Urban Food in SHTF

[NorthernRaider]

I dont think for one second the millions of sheeple are fleeing the cities because they think there is food out in the countryside, they will start to leave after the cities food is used up, that is generally accepted to start after 3 days, because thats what the government tells us. IE the UK has three days of food reserves in the system and no reserves. Once the food has gone the sheeple will notice more the impact of no electricity such as no power to the house, no lights, no refrigerations, no water cos its pummped in all uk cities, no gas cos its pumped in uk cities and no central heating because of no power to run the ignitors or enouigh gas pressure. Then the sewage will start backing up and when the household water tanks run dry the toilets will stop flushing. No street lights means even less law and order and hunger will break any attempts at curfews. Most essestial public workers also have long since moved out to the burbs so no cops, medics, engineers etc. Plenty of rabbits, rats, cats , dogs and even deer in many cities, but whilst you are hunting them the rest of the city will be hunting you. The wildlife in the cities will probably not last a week at best. The average city dwelling twit wont be able to tell a fruit tree from a telegraph pole but they will know its wood and wood burns, the fruit trees will soon come down to heat the shivering herds of sheeple for a few days more. There will be plenty of fat well fed rodents, but imagine what they have gotten fat on, and what diseases and parasites they will have. Once the sewage syatems fail the rivers and water ways will soon see people shitting in the water ten yards from where someone is washing bloodied clothing or bandage not far from where a fool is getting a drink from.

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Forgot to menmtion exactly how many calories will urban hunters spend to gather ever declining numbers of flying, crawling or wriggling calorie supplies ? You cant leave traps cos other humans will soon find them, so its the hunt, and you can last long on pigeon or rat without major vitamin suppliments, and as i said before everyone else will be watching you hunt and just waiting to stab, shoot or drop and old microwave oven onto your head to get your meagre rations.

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And sorry again I forgot that rats are highly inteligent critters they only stay in the cities and sewers as long as we are so wasteful with our waste food, once that supply stops the rats will do what they did in Stalingrad in 43 and bugger off.