Losing electricity for a few hours is kind of fun. Losing it for a few days is a hassle. Losing it for a few weeks is a nightmare. What about for a year? In a long-term collapse, everything will crumble. See what you have to lose below.

No Running Water
Should the water system become compromised, it’s not just drinking water you’re going to have to think about. You’re going to need a way to do dishes, shower, and provide for all of your sanitation needs.

No power
Losing critical services like the power that runs your local hospitals, and basically every other major service in your city to a large-scale disaster would completely change life as we know it.

No Computers and No Internet
From the food that’s delivered to your local grocery stores to your bank accounts and medical records, if the grid goes down, or we ever face a large-scale cyberwar that attacks our computer networks, we are in for some serious trouble.

No Phones, Facebook & Email
If you haven’t thought about how you’ll communicate during a long-term crisis, you need to put it high on your list of preparedness priorities.

No Electronic Commerce
While many preppers think cash will become useless during an economic collapse, during the beginning phases of any long-term disaster or collapse situation it could be one of the most important lifelines you have. The fact is, once things go bad the only way you’re going to be able to buy goods is with cash.

No Public Transportation
During Hurricane Katrina and Sandy, people who relied on public transportation were stuck in the disaster zones because they lacked the ability to leave once public transportation went down.

No Personal Transportation
I always tell people to never let their gas tanks fall below half a tank. Once things go bad you’re going to need a way to get out, and once the gas trucks stop running you’re going to need to have a plan for obtaining fuel.

No communication, no water, no food, no transportation, no money. The last one is especially powerful because with money you can purchase everything else, but with so many people relying on electronic transactions these days, they may not even survive until the end of the first week, let alone the entire year, particularly if they hadn't stocked up on supplies ahead of time.

For that reason, have an emergency stack of cash in a fireproof safe just for use for last-minute essentials when SHTF. For everything else, stock up now and dig in when times get tough.

This is very pertinent news for the technology-driven world today. If you want to learn more about this topic, take a look at the original article at OffGrid Survival.