EXACTLY, Crowbar. LOL No one is predicting anything with any specificity…. it’s arrival, length, breadth, severity, location, direction. Me and mine are already live IN those hills people plan to run for. You would not see me going towards a pharmacy if any unrest was tilting the scales. That means grocery stores, etc too that have pharmacies. Folks are crazy about their meds and other substances. Best we can all do is keep stocked as much as possible and know alternatives for needed chemical meds…..that can be stocked up with less regulation. But really KNOW those alternatives, not hearsay.
We’re rarely even in the tiny towns around here….let alone any population center. Too busy here! EVEN SO….with wildfire, for instance. We STILL have to be ready to migrate again at a moment’s notice. Been There; Done That multiple times. Low population density location is STILL no guarantee of “safety”. No one cannot argue with wildfire easily. And that blows the theory of Head For The Hills. I’m more afraid of inexperienced folks actually making up here and setting the place on fire!
Another difference between the 30’s and now…..instant communication. A panic can be set off….accurate or not….within an alarmingly short time.
On some normal day, you’re standing in line at the pharmacy desk at Walmart, with your groceries in your cart….. and suddenly the population is panicking. They all got some “news” story on their cell phones. That’s the situation I was envisioning. Are the heart meds worth a few extra minutes? Mebbe. Mebbe not. How much will you risk for Grandma?
A Walmart also has the Sporting Goods department too….as everyone and their drunk brother knows. Certain merchandise is locked up of course…. behind glass doors. Don’t be there either.
The difference of increased population density everywhere is important. Rats in a smaller cage are beyond self-defensive. They’re mean and aggressive.
OldMtWoman ….just trying to Not Be There but few are totally hermits.