WND 12.09.2012
Society would break down immediately following a major catastrophe such as an EMP detonation, which would destroy electronics, with 47 percent of Americans saying they would expect serious, sustained life-threatening civil unrest within two weeks, according to a new poll.
And another huge number say they would expect further deterioration after two weeks, but for many that development would be irrelevant, because they say they expect they would be dead by then.
The sobering results of the new poll from Wenzel Strategies, a public-opinion research and media consulting company, also shows a stunning number of Americans say they would be willing to kill a neighbor under such circumstances. The poll, conducted Nov. 28-Dec. 3 with a margin of error of 3.14 percentage points, said 58 percent of Americans would be somewhat or very willing to kill someone if a member of their family was threatened with attack during an emergency. But that would be because 50 percent expect that within two weeks of a catastrophic emergency, their home, person or family member would be physically attacked by someone desperate for food, money or commodities like gasoline.
It was that question about surviving that brought home the incredible perspective Americans hold. Twenty-one percent said they would survive without services provided by electronic power less than a week and another 28 percent said less than two weeks. By the end of two months, three in four Americans say, they would be dead.
Read the facts about the real threat to the U.S., in “A Nation Forsaken – EMP: The Escalating Threat of an American Catastrophe.”
Fritz Wenzel, chief of Wenzel Strategies, told WND, “Our survey shows that, in the face of this reality, very few Americans are taking steps themselves to prepare for the worst possible scenario. Just 11 percent consider themselves to be what has come to be known as ‘doomsday preppers.’ The survey shows 24 percent aren’t preppers but do know one, while 62 percent are unfamiliar with any preppers. While 14 percent of Republicans are preppers, just 8 percent of Democrats say they are.”
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