Going on what my brother (lives on east coast now) has told me, COVID shortages made it much easier to discuss potential supply issues with neighbors regarding prep work.
They have discussed I their situation with neighbors & floated the idea of generally helping neighbors in the worst case scenario, and that others around them should have enough to help their own fam as well as neighbors who didn't prepare enough. This helps everyone & then it doesn't get into a desperate showdown with haves vs have nots.
In our neighborhood, we have many elderly that may not be ready IF we lose power in the winter. The plan among our neighbors is to get them all into the few homes that can heat up without power (there are about a dozen) to prevent anyone from dying due to cold. As a neighborhood we have generally decided to help each other & most are prepared/getting prepared still in case we need to defend the neighborhood from outside threats. Threats have been determined to possibly be wildlife & possibly groups looking to harm the neighborhood (BLM protests got the entire neighborhood to realize that nobody is safe in a situation like that again, even rural areas).
General prep discussions can be had with many since COVID created a real minor threat & it effected everyone somehow. 2 weeks - 2 months of prep just make sense to almost everyone at this point.
Going on what my brother (lives on east coast now) has told me, COVID shortages made it much easier to discuss potential supply issues with neighbors regarding prep work.
They have discussed I their situation with neighbors & floated the idea of generally helping neighbors in the worst case scenario, and that others around them should have enough to help their own fam as well as neighbors who didn't prepare enough. This helps everyone & then it doesn't get into a desperate showdown with haves vs have nots.
In our neighborhood, we have many elderly that may not be ready IF we lose power in the winter. The plan among our neighbors is to get them all into the few homes that can heat up without power (there are about a dozen) to prevent anyone from dying due to cold. As a neighborhood we have generally decided to help each other & most are prepared/getting prepared still in case we need to defend the neighborhood from outside threats. Threats have been determined to possibly be wildlife & possibly groups looking to harm the neighborhood (BLM protests got the entire neighborhood to realize that nobody is safe in a situation like that again, even rural areas).
General prep discussions can be had with many since COVID created a real minor threat & it effected everyone somehow. 2 weeks - 2 months of prep just make sense to almost everyone at this point.