Of course. However, our country has gone through catastrophic situations like this before. The Civil War and The Great Depression for example.
Texas during Reconstruction was a very violent place.
My gg-Grandfather lost everything, moved out of Dallas County and became a tenant farmer. His family survived and thrived.
His brother in law became a violent criminal who continued to fight the Yankees and raided East Texas and Arkansas. He was dead in 4 years.
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Good question. Depends on all factors affecting it.ETA: how long will the water remain potable?
Good question. Depends on all factors affecting it.
Location it was gathered.
Open to the air?
Filtration when gathered?
Treatment (chemical or mechanical) when collected, while sitting, and when consumed.
Exposure to light?
Exposure to heat?
Circulation?
A lot depends on what you are expecting to consume. Fresh water out of the tap style? It takes a lot of work to make that happen by-the-way. Good for days depending on exposure to airborne filth. Bottled? IE: canteen? Weeks with a good seal. Collecting rainwater? Then your planning on boiling before consumption and its all potable forever.
Chlorine in your water is good for about 3 days when exposed to the air. If it cannot evaporate and is out of the sun then it stays in the water fairly indefinitely. But there will always be a "dab" of air in any bottle and that air contains bacteria. Sun and time will create algae etc.
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Good question. Depends on all factors affecting it.
Location it was gathered.
Open to the air?
Filtration when gathered?
Treatment (chemical or mechanical) when collected, while sitting, and when consumed.
Exposure to light?
Exposure to heat?
Circulation?
A lot depends on what you are expecting to consume. Fresh water out of the tap style? It takes a lot of work to make that happen by-the-way. Good for days depending on exposure to airborne filth. Bottled? IE: canteen? Weeks with a good seal. Collecting rainwater? Then your planning on boiling before consumption and its all potable forever.
Chlorine in your water is good for about 3 days when exposed to the air. If it cannot evaporate and is out of the sun then it stays in the water fairly indefinitely. But there will always be a "dab" of air in any bottle and that air contains bacteria. Sun and time will create algae etc.
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You've thought that through well Grasshoppa...<said in my best Kung-fu master voice>Good questions.
I love reading "prepper" sites. One thing almost never mentioned is a supply of toilet paper that will last years.
If we have a major catastrophe where the power goes out for more than 2 weeks I have enough fuel and supplies to get where I am going, which won't be here in DFW. I have a plan... BTW.. in 6 months you'll want to be away from any major city... Nuclear power plants have 2 weeks of diesel generator fuel to keep the cooling systems going. After that every last one of them will go into meltdown.
You won't want to be within 100 miles of any of these little blue stars on this map.
https://www.nrc.gov/info-finder/reactors/
I would certainly hope that this is one area that FEMA has a plan for. There aren't that many plants and it wouldn't be that hard to arrange for the fuel to keep the generators running - as a priority. As you say, the alternative is disastrous to everyone regardless of your situation.
The plants are for generating electricity.There are 60 plants with 98 reactors. That's a lot.
The plants are for generating electricity.
They will power their own pumps, with or without the grid.