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Originally Posted by frozenchief
This is absolutely true. I’m not really a prepper, although I have some supplies to last a few weeks in the event of n earthquake. However, I know that if the grid goes down for whatever reason, life would get very bad very quickly. My state is far enough away that it has its own grid so a failure in NY that brings down the grid in the northeast would not affect me, which is good. But a massive Carrington event in today’s world? I would expect de-population of about 60+% in this country. Oddly, the less technologically reliant a country or group is, the greater their survivability percentage.
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I read all three of John Matherson books that you mentioned earlier, but yeah I'm about as prepared as you and figure if SHTF I'm about as screwed as everyone else in the country. It will be Neechs last stand at my household I'm afraid.