Hmmm not so sure about that one, homeless people are not raising their own crops, storing food etc. they are extremely dependent on soup kitchens, food being in dumpsters, whatever. If nobody is eating in restaurants because of storm damage or lack of power etc. closed them there won't be any food in the dumpsters. Homeless people have learned to live on the edge of society is all.
Kinda like when you watch these prepper shows and the guy says "When the end of the world comes I am going to live off roadkill!" Where exactly is the roadkill going to come from if there is no fuel to power cars and nobody is driving around etc??
Living in a society where many people here are too lazy to get out of their cars to get a coffee, I do get your point Charlz. A large city is a huge structure, which can provide homeless people many opportunities to scavenge - and in the context of this TBN thread, you can say that their base level survival skills may not be up to the standards being discussed. Although, given the #'s of homeless Vets, quite a few would have been through advanced Survival training courses, once upon a time.
Wasn't trying to say that the chronic homeless in NYC are now living La Dolce Vita. I view this as shades of grey, in terms of skill sets.
If you have
already been living on the Edge, you've plenty of practice living on next to nothing.
Exposure and lack of or bad water will take you down/kill you faster than lack of food. We all need food, but the first two better be taken care of first.
IMO, Street Guy has a bigger/better dataset to work with, than most Gucci clad urban cliff dwellers standing there clinging to a useless credit or ATM card. Just knowing what food can be scavenged, and what can't is pretty important.
As has been commented, one guy was on camera complaining about the cold, while surrounded by mountains of wrecked, burnable furniture.
Personally, I tend to look for data in places some people won't/can't. Not everyone understands what I'm doing, nor agrees - I'm fine with that.
I'm wishing the affected people a speedy recovery.
Rgds, D.
