> Modern power infrastructure is incredibly resilient and outages are usually localized to regions and power is restored within hours. This comes across as a v

> Modern power infrastructure is incredibly resilient and outages are usually localized to regions and power is restored within hours. This comes across as a very sheltered view I have to say. Modern systems are very fragile, as they get ever more complicated combined with less and less appetite by utilities to spend on redundancy and disaster preparedness (cuts into profits). > In this scenario where people are desperate to do a food riot, a power outage has occurred for multiple consecutive days if not at least a week. In 2017 hurricane Maria left Puerto Rico without power for many weeks (in many areas) and multiple months (in some parts) (or even a few years in most remote areas). Society goes on, but you'll be well served to have cash. While that was a major hurricane, electricity outages of like a week are quite common with smaller storms.