I saw this firsthand 14 years ago when our city was hit by a major hurricane:

Those that are completely reliant on the "promised" government systems struggle far more than those who take control and prepare themselves for hard times.

The folks who hadn't prepared, and then sat and waited for the government to come take care of them began getting angry at being "neglected." The best was when they accused the power linemen of favoritism in what neighborhoods got power back first. The power company replied that their trucks couldn't get down streets blocked by fallen trees and since the complainers in question weren't doing anything to move the debris off their streets...well, it was going to take them longer to get their power back. Overall it was rather astonishing to me that those folks just expected other people/the government to swoop in and take care of everything for them, and it was a crisis when they didn't.

Meanwhile we didn't have power for a week, but thanks to basic hurricane preparedness we functioned in a self reliant manner!