Tom is a Marine, one that probably knows the value of a good knot!
Tom, what are the three (3) qualities of a GOOD KNOT?
test at 11:00.......

Seeing how I'm the spawn of a Navy family, I was given many a good KNOT manual.
"It is extraordinary how little the average individual knows about the art of making even the simplest knots"
R.M Abraham,..Winter Night's Entertainments 1932..
Being in the marine industry, former commercial fisherman, and wannabe MacGyver, I always have a good knot.
Whippings, Zeppelins Bend, (no not the band),..carricks, bowline's, to a simple simon, to a simple hitch, and my favorite the Palomar,... knots have a purpose. Even for politicians.
I watched this thread go 5 pages,...TEOTWAWKI, has happened. Hurricanes, tornadoes, blizzards, anything that TOTALLY disrupts our "normal" lives, has happened, and we have seen the result.
What we choose to do makes us survivors or victims. I survived an ice storm in NC in 95 that left me sleeping with my dogs and pregnant wife by a fireplace for 6 days...(with my .357 also....), and many a hurricane...
Either way, there are those that will always be unprepared, and not have the ability to "cope" without electricity, cable TV, microwave,....
Some will overcome and adapt. My house will be my fortress, until deemed futile to remain. Most will never consider leaving "their stuff", others will.
Just an observation.
Bunkers, basements, reinforced windows and doors, all will work, until,....