I saw this firsthand 14 years ago when our city was hit by a major hurricane:
Those that are completely reliant on the "promised" government systems struggle far more than those who take control and prepare themselves for hard times.
The folks who hadn't prepared, and then sat and waited for the government to come take care of them began getting angry at being "neglected." The best was when they accused the power linemen of favoritism in what neighborhoods got power back first. The power company replied that their trucks couldn't get down streets blocked by fallen trees and since the complainers in question weren't doing anything to move the debris off their streets...well, it was going to take them longer to get their power back. Overall it was rather astonishing to me that those folks just expected other people/the government to swoop in and take care of everything for them, and it was a crisis when they didn't.
Meanwhile we didn't have power for a week, but thanks to basic hurricane preparedness we functioned in a self reliant manner!
That would be frustrating to witness. Some communities are great at rallying together and others ...not so much. I suppose you need people willing to be a driving force behind that sort of "get it done" attitude.
I really appreciate knowing that we could ride through situations like that for quite a while without struggling too much. We get a lot of power outages around here and sometimes they go on for days (Even weeks). I would just hate to have to flee my home and stay at a community shelter because I didn't have any means to keep warm or eat.
Maybe some people like the uncertainty and the displacement and chaos!! Who knows!
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