Urban Farming

[mikeo80]

Originally Posted by Legbreaker

Given combat had only been happening for 7-8 months before nukes were used, would that really be likely on a wide scale?
Also, up until the first nukes were fired, Nato was holding the upper hand and actually winning!

I agree with Leg. In both v1 and v2.2, NATO had pushed the Soviet armies to the Polish - Soviet border.

I also think that once the first nuke went off, there would be utter panic here in the USA. Absolute chaos as there would be a run on the banks, then the supermarkets, then the gun stores, then the hardware stores, then the gas stations. Or some variation. This might not be the EXACT order...but I think you get my drift.

The highways out of the major cities would shut down after about 15 - 20 minutes of panic exodus. There would have to be martial law almost immediately after the first announcement of the nukes going "BANG".

The riots for food, guns, medicine, etc would probably be about an hour or so after the first BANG. Once the general populace realizes that there is NO way out of the cities, the gloves come off. Civil order would probably colapse with in an hour of the start of the riots as the police, national guard, and etc. would be overwhelmed VERY quickly. I think that the civilian authorities would HAVE to use deadly force just to try and save a few. (Read themselves. IMHO, the average politician has the survival instinct of a rat leaving a sinking ship.)

Against the backdrop of utter insanity, the few of us who prepaired would be doing our best to "get down and stay down". And we would be praying that whatever we had done to get ready for the nightmare is enough.

Enough of my sunshine and pleasant thoughts for today. I will get down off of the soapbox.

My $0.02

Mike