Here is something I had not considered before

[NorthernRaider]

[Skean Dhude]

NR,

That was a plot line in a book ... trying to remember the title ... an old one. They relied on piped water and being unmaintained it fractured and all the water poured out before it hit the houses leaving them with no water.

An earthquake is also a good candidate for this.

I've looked at this in my area and its not an issue, unless you rely on piped water, which I am not.

[Skean Dhude]

Remembered the book it is Earth Abides.

[NorthernRaider]

Any house on a slope or at the bottom of a slope is at some risk after TSHTF becuase mother nature will make great efforts each year to stuff up the dains, gullies and gutters with fallen leaves eaxh autumn and fresh root growth each spring, then instead of the rainfall following mans neat artificial water courses it will start to find its own.

But can you imagine the millions of houses, factories and shops that will go unheated in winter after TSHTF and how many burst pipes there will be?

[Skean Dhude]

It'll be a big issue some places that is for sure as nature reasserts itself.

If I lived at the bottom of a hill, I would look at what I could to do fix this or plan to move.

There are so many variables it is difficult to give general advice.

[bigpaul]

I have been saying until I was blue in the face that it will only take one bad winter for the gulleys, drains and gutters to fill up with mud, leaves and debris-post SHTF with nobody to clear this and storm damaged trees and the like, the roads and streets would soon become unusable, going across country-if it was ever possible in the first place- will become impossible as the water and mud will find its own level and fill up every dip and undulation and back up from there. if you have ever lived or just journeyed through the countryside you will have probably seen the drain clearing vehicles( known locally as" sh#t suckers"),without these and the road workers the landscape will very quickly revert to mother nature. however I do think most city dwellers don't realise the work that goes on and think it is done by magic....well SOME city dwellers anyway!

[SecretPrepper]

I read about a "fatberg" was the size of a bus, several tons in weight And mixed with wet wipes. I would hate to be around when these ooze out of the sewers.

[BeardyMan]

I read about a "fatberg" was the size of a bus, several tons in weight And mixed with wet wipes. I would hate to be around when these ooze out of the sewers.

What?! And miss out on all those free wet wipes??

You can use the fat to make lamps etc. Kevin McCloud did it on his "I'm building a shed" TV programme. Smells funny though apparently, and I probably wouldn't be too keen on scrumping for lumps of fat either.

[bigpaul]

I really don't know why I bother sometimes.

[TheFalcon]

This is right near me,I live a bit further up on higher ground
Like my old man says never live at the bottom of a hill