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Experts Warn Civilian World Not Ready For Massive EMP Caused Blackout
Posted on 4/21/14 at 7:47 am
Posted on 4/21/14 at 7:47 am
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I'd say that if a solar flare or EMP from a nuke took out our electric grid it may take a decade or so to get back fully operational, and in the meantime many people would starve to death, disease would be rampant, and lots of rioting, murdering and civil unrest would come as a result.
What say you? How would you survive something like our entire electric grid going out, no transportation, and empty grocery stores, and basic services gone like garbage pickup, electricity gone, and water shut off?
quote:
In the first few minutes of an EMP, nearly half a million people would die. That's the worst-case scenario that author William R. Forstchen estimated in 2011 would be the result of an EMP on the electric grid - whether by an act of God, or a nuclear missile detonating in Earth's upper atmosphere.
I'd say that if a solar flare or EMP from a nuke took out our electric grid it may take a decade or so to get back fully operational, and in the meantime many people would starve to death, disease would be rampant, and lots of rioting, murdering and civil unrest would come as a result.
What say you? How would you survive something like our entire electric grid going out, no transportation, and empty grocery stores, and basic services gone like garbage pickup, electricity gone, and water shut off?
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Posted on 4/21/14 at 7:48 am to Mike da Tigah
The Amish laugh at this.
Posted on 4/21/14 at 7:54 am to Bluefin
quote:
The Amish laugh at this.
As do many in third world countries who aren't tied at the hip to technology I'd say.
Posted on 4/21/14 at 7:57 am to Mike da Tigah
You just have to fix the solenoid to get your vehicle started again.
Haven't you seen war of the worlds?
Haven't you seen war of the worlds?
Posted on 4/21/14 at 7:59 am to Mike da Tigah
1/2 million? More like 200+ million.
Posted on 4/21/14 at 8:00 am to Bmath
I'm headed to the woods should it happen the deep woods where nobody will find me.
People who grew up in the city and have no survival skills will be the ones who are screwed. Folks who grew up learning to fish and hunt and navigate their way in the woods/waterway's will be the ones who survive.
People who grew up in the city and have no survival skills will be the ones who are screwed. Folks who grew up learning to fish and hunt and navigate their way in the woods/waterway's will be the ones who survive.
This post was edited on 4/21/14 at 8:02 am
Posted on 4/21/14 at 8:00 am to Bmath
quote:I love that movie so much.
You just have to fix the solenoid to get your vehicle started again.
Haven't you seen war of the worlds?
"THE BIRDS!!! NO SHIELD!"
Posted on 4/21/14 at 8:01 am to Mike da Tigah
Hide in the sewer system.. No one would ever look below
Posted on 4/21/14 at 8:02 am to Bmath
quote:
You just have to fix the solenoid to get your vehicle started again. Haven't you seen war of the worlds?
In the first movie I don't believe they faced any adverse effects due to it taking place before computers ran vehicles.
Posted on 4/21/14 at 8:03 am to Mike da Tigah
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As do many in third world countries who aren't tied at the hip to technology I'd say.
which ones?
Posted on 4/21/14 at 8:04 am to beebefootballfan
quote:
I'm headed to the woods should it happen the deep woods where nobody will find me. People who grew up in the city and have no survival skills will be the ones who are screwed. Folks who grew up learning to fish and hunt and navigate their way in the woods/waterway's will be the ones who survive.
You don't think every Tom Dick and Harry "country boy can survive" with a gun and a tent isn't going to do the exact same thing?
Posted on 4/21/14 at 8:04 am to SlowFlowPro
The paradox is that the third world countries that have no tie to technology wouldn't even know about an EMP blackout. They would just carry on.
Posted on 4/21/14 at 8:07 am to The Sad Banana
i'd imagine even the totally shitty parts of libera or the congo use electricity
Posted on 4/21/14 at 8:07 am to SlowFlowPro
quote:
which ones?
People in remote villages in the Jungles of Guatemala for example. Many tribes in Africa, etc... Someone would probably have to tell them for them to know.
Posted on 4/21/14 at 8:07 am to Mike da Tigah
Is it true the grid can be protected from such an event? If so, that is a function the Federal Gov should be filling instead of wasting trillions on BS.
Posted on 4/21/14 at 8:08 am to SlowFlowPro
quote:For what, though?
i'd imagine even the totally shitty parts of libera or the congo use electricity
Posted on 4/21/14 at 8:09 am to Mike da Tigah
I had no idea what an EMP was until I opened the link.
Posted on 4/21/14 at 8:09 am to Mike da Tigah
I would steal a sailboat and live on the ocean catching fish and what not. I'd also probably set up some kind of smuggling operation with my sailboat to get rich off the apocalypse.
Posted on 4/21/14 at 8:11 am to The Sad Banana
quote:
For what, though?
lights, autos, etc
it's all somewhat irrelevant, though, so i'll drop that argument, as it wasn't my point
these glorious places not beholden to technology are the places where you find left expectancies under 50 years
great places
Posted on 4/21/14 at 8:11 am to GeauxxxTigers23
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I would steal a sailboat and live on the ocean catching fish and what not.
water, water, everywhere
but not a drop to drink
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