Quote Originally Posted by dropped_71chevy View Post
With the outage not being nationwide and there being an end in sight, I can understand why people are keeping their wits about them. An indefinite power outage would bring the bad out a lot faster I think.
This. When people get word that "power should be restored in XX hours/days" they are reassured that normalcy will be back shorty and they don't panic.

If the word is "Everyone east of the Mississippi is out of power due to an EMP attack and power is expected to be out for 6 months at least" the S will HTF in short order I suspect.