the 12 day rule.

[Tonka]

(13 April 2013, 18:34)bigpaul Wrote: most sheeple only have enough food for 3 days not 12, especially here where there is a Co-op 5 minutes away. and you cannot survive 3 hours "without shelter from extreme heat or extreme cold". and yes i think people are stupider than you give them credit for. what is it we used to say" if brains were gunpowder, they wouldn't have enough to assassinate an ant"

only 3 days... and from the coop! That's an expensive way to get ones food. I don't know many people who live like that, but perhaps Hampshire prefer monthly shops... or perhaps most of my friends are unusually thrifty (tight) I don't have any stats.

This is a most interesting thread. I have thought about this for some years, but have found very little solid evidence to work anything out from. It's sad, but for a prepper, the sooner the masses start to die off the better really.

Indeed if there was mass displacement and people needed shelter, the 12 days sounds about right. I would expect people living in their houses, even idiots, to last a bit longer though. Just the bag of flour left over from last pancake day would get you two days food.

I would be interested to know how long gravity fed water from high level reservoirs would last before they have to run the pumps again. How ones area receives it's mains water would probably be a big factor too.