When do YOU start looting.

[Scythe13]

Okay, here's the scenario.

BOOM! You hear something fricking loud and a flash of light. Next thing you know, that thread you were replying to on here has vanished.

Everything electrical has blacked out, and all you know is...that.

Day 1. No power, and EVERYONE is confused. You don't know how wide spread this situation is. Your mobile phones are not working either. You can't get anything on the radio...because it doesn't seem to be working either.

No TV, no radio, no mobile phone, even your torch isn't working!!!

You can't go and check whether the next town is effected or not, because your car won't start. If you have a bicycle, obviously you can use that.

You hear nothing except what your neighbours say, or what you find out. Even that back up generator of your is fried, just like everyone else's.

You don't see an airplane or anything like that, so there's no idea how wide the effected area is.

Day 2. You see smoke coming from the local town. Do you investigate or not?

Still nothing. No TV, no Radio, No planes, No cars, no....anything!

Day 3.....well, I don't know what's going on. You tell me.






My questions are, at what time do you start looting for food.
Many people on this forum have spoken about looting for food, or tools, or something like that. At what point would you start this?

Considering you don't know whether there will be an 'end of event' occurrence, like those in NY have (knowing help is on it's way), there will be no obvious law enforcement or government, unless those on patrol decide to step up and start governing from a smaller proximity, what would you do?


I question how many people actually would start looting. The reason I say this, look at NY. They were going through dumpsters for food, but they hadn't hijacked the local shops or anything like that. Obviously, without power, the Cash-Machines wouldn't work, and shop owners couldn't take card payments. So instead of looting, many people took to street tactics. Come 2-3 years down the line (if nothing has been restored), yeah, I see breaking into a shop and living it up getting what you need.


When do you start looting?
How do you see the situation evolving on the streets?
What do you think will happen in regards to law and order?
Do you honestly think you'll need to bug out?
If you're staying put, how long will you be hiding for?
How will you keep an eye on the situation outside?
What length of time do you leave it until you leave your home and come outside?