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re: If you have never read One Second After, you should
Posted on 6/17/24 at 11:18 pm to Bjorn Cyborg
Posted on 6/17/24 at 11:18 pm to Bjorn Cyborg
I bet they work great at close range on some squidlike AI robots.
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Posted on 6/17/24 at 11:19 pm to Bjorn Cyborg
The book isn't based on "reality" but it does shed some light on unconsidered aspects of it:
-many of the population is on anti-psychotics. When their medication runs out (typically 3 months), you have people you thought were normal doing crazy things. Many people who depend on life saving medicine will die. It's the reason I ordered a year supply of necessary medication for my son from Jase. They also sell antibiotics.
-people turn to individuals who previously hel positions of authority to continue to exercise that authority.
-private stores of food will become public if you want to be in a community for defense.
-communication as you know it is gone. No Google maps, no phones, no TV or games, no radio broadcast. Simply no idea how or why what has happened has happened. Just simply thrust into life 300 years ago without the skills they had.
-many of the population is on anti-psychotics. When their medication runs out (typically 3 months), you have people you thought were normal doing crazy things. Many people who depend on life saving medicine will die. It's the reason I ordered a year supply of necessary medication for my son from Jase. They also sell antibiotics.
-people turn to individuals who previously hel positions of authority to continue to exercise that authority.
-private stores of food will become public if you want to be in a community for defense.
-communication as you know it is gone. No Google maps, no phones, no TV or games, no radio broadcast. Simply no idea how or why what has happened has happened. Just simply thrust into life 300 years ago without the skills they had.
This post was edited on 6/17/24 at 11:24 pm
Posted on 6/18/24 at 12:26 am to Lieutenant Dan
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Not sure why they never made this into a movie. I know there were talks of a trilogy.
With the garbage they have been churning out, this would be a slam dunk.
It would be made garbage as well.
It would star a white woman escaping evil white male raiders, being saved by a black male / love interest.
The protagonist resistant group would be made up of POC and gays/lesbians fighting the evil white heterosexual male rapists/raiders. One of the 110lb black lesbians will be the alpha that knows karate and kicks the raiders arse.
The only white male in protagonist group will be a beta cuck for comedic relief.
Posted on 6/18/24 at 5:39 am to udtiger
Tucker did an interview with Dennis Quaid on this subject. DQ seems legit and given his high profile would have access to people in the know. The weak spot is those massive Transformers. Easy to break and very hard to replace. China builds them. Go figure.
Posted on 6/18/24 at 6:34 am to wareaglepete
But an attack on power grid which could easily happen would have the same effect
Posted on 6/18/24 at 6:40 am to wareaglepete
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EMPs as described in that book are hypothetical.
I still wouldn’t mind having an old truck or jeep put up that has a distributor cap just in case.
This post was edited on 6/18/24 at 6:41 am
Posted on 6/18/24 at 6:43 am to WinnPtiger
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not only is it fiction, but most books on the subject completely ignore US countermeasures, or our own ability to deploy those kind of attacks. nothing is 0%, but it’s as close to 0% as anything in geopolitics
Even if it is possible, if we go offline for a period of time, the world collapses around us pretty quickly.
If, say, Russia, did this, China would be up their arse for destroying their economy/country pretty quickly.
Posted on 6/18/24 at 6:45 am to Snipe
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For those who are not paying attention to BIRCS you soon won't be able to ignore it.
Posted on 6/18/24 at 6:52 am to Bjorn Cyborg
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I loved the book and generally like the post-apocalyptic genre, but they aren’t based in any sort of reality.
Scared the shite out of me too.
I agree it was over the top.
From what I've gathered, the grid would/could be up fairly quickly.
My understanding is that trying to electrify it from scratch is quite a challenge.
But I have every confidence in those EE majors out there.
Posted on 6/18/24 at 6:54 am to udtiger
One Second After is great, but having read extensively in this genre, I find the borrowed World Series to be much more realistic. The borrowed World Series actually starts with an attack on the Exxon refineries in Baton Rouge and Baytown, something far more plausible than an EMP.
Posted on 6/18/24 at 7:01 am to wareaglepete
quote:the US has tested non nuclear emp weapons.
True but this is just theory. Never been tested and proven. How could it have been?
Posted on 6/18/24 at 7:03 am to choupiquesushi
The first 1:45 or so of this scared the crap out of me.
Posted on 6/18/24 at 7:09 am to 10thyrsr
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-many of the population is on anti-psychotics. When their medication runs out (typically 3 months), you have people you thought were normal doing crazy things. Many people who depend on life saving medicine will die. It's the reason I ordered a year supply of necessary medication for my son from Jase. They also sell antibiotics.
Drinking water, food, fuel would be gone quickly and then ravenous hordes would be looting a pillaging from anyone that has those things or getting shot.
5 days and toilets would quit flushing
Posted on 6/18/24 at 7:12 am to udtiger
I'm kinda ready for a post apocalyptic rebuild.
Posted on 6/18/24 at 7:27 am to RogerTheShrubber
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I'm kinda ready for a post apocalyptic rebuild.
In the year 2300-2400?
Posted on 6/18/24 at 7:28 am to SlowFlowPro
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In the year 2300-2400?
Posted on 6/18/24 at 7:32 am to Snipe
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I'm less concerned about nuclear attack than I am about the financial collapse that is coming.
It doesnt bother me much. I think its necessary at some point.
The Lotus Eaters will die off quickly. Good riddance.
Posted on 6/18/24 at 7:37 am to WestBay
quote:“It is also a habit of tyrants to prefer the company of aliens to that of citizens at table and in society; citizens, they feel, are enemies, but aliens will offer no opposition.”
Good thing we are letting a bunch of terrorists and enemy combatants walk right across the border.
Aristotle
Posted on 6/18/24 at 7:40 am to RogerTheShrubber
If society collapses, it's not going to just snap back. Societal knowledge gets lost very quickly once collapse happens and the technology of that era is affected. Typically takes centuries to get back. You can see this with the Bronze Age Collapse, Fall of Western Rome, etc.
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