Where I live, there is a nuclear bunker, military base, and compounds.

And desertion would probably be high, with alot of deserters hoarding military supplies.

Not to mention there is power plant nearby that could be restored if needed.

It depends on the situation

I wouldn't count too much on power plants.

Stillwater will not be hit, because it isn't important in sense. Most nuclear missile bases will be, but the rest of the areas will be abandon and not hit probably.

The military have plans for nuclear disaster and trained accordingly for 60 years

We will mostly suffer nuclear fallout to be honest.

You would need the supplies to run the generators and the technical expertise to operate and repair the facilities.

That is why I said community is the best.

Wide range of expertise.

Since this stuff is located in Stillwater and community be from Stillwater, I think we will be lucky to have all expertise needed.

Well that will be hard

Stillwater isn't that big of city.

I can cross Stillwater in 5 minutes.

If you're in semi-rural OK, you're probably already in good shape on that alone.

Semi-rural area, yes I am.

Generally, the people with advanced experience in engineering and tech lives in city, and we all know city gonna get fucked in a nuclear exchange

The stuff you'd have to worry about is the flood of refugees, the stability of community supplies and the stuff the city already imports.

Reason I said beefing up security.

I'd actually wager advanced engineering wouldn't really matter for immediate survival.

Checkpoints, etc, etc...

Not really, america is a net export of food

Africa will starve without us

There's stuff stillwater is almost certainly importing. I'm guessing it imports ammunition for example.

Actually Africa will probably be fine.

That is why I said Ammunition bench.

Basically reloading bench.

In a global nuclear exchange Africa would likely inherit the earth.

There's no really valuable targets there (yet) and they'd probably be left alone.

And then they've got the population and resources.

Unless there is a resource war.

Then AFrica would be focal point of conflict.

How much can you salvage on reloading benches though?

Don't you still need slugs and explosive?

Mostly the brass rounds.

I doubt we will have much need for explosives.

Only in the most dire situations.

Would your community accept annexation from the eventual reorganization of the US government?

If I was leader, yes.

@Dusty Morgan When I said explosive I really meant primer for the rounds.