Originally Posted By: albusgrammaticus
. . .What I'm asking is what do you think would realistically happen given the circumstances I described (a terrorist attack followed by a power outage).
The decision of B to bug out immediately doesn't necessarily imply a critical situation (i.e. a total evacuation of the city). . .


I think the geographic extent of the power outage is a key aspect. One scenario would be a power outage to Manhattan, or a section of Manhattan. Once out of that area, things would be close to normal, if not totally normal.

A second scenario would be something like the 1965 or 2003 northeast USA (and part of Canada) power outages, affecting 30-50 million people. AFAIK, the areas described in you book were all without power during both of these outages.
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