if wrote:
> al@privacy.ne.jp (Al) wrote:
>
> > DBM <dbmacpherson@uq.net.au> wrote:
> >> But first, how *long* should you prep for?  Well, according to various
> US
> >> embassies (and yes, this *is* Official), if you are a US Citizen living
> >> *outside* of the USA, you should have enough supplies to let you
> >> 'shelter-in-place' for "...at least two and up to twelve weeks..."
> >
> > This sounds like a guide for survival in a poor country (it would not
> > take more than a week in a rich country before help is at hand).
>
> Well, unless you lived in New Orleans of course...

If Kobe is a guide, it would take at least a week, and longer before
electricity, town gas & piped water services resumed.