I run a business flipping houses and remodeling rental properties. I was talking to the owner of the electrical supply house in our county yesterday and he told me they sold the last 200 amp meter base they had in stock the day before. They were probably one of the last stores in Tennessee that had any in stock. You can't build a house without one.
He also told me our power company has been removing transformers that are feeding barns or workshops. They don't have any spares to fix broken transformers in residential areas so they are stealing them from places that affect the fewest people. They haven't received any new transformers in several months.
The areas affected by the tornados last week are calling utility companies everywhere trying to find transformers and poles to repair the damage but there are very many spares left. He said if that storm had hit our county, he didn't think we would have the parts to get the power turned back on any time soon.
Crazy times ahead.
lol This is exactly why Trump started trade wars againt China it is maddness to relocate manufacturing of essential parts to Chy-na
Imagine this scenario, real Solar flare burst into China's side.
All the world stops! Science and knowledge is there but somehow we are forced into 19 century for 2 years while `factories are rebuilt one by one on each continent
And, this is where we'll discover all of the Catch-22s. You can't build A because you don't have B. You can't make more of B, because C is backordered, etc., etc.
And very few people know how to make D, and most of them are retired.
FTFY
This right here! That knowledge is gone with them and the younger generations can't even figure out how to use a manual can opener. These DS assholes knew exactly what they were doing.