I think this is different though. If you had a working car, you drive a few hours at most and it's life as usual. In my mind "total grid collapse" in this insta

I think this is different though. If you had a working car, you drive a few hours at most and it's life as usual. In my mind "total grid collapse" in this instance means that in New Jersey you know there's no escaping it - it's exactly the same in DC and Atlanta and LA and Chicago and everywhere in between. While I agree the impact may be overblown in popular culture - or at least the speed of it - psychologically the weight of knowing the entire country is facing the same thing would be a lot worse than a week without power because of a hurricane.