Originally Posted by
Palanan
The real trouble will be with storms, and especially hurricanes. Normally a major hurricane draws in repair crews from a radius of several hundred miles, but with half the number of crews available, plus the danger and disrepair of most highways, it’s unlikely any crews will be traveling any distance, so the power outages from hurricanes will last for weeks or months.
That means even more shortages, more fatalities from lack of medical care, and more violence from armed gangs and generalized crime. If more than one hurricane hits the same area in the same season, the power outages could be permanent if infrastructure can’t be replaced—and since most hurricane-prone areas have inadequate evacuation plans, residents will be at risk whether they stay or try to leave.