Well, the twelve million inhabitants of the region would have to be evacuated. Because no electricity means no running water, no petrol in service stations (tanks are buried, and pumps are electric), supermarkets (3 days reserve) not supplied, hospitals ditto etc After three days maximum, you have to start living on your reserves, or else have a well-stocked base somewhere, and the means to get there.

No telephone (cell towers run on electricity), no internet, no TV or radio either, except shortwave radio, but who has a shortwave radio? I tell you not to panic. Zombie apocalypse live.

However, the worst is not always certain. Rather, I see an economic collapse, less dramatic but with the same end result.

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