What If The World As We Know It Ended In A Few Months?

We all tend to believe that time is on our side and we have nothing but our everyday lives to think about. Sure, it is always good to be balanced between what if's, the present and the future. 

However, what if you didn't die from some disease or a terrible accident, or natural causes?

Suppose you did not have electricity or free running water available tomorrow and then your food supply is running low or is spoiling now, and the stores are empty? 

What would you think about? What would you do? It would be too late to make a plan or to think logically about it. 

These events happen all of the time in other places, but usually only for a few months. How difficult it must have been for those who endured such tragedies to cope and wait on supplies or help. 

I am talking about globally and permanently. Do you think that you will starve or become dehydrated, die at the hands of looters, be able to gain assistance from some unknown source, wait for the government to provide, or something more like Judgment Day?

How important would politics, prejudice, racial discriminations, global warming, taxes, climate change, or arms control be? 

We are all so distracted with life in general, that any major event would knock us on our butts and we would not be prepared for it. 

The common speculations are that an EMP would hit us and that it would knock out our already fragile power grid. Without power, our military would be useless because it is so technically advanced now. There would not be any police or 911 to call. There would be no communication. Once the store shelves become empty, then the looting would begin. People in their own homes would not be safe, and if you own land and grow your own food, the government has the right to take it all from you. You may have to get in line at a FEMA Camp set up by the government and hope to get food for your starving family or be detained within its confines permanently like sheep to the slaughter. 

Imagine living in darkness constantly other than what sunshine you have during the day that is if you felt safe enough to venture outdoors. 

What about sanitation? Without water, things tend to get messy and unsanitary. Do you have enough clothes to wear since you will not be able to wash them? 

Water will be in short supply. The western United States has been in a drought for the past 13 years and that will only worsen. How will you find enough water for your family's needs on short notice?

Communication would be non-existent. Everything electrical would be fried and of no use. At least during 9-11 we had cell phones, satellites, cable, and television. None of that would be available to us. We would just believe that it was a blackout or a temporary disruption of some sort.

These are just the very basic concerns that we should all be aware of even if it never happens or if it does, then you could at least have a short-term plan and supplies handy so that you don't have to panic and risk your life to gain what you need at the last minute.

What would you regret? That lost love you didn't pursue? How about quality time with your family? Going to the nursing home to see your mother? What about that close friend you didn't have time to call? How about that vacation you put off because it wasn't the right time? Remember all of those things in storage that you didn't get to see or use one last time? How about that promise you didn't keep? Or that book that didn't get published because it wasn't perfect?

Just something to think about...