Between 1:00 pm and 2:30 pm, several dirty bombs are detonated in cities across the United States. Initially, these cities are reported to be New York, Atlanta, Los Angeles, Houston, Washington DC, Chicago……and Charleston, SC. Other information coming in is sketchy and other cities and attack-type may be involved.
There is mass panic as the news spreads quickly across radio, TV, and social media. Cell reliability is sketchy in many areas as circuits get overwhelmed. Reports of all kinds come out stating these attacks were conducted by terrorists or by right-wing radicals, although the truth really doesn’t matter at this point. News coverage portrays mass casualties with hundreds of thousands injured and dead. Widespread panic continued. Airports are closed and security is boosted at all major public facilities. AMTRACK is shut down.
The DOW drops several thousand points before trading is shut down for the weekend. ATM’s are cleared of cash.
Highways and most major roadways fill between 4:00 pm and 5:00 pm as people head home from work. Highways decrease in traffic after 10:00 pm Friday and remain passable with some stoppages through Saturday 10:00 am and then get backed up again.
Grocery stores and gun shops are absolutely overwhelmed, and by 8:00 pm, most shelves are completely empty.
Electricity remains on in our immediate area although news reports state blackouts are scattered all over the country.
By Saturday, there are reports of looting and some violence carried out by groups – mostly in inner cities and “bad” sections of cities/towns. Many businesses fail to open or close early on Saturday due to people calling in.
That’s what we know – the rest are educated guesses and assumptions.
How people react to this scenario will be dependent on proximity to dirty bombs, population density, area criminal activity, and level of readiness among other things.
You cannot read into the situation that which isn’t there. This is, in fact, what has occurred. The specifics, other than what information has been provided, is unknown, and it can certainly be up to you to interpret. Remember that other areas and cities may have been hit.
Consider your current state of readiness. Not what you plan to do but right this minute. Given the knowledge of your area and your own preparedness plans, how would you react?
3….2….1…..Go!!
Rourke
I’m in a rural area.
1. HF and UHF coms up. Comms check with local family. Monitor local news and key internet sites.
2. Text family in a large city suburb to check on their status and prepare for their potentially bugging out to my location.
3. Carry 100% with long arms out and accessible.
4. Gas up vehicles
5. Evaluate local food runs if at all. Pantry already stocked for long term disaster.
6. Evaluate stored water, add more.
Thanks for sharing Verne. Good list.
Prepping is deffinately an ongoing function of life today.
Agree John P – I suspect more people are now searching and looking for information on this thing they heard about called, “preparedness”.
Much the same as Verne, only we’re not rural enough. I’d want the immediate family to load up and come home, no messing around. If my son was already here, I’d probably send him to the only shopping center nearby to see if there’s anything left worth buying.
SingleMom – I can completely identify with you. Maine Prepper Girl and I have family in the area that we plan to have come to the property should things go sideways. I worry for my kids and new grandchild down in South Carolina.
all good advice Verne.
i might add a sustainable water source. this is something that i keep harping on. water storage is great but what about for years. if people think that the creek or river is only a mile down the road then try and walk there and back every day with a 40 lb bucket or two of water. and rain doesn’t fall every day, i don’t care where you live.
this is something that will make or break most in the short run-like in weeks.
people with lack of, or from drinking from contaminated water sources sadly, will cause the deaths of millions in short order, within a month i think.
and think about the barter value of clean potable water, IF you can keep it.
we have a good deep curb well and well buckets, only elbow grease is required.
Good point Geezer.
For Maine Prepper Girl and I, we have redundancy in both back up pumping methods as well as filtration. Luckily we have an abundance of water on the property as well as literally right next to it – with easy access.
Stay away from where the blast(s) occurred, and you will be fine. Dirty bombs are nothing more than a conventional explosive device that has been packed with a radioactive waste product. So, contamination will be contained to within the blast radius. It is not considered a nuclear device, but a weapon of terror to create mass panic among the uninformed.
So, my plan is to monitor the situation and make sure not TO be anywhere a bomb could be detonated dues to larger gathering of people.
Thanks 3rdMan.