Shootall, great thought provoking question. Probably most folks, even those with a preparedness mindset, do not have the luxury of a well positioned, supplied and defensible home. I realize some do, good on ya' - mind if we drop in
Hawaii is holding onto civility by a thread. If its a major typhoon/hurricane, I predict we'll see better cooperation as long as help is coming from the mainland. If the mainland falls apart, it'll revert to tribal pretty quick. Barring fire or flood over 10 feet, we can (as of this moment) reasonably hole up in base housing on a peninsula in Pearl Harbor for 2 months with no utilities or resupply, maybe 3 if we patrol out to forage & hunt. From my house we could probably swim/kayak (ain't going out through town) over to Ford Island and hole up with friends a bit longer, but we'd probably grab a sailboat and head away from the crowds to a less populated island or maybe over to the windward side and hole up with friends on the Marine Base where we're bound to have greater success being part of an armed and ready community. If no boat, I'm a distance runner, my wife did a marathon with me this year, and my son (our last at home) is a runner (sailor, shooter) ... on our runs we've scouted out defensible positions we could move to if we had to, like industrial complexes, etc. Places where folks are probably not going to show up to work, and there's nothing to loot. I think sometimes our church might be a good place too, but its uphill from the tourist area downtown so I can imagine it'll be overwhelmed by folks leaving the city.
We're a long ways away from home in southern Arizona where my inlaws have a ranch in a remote valley down by the border with well water, bioefficient housing, thick walls, dirt roads and the hunting is good. Although I worry they may be overran from the south (less than a mile to Mexico) depending on how it all falls apart ... they're anti-gun.