One Year Timeline: When America Falls Into Darkness 90% Will Die

One Year Timeline: When America Falls Into Darkness 90% Will Die

If your child came home with a report card that had a cumulative grade of a D, what would you do?  You might make investments in tutors, or pay closer attention to homework quality.  You wouldn’t shrug your shoulders and just continue on.  When it comes to American infrastructure, the nation just received a report card, and American citizens should be alarmed.  Our world-class economy and modern society cannot be sustained with our current infrastructure.
According to Infrastructure Report Card the power grid received back in 2013 its “grade card” from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and it barely passed. (The overall rating of our antiquated electrical system was a D+.) The American Society of Civil Engineers power grid grade card rating means the energy infrastructure is in “poor to fair condition and mostly below standard, with many elements approaching the end of their service life.” It further means a “large portion of the system exhibits significant deterioration” with a “strong risk of failure.”

A further research made by Off The Grid News came with the following:
“The majority of the United States’ infrastructure and public systems evaluated by the ASCE earned a “D” rating. It would take a total of $3.6 trillion in investments by 2020 to fix everything, the report card stated. To put that number in perspective, the federal government’s budget for all of 2016 is slightly more, than $4.0 trillion.

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The power grid has morphed in size tenfold during the past 50 years. While solar flares, cyber attacks, and an EMP are perhaps the most extensive and frightening threats to the electrical system, the infrastructure could just as easily fail in large portions due to weather-related events. The power grid is basically a ticking time bomb which will spawn civil unrest, lack of food, clean water, and a multitude of fires if it does go down. ”
You may have plans for power outages of a few days, but if you were without electricity for a period of months or even weeks, “there is no master plan for the civilian population” says Ted Koppel, author of ‘Lights Out’ (describing how a cyberattack on the nation’s power grids could paralyze our infrastructure).
While most of those who are preparedness-minded know and realize that they cannot count on government to intervene and ‘save them’ in the thick of a major and overwhelming disaster, the cold hard facts unfortunately reveal that the vast majority of Americans presume that there is a plan, and regardless of the disaster their government will step in and ‘provide’ for them. This will prove to be a very deadly presumption…

Lets look at a potential timeline of events when the lights go out in America…

IMMEDIATE AFTERMATH

The cities would be the hardest hit.
Thousands trapped in elevators
ALL electrical appliances shut down-refrigerators, heating, A/C
ATM machines are inoperative
Banks and other businesses shut down
Gas stations without generators cannot pump fuel
For most, profound darkness

THE SECOND DAY

Water faucets begin to run dry in some areas without utility generators
Toilets will no longer flush without water pressure
Drug stores and supermarkets being stripped
Law enforcement overwhelmed by emergencies and outbreaks of looting
Batteries on laptops, cell phones, and flashlights are dying
Conflicting descriptions of power outage, unknown expected duration
Officials disagree regarding recommended actions
Bridges, tunnels, highways becoming clogged with refugees

THE THIRD DAY

Gas stations running out of fuel (those that could pump)
Water is at a premium
Some emergency generators assist in pumping water and sewage (limited)
Many ‘unprepared’ are running out of food already
Beginning to panic, discovering widespread outage ramifications
The “Oh $hit” moment of realization…

THE END OF THE FIRST WEEK

Any .gov emergency rations are depleted
Many of the elderly and infirm have died
Hospitals overwhelmed and struggling to perform emergency services
Military attempts to maintain semblance of order, but not enough personnel
Looting (especially cities) has become rampant
Millions upon millions are ‘on their own’

THE END OF THE SECOND WEEK

People have become deeply frightened and fear for their lives
Most are now entirely running out of food to eat
Many are dying in regions without access to water
Many are dying in regions/climates where there is no heat (if during winter)
Disease (e.g. typhoid fever, cholera) from eating tainted food, water, poor sanitation
Martial Law is declared (perhaps even sooner)

THE END OF THE FIRST MONTH

Many drug-dependent patients are dying
The millions with severe psychotic disorders (no more meds) create bedlam
People and communities fighting over resources
Home invasions and violence-related die-offs
Escaped prisoners, organized gangs, more violence-related die-off
Communities are slowly starving

THE END OF THE FIRST YEAR

90% are dead.
Yesterday’s article, Society Breakdown: The Remaining Survivors Will Be Pushed To The Limits And Beyond pointed out, among other things, the effects of hunger on human body. Today I’m curious to look at a hypothetical timeline of the aftermath.
The timeline of subsequent events will vary based on population density, cities, suburbia, rural, season, and geographical circumstances, however it is a good mental exercise to come up with a ‘best guess’. The process will help motivate you into more preparedness.
What’s your input? Would you add to the above or shift things around a bit? (source)