Verbane wrote: <snip> . . . The scary part for me was actually seeing the "masses" in action post event.
Produce, Meats, Dairy.... Shelves were bare.
<snip> . . . two guys walk up to the milk cooler, and just stand there speechless. <snip> . . . "What should I do? There is only skim milk?". The other <snip> . . . muttering something about "where am I going to find milk?...". <snip>. . .
What I find interesting is the mind set between us . . . and them.
I'll give you another example I experienced today. I worked an end of the season, League wide (boys and girls, high school and middle school so a fair representative cross section of the youth in our area attempting athletic endeavors) cross country race and all the local teams in the League ran all their runners. These runners should be in the best condition of the season as they have been training since at least the middle of August.
My daughter stopped by with my wife to watch our son run and she also likes to watch me work and be the social butterfly amongst all the schools who have friends of hers running.
Most of the runners finished with no problems. Several crossed the finish line, walked down the funnel and collapsed at the edge of the woods just past. Unfortunately, poison ivy was growing thick along the edges and I had to assist several up and out.
But a hand full collapsed in the funnel and were claiming "I can't breath" or I can't feel my legs". My daughter being a snarky 14 yr old would stand by as I was assisting and say to them "you are talking, you are breathing" or "if a train was coming you would get up". Teens can be brutal to each other, but I was thinking exactly the same as she.
We both agreed when the races were over . . . when TSHTF these with be the first to go. As will the dumbfounded looking at empty shelves in the grocery stores. Survival, it's both a frame-of-mind and an attitude. Some got it, some don't.