It already is a parking lot.

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There is a lead of 700ish votes in this election. They are targeting blocks of votes numbering 60k+ and those blocks tend to be more likely to vote democratic than republican. If they pull this off it will most certainly turn a loss for Republicans into a win.

This right here. It is almost impossible for the average citizen to prepare in the sense of stocking up on supplies in a way that will last longer than a few weeks, months at best.

Without community… you are fucked. You may well be fucked even with community.