Liz we are all wide awake!! We started with no electric, water, gas, cars. There are already and have been for years people having to do with out there meds. medical care..that is nothing new. I packed in water from a well to bath, cook, drink, ect. We heated the house with wood that I split myself. Put up blankets to keep the living rm warm..used an out house and lived with out television, and look me and my family survived. We are strong and very knowledgeable how to survive when we need to be. You know what else, living the way we did..my family knew each other. We sat at the table together to eat our soup beans and corn bread or to eat our oats for breakfast. We didn't need technology to keep us happy. We were healthy and we were happy. We had God and still do. Maybe this is all what we all need to get back to the basics of life. I am very much awake!! We will all be alright!!! DJ