People think that they are going to be dying of thirst. The week term of no power or rolling blackout scenario is something like this, if you do not have a generator. The freezer doesn't work so in 24 hours when everything is thawed and about to be lost if you don't cook it, you get the gas grill out and cook everything in the freezer only to realize after every has ate that you have no where to store left overs. before the first 72 hours is up everyone will have murdered each other because there is no wifi