Doomsday opinion

[generalmeow]

The scenario that scares me the most is a major EMP by way of solar flare. I'm not sure it's the most likely scary thing to happen in my lifetime, but in terms of the next 50 years there's probably a decent chance of it happening. It almost happened last year (we missed it by like 8 hours or something). It happened once big time in the 1800's (carrington event). The point is that it's a natural event that happens frequently, but hasn't yet happened when it would really devastate humans. Compared to an asteroid, yellowstone erupting, aliens, zombies, etc., I think it's completely reasonable to prepare for it to happen in our lifetime. Even if it's a 1 in 10 chance, which it probably is, I don't like them odds when we're talking about Road Warrior type scenarios.

When the electricity goes out, I always immediately check my cell phone. If my cell phone was out, I'd go try to start my car. If it didn't start, I would immediately start running to the nearest grocery store where I would grab a cart, fill it to the brim with canned goods, and walk my ass right out the door and start pushing it 15 miles home. The good news it will probably take days for most people to figure out what's going on, or to know how serious it is. Most of us would probably know within 30 seconds.

The way things are going it seems like economic collapse is a sure thing in my lifetime, but wouldn't be a life ending event for most people. It probably wouldn't be Road Warrior. And in an economic collapse, which could take years or even decades to work through, it might help a little bit to have food stored, and certainly a way to protect yourself in scarier times, but you're not going to stay in your house for decades. We'll all be in the same boat pretty much.