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OK folks, let’s call a spade
a spade, shall we? We all know what’s happening given the recent storms and
power outages but the truth is, some people just have it worse than others and
this gentleman explains it pretty clearly.
This is something I’ve made
reference to many times in the past.( by the way, the town where generators were getting stolen? Population 8.000, there goes another myth)
First, it’s just common
sense that a company focuses on restoring service where most people are being
affected. If 12 hours of work restores power/water/gas/keeps safe 50.000
people, then any smart resource manager will to that before spending 6 hours to
restore service for 5.000 people let alone a few dozen.
This is where a lot of the
widely accepted survival myths fall apart. “I live in my BOL homestead already
and I’m a much cooler survivalist than you! I spent two weeks without power,
used my 100.000W generator and spent 5000 USD in gas.” On the other hand,
someone that doesn’t live a gas tank away from the nearest town, in a place
with better infrastructure, didn’t even go without power, or if he did it was
restored within a few hours.
Then you have the other
point the man in the video mentions, and he’s absolutely right too. Given
somewhat equal population masses, nicer areas get taken care of first. Why?
Because those are the ones with more financial and political power, maybe were
the company’s own executives live themselves. Besides, no company wants to
upset those that may end up deciding if they get a new contract or not, if they
are authorized to expand or get safety approvals. While this is of course
unofficial, it is common sense as well.
So keep all this in mind
when making up your mind regarding where to live and which places are better
off. In novels super hero survivalists may win the day, but in the real world
living in isolation has several disadvantages, and its not just about power. Take a good long look before moving somewhere
with poor infrastructure or too isolated to care about.
The same principle applies
to security and policing, water, public infrastructure and environmental
hazards among others.
FerFAL
5 comments:
Did you read that tip (or maybe it was on your blog earlier) that some generator thieves would sneak in during the night, turn on a cheap lawnmower and disconnect / take the generator, the noise of engine lulling the owner that all was well.
I'm not surprised at all about the article - cold is cold and people in the boonies feel it as well. The boonies are less priority for authorities to get hooked up as quick as larger urban populations.
People in the boonies are far more knowledegable of what you own and where you keep it than the city - small town talk / gossip and all.
Thank you for your post Ferfal - I hope you and your family have a great holiday season.
Real survivalists in the northern countryside have a well-insulated home, a wood stove/full wood shed, and kerosene lanterns.
People easily survived these conditions long before the electrical grid came alone.
Heck , they survived them 12,000 years ago during the Ice Age -- google "Meadowcroft".
I too have experienced what Fernando stated. I live in a well populated area of NJ that is close to Manhattan. My neighborhood happens to be the more "well off" section of the township which has the highest property taxes and highest income. Please, don't take this the wrong way, I'm not bragging I'm just stating the facts. Anyway, we have had four extended power outages that lasted anywhere form three days to five. In every single instance power to my area of the city was restored earlier than other sections due to the same reasons that Fernando stated. My friend who lives out in the Boonies was out of power anywhere form seven to fourteen days during the same situation. Also, we have city water and thankfully running water was never an issue. However, my buddy has well water and once he lost power he had no water. In my opinion living in "well off" populated areas has many advantages that most survivalist are not willing to admit to.
The guy in the video has BWL (Board of Water and Light) in Lansing, MI. BWL is a quasi-governmental utility that is notoriously mismanaged. There network near the city is patch-worked with commercial public utilities. There are STILL several hundred BWL customers without power.
I don't think this is so much a matter of what neighborhood you live in. There were some various nice neighborhoods serviced by BWL that were among the last to be put back on-line. Never attribute to malice what can easily be explained by incompetence.
Today people are so much concerned about surviving in the disaster. But really people need perfect for doing this.People should be well-known about surviving in any disaster. SHTF
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