We don't have any Hills around here to run to. We only have Mountains. BIG freaking Mountains. The Great Wall that God Built. If I ran any further into them, I'd be in danger of falling off the Edge of the World
So anyhow, been contemplating today the opposite set of problems most of you have and wondering how the community will deal with say a Bank Holiday along with the Death of the Plastic.
After my panic attacks last night, headed into work this morning, all normal as usual, though a couple more folks did say to me "Gee, looks like you were right about the market crash". I'm tempted to respond, "Forget the Market Crash you ninny, its the End of Life as We know it!" However, I refrain from such statements these days IRL, and save them for here
A trip over to two supermarkets showed all shelves not only full, but overstocked. I mean the food is literally falling off the shelves. I'm wondering to myself, knowing the size of the population, just how long would it take for us to eat all this stuff? I think it will take quite some time, we just don't have enough people around to empty out these shelves up here. We don't operate with JIT shipping here, it all comes up by container ship, its stocked months in advance, and one has to figure as long as they want to keep the Slope pumping oil and soon Natural Gas, they are going to keep some ships moving in this direction.
I am now tending to think that unless we literally suffocate from methane or take a direct hit with a nuke strike, it could take as long as 2 or 3 years before this business directly affects my life. This does not of course make me any less concerned about the general state of the world.
Far as my job goes, we appear to be doing better than ever and my position feels secure at the moment. Although a few parents I know have been affected with job losses (mostly in the auto sales industry), the local economy mostly operates off the money spent by the Slope workers and by the Soldiers. I don't think we will see job losses in either of those categories of employment.
I think if the dollar fails, a local currency will be issued 1:1 and prices and wages will be effectively fixed for a while. I think there will be heavy restrictions on travel, and the border here will be effectively closed to anyone other than people who have a direct job possibly building a new NG Pipeline or the rotation of military personnel though the bases here.
Given this analysis, it doesn't appear to me at the moment my actual survival is immediately threatened or even that the work I do will change much in the near term. My main personal concern now would be how long the internet lasts as free communication with the rest of the world? Anybody with guesses how long the net will be kept operational in this form?
Reverse Engineer