how long after an event for things to die down

[bigpaul]

(3 January 2012, 12:52)NorthernRaider Wrote: About petrol stations, did you know that in some towns where the Super Markets have wiped out the competition from smaller petrol suppliers, not only in some cases are the big supermarkets the ONLY suppliers but also their tanks have to be refilled sometimes twice a day. So in some areas if the SHTF the only local fuel supply will be gone in a couple of hours.

I know its hazardous, fidddly and smelly but I do think kereping a reasonable about of treated fuel is going to be essential for preppers.

in our small town there is only 1 petrol station, if they have no fuel(as has happened in the past) the next petrol station is 6 miles away in another small town, the next is 8 miles and the next after that is 13 miles away, so having a small stock of fuel can be advantageous, when the riots were on i stored 30 litres of petrol just in case things escalated, this gives me enough fuel to at least top up the vehicle, under my tenancy i'm only supposed to store 5 litres, but in the event of TSHTF all these rules wont apply.