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Have you ever thought about how fast things could go sideways in
America? What if we went 5 days without trucks moving supplies across the
country? Have you considered how JUST ONE THING could change the world as
we know it?
The video below has been around for several years, but if you
haven’t seen it in a while, it is worth watching again.
Think for a moment about what would happen if the trucks stopped
running. The trucking industry is the lifeblood of this country, and according
to this, it would only take 5 days without trucks for all hell to break loose.
Watch. (Link to website to watch video)
In only
5 days without trucks, everything would change.
In only five days, with only one component of our economy
missing, we could be without medication, food, gasoline, and sanitation. We
would be unable to travel great distances easily, as airports would close.
Think about it:
·
No
toilet paper.
·
No
laundry detergent.
·
No
fresh fruits and vegetables.
·
No
fresh milk.
·
No
garbage trucks picking up waste and no way to get to the dump.
·
The
banks would close.
·
No
parts would be available for things that need repair.
·
We
couldn’t refill prescription medications.
·
No
gasoline would be available.
Panic would erupt.
It’s that easy for all hell to break loose. Five days without
the regular delivery of supplies and our country could devolve into chaos. And
if it was longer than 5 days without trucks, the initial panic would be a
G-rated movie compared to what would come next.
We live
in a just-in-time society.
Most retail stores no longer stock up on food but have a “just
in time” ordering system that relies on regular shipments.
Just-In-Time
(JIT) inventory refers to an inventory management method whereby the goal is to
have inventory readily available to meet demand, without having any excess
quantities on hand. With this approach, merchants can hold minimal stock
supplies while ensuring stock-outs don’t happen during peak selling periods.
Balancing the goals of avoiding stock-outs while minimizing inventory costs is
at the heart of JIT. (source)
If those shipments aren’t coming in, then the shelves will be
bare in very short order. People will see the store getting more empty, and
this will compel them to buy everything they can get their hands on until there
is truly nothing left.
People
live a just-in-time life, too.
Most folks grocery shop once a week, and some hit the store
every couple of days. Aside from preppers and people who live by the pantry
philosophy, many Americans couldn’t get by for more than a week without a trip
to the store. Most folks no longer produce. They just consume. They’d be lost
if they were forced to suddenly produce after a lifetime of consumerism.
Imagine if the stores were empty because of a transportation
shut-down. What would those biweekly shoppers do? They’d be in really bad
shape, that’s what. And that is when desperation would kick in.
We’d see an uptick in crime as people who were desperate to feed
their children committed acts they would never have imagined before. We’d see a
surge in criminal behavior as others realized that there were no first
responders to stop them. It would be the very definition of all hell breaking
loose.
The vulnerability and dependency of many Americans is truly
astonishing, and most of those people don’t even realize they are at such great
risk.
You can
prepare for this.
So, think about it. What are the things you personally buy each
week? Maybe now is the time to build yourself a shelf-stable stockpile of the
important items like milk and eggs. Maybe you need to
focus on building your pantry before something
happens to make that impossible.
This “one thing” is the transportation industry but there are
other “one things” that could cause utter destruction. The vulnerable power
grid, a massive cyber-attack that shut down banking…the list of “one things”
could go on and on.
Think about how susceptible you are to a shutdown in industry
and make an effort to change that. Start growing food. Start stockpiling.
Start producing instead of consuming to insure yourself against this type of
disaster.
