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Old 01-24-2016, 03:11 AM
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Once the first refinery is hit a few days after TDM I bet absenteeism at the refineries is pretty high.
And very likely to stay that way. At first because of the risk of further strikes, later as the workers struggle to feed themselves and their families while fighting off others who want what little they may have.
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So that means people with those skills might still be out there but just scattered to the winds
A few, probably, but starvation, disease, fallout, and outright murder (as mentioned above) would take care of a large percentage. Many, if not most modern people don't have the necessary survival skills to manage after the break down of society and it's support networks.
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