I'm not real hopeful, right now.
I understand. Right now things are chaotic, so circumstances can change. It's like one of those games where reversals of fortune can change suddenly and unexpectedly. So just stay fed and out of trouble, and if things don't get worse they'll get better.
Let me tell you a story. My father-in-law is very intelligent but high-strung and STUBBORN. He was one of those people who got caught up in politics and ended up on the wrong side of the "bamboo curtain" (People's Republic of China). He ended up getting into trouble, was sent into "internal exile" (shipped to Chinese version of Siberia in Xin-Jiang), and was subject to frequent arrest, harassment, interrogation, and beatings.
He kept talking suicide to end it all.
Now, his wife isn't as smart, but she's a lot more down-to-earth, practical, and goes with the flow. She kept asking him why he would throw his life away instead of waiting for better times.
And they arrived surprisingly soon. The Great Cultural Revolution burned itself out from its own insanity. Its principals turned on each other and destroyed themselves. They applied to leave, and ended up in Hong Kong, where they have a pretty decent life, and lately they have a new grandson.
All you really need is food, water, and shelter. You could enjoy watching the sun rise tomorrow. So no panic, and no despair. They won't help. Accept what happens, and enjoy the show.
That has implications for civil strife, political upheaval, terrorism, martial law, ect.
Those aren't YOUR problems RIGHT NOW.
I live in a very riot-prone city. It is run by political radicals who have been known to intentionally help organize riots to create political pressure for the fantasy world they want to create (which can not exist in any possible world, because it is full of internal contradictions). One of our former city counsel members, Judy Nicastro, was even arrested (and promptly released, unfortunately) herself rioting along with other members of the "Communist Youth Brigade".
Interestingly and not surprisingly, I have noticed patterns. One is that the riots always break out in certain parts of town. Another is that they are not entirely spontaneous. They are not giant mobs roaming the city. Even though outsiders often put ideas in their heads, the outsiders themselves are just not that smart or creative. Basically, here, if you just avoid downtown, Capitol Hill where a number of political radicals themselves live (they were throwing bricks at innocent bystanders), and the neighborhoods where the rioters tend to live, you avoid them. It's that simple.
Terrorists look for crowded places, and symbolic places. Terrorists aren't very intelligent or creative either. Avoid downtowns and airports.
I'm more or less an orphan, with nowhere to go.
Find friends. The way to have friends is to be one. But use your good judgment regarding who is worthy.
I think you're also going to need to find a better environment. The good news is that the economy is not uniformly bad. I suggest finding a location and a line of work that will hold out longer. You might need to sell assets.
Unfortunately, I can only give advice in high-level terms, because I am not familiar with the situation in Florida, other than I know that it's real estate bubble has popped badly, and that it's economy is largely based on tourism, drug smuggling, and elderly people on pensions many of whom are themselves in dire straights due to rising property taxes and assets that are falling in value.
That's one reason I'm waiting for others to chime in (thanks, Opsec). We have folks in other parts of the country and other lines of business, who can supply information I can't.
