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Purpose
This reference material is the result of a 30-day study on catastrophic events including and following one or more nuclear strikes on major eastern US cities (e.g. New York, DC, Chicago) and what it means for us and our families here in north Texas. We assembled this study so that we would better understand where and how best to concentrate our preparation efforts and budgets.
Summary
With the nuclear strikes likely to be restricted to the east coast of the US, we here in Texas should not have to worry about fallout or contamination or any structural devastation. It is unlikely, too, that we’d have to worry about EMP effects. Although this is not for certain, as a high-altitude detonation of sufficient size could impact the Texas power grid and electronic devices here. It’s just less likely to be a factor.
Another factor that would likely be diminished due to our distance from the east cost is disruption of electronic financial transactions (credit card purchases, online banking, etc.). While the east coast will likely be entirely shut down, it is unlikely that we here would escape all such effects, because most of those transactions have their ultimate records or repositories, and perhaps dependencies, in the east-coast financial centers. So we must assume some or complete diminished ability to conduct electronic transactions. This includes electronic paychecks / direct deposit (!).
So while we would not likely need to worry about nuclear shelters or decontamination or stone-age living, we would likely need to prepare for the possibility of not being able to buy supplies or food as we do today. Moreover, we might need to worry about a hiatus to our work salaries and other income sources—and the inconveniences that go along with that (How might we pay our mortgage or rent? How might we pay our power or water bills? What will the mortgage and utility companies do in the face of such a problem?).
Given the general disruption to daily life, and the likely wartime footing of local, state, and federal government, it makes sense to prepare several months of food stores and water sources. As well prepare for non-utility-based meal preparation and obligatory water treatment for potability. Hard to say if things here could get so bad, but it is wise to assume some disruption.
There is a very real possibility, however, that the problems we’d face would be more rooted in societal upheaval—and not just the predictable and temporary low-to-high level panic from ordinary folks. The real problem would be organized leftist groups—some claiming federal authority or authorization—that would work to take advantage of the confusion and fear in order to seize local control of authority and resources. All because the assumption is the destruction of our federal seats of power and, perhaps, most members of the federal government.
As we have already observed and detected HERE the placement of new non-local individuals and groups who seem to live here without employment or ties to the area, it is probable that these leftist insurgent groups are already in place today. The east-coast nuclear strikes would be coordinated with immediate mobilization of these organized groups—both overt and covert—to control the populace, control and collect/confiscate resources, control citizen mobility, along with allied forces whose purpose would be to cause mayhem and violence, cause fear, stir up panic, destroy property, and help to shape the desire of residents for someone to take control.
It is this insurgent factor that poses the greatest likely disruption and danger to our peace, security, liberty, and lives. This eventuality also presents the greatest difficulty for preparation, as it would be malevolent in nature and interwoven into any, perhaps every, social interaction. All resistance would be demagogued as "subversive" and illegal.