No electricity?! Oh bummer. In that can, I'll gather all the drinkable water/liquid and food. Then I' outta here, looking for another place to settle in, that have water and electricity of course.
It was in the 60's, during Vietnam War, and you're the United States citizen, and you're in that age that illegible for you to get draft. What would you do? Run to Canada, getting draft or join the military?
*Personally, if it was me, I would join the Navy, far safer than the Army or the Marine.*