As a result of participation in the Hordes from the City thread, I've been thinking a lot about what signs there would be that we've had a major collapse, and things are BAD.

This is a more societally-wide thing than a local event like a tornado, local flooding, something like that.

So what are the signs that the system has gone down, collapsed, and we've reached that point where life is never returning to normal? What things will signal to you that the SHTF in a major way?

Here are some…

Signs that the major SHTF event has occurred?