. for more than 3 months, then, we are probably talking nuclear holocaust. We just didn't think it was worth it to plan for something that severe. Not sure we want to still be around after that.
I would assume that the majority of the population could last a month or so, even with out food. It takes a couple of weeks to starve to death with no food stored. I am guessing that most people can retrieve water from a local river/pond. The infirmed or the very young/old may die off quicker. After more than a month or two, I would expect less than 25% of the population to survive. Folks out in the country or on a farm will do better than urban dwellers I suspect. Beyond 2 months, with total infrastructure failure, I would bet less than 5% would survive. All of this assumes that FEMA doesn't swoop in with food and other aid.What percentage of the population do you think would survive 1 week? 2 weeks? 1 month? 3 months? 6 months? 12 months?
No. I am not sure I want to either. That would be the end of life as we know it. Honestly, what's so magical about 12 months? If the situation is that bad, I think you need to prepare for 12 YEARS. If the free market system can't get these services turned on in couple of months, I suspect they are never coming back. At that point, food storage only delays the inevitable, which is a return to self sufficiency, the family farm, etc. You need to learn how to start farming, hunting and gathering again.Are you prepared? Could you survive 12 months?