American Blackout....

[MRH]

The fact that you feel the need to have electricity to survive tells me all I need to know.

I don't believe all inner city dwellers would perish just because of a power outage, or that all of them have no means of survival. I know the inner city would be the last place I would go if the SHTF. And Douglasville is where I reside, but I would not stay here either. And the farmy boondockers, whatever that means, are the ones who would be riding to the inner cities to turn your power back on.

 

[MRH]

Yes yes yes - we all know how kick ass bad all you guys are. Put your dicks back up.

Back to the topic - I would think that if anything happened that shut down the power grid for a lengthy period of time, power is probably the least of our worries. Whatever caused it, man made or natural, is probably a much bigger threat than the loss of power itself.

The biggest issues would not be day to day things, but rather lack of medicines and such.

It would be the same as it was 150+ years ago as far as that goes. Probably not that bad, but possibly because there is a much greater population today.

 

[protective measures]

How about let's get this thread back on focus?

This show is a good impetus for people to take a serious, honest look at your skillsets, "plan" & resources.

Whether it be a power outage, natural disaster, econ. collapse, localized civil unrest, or "zombies" walking the streets these shows are a sobering reminder of how quickly peoples savage nature emerges during a crisis.

 

[Cobalt 60]

It would be the same as it was 150+ years ago as far as that goes. Probably not that bad, but possibly because there is a much greater population today.

Infant mortality rates and lifespan were considerably shorter then, and they would probably be worse, as a lot of the knowledge needed by those 150 years ago has been outsourced to specialists. Without ready access to antibiotics, many would die from fairly simple wounds.

In other words, I don't think the lack of power and things like exposure to the elements and lack of a water system would be the big issues. What would be are all the things that we take for granted that would stop because of the lack of power. Not necessarily a lack of preparedness killing people as much as luck of the draw. Any of us, regardless of how prepared we are, gets a deep puncture wound without protection from tetanus and you are potentially a goner.

 

[GA-Silver]

actually the lack of clean drinking water would be one of the biggest problems...

 

[Cobalt 60]

How about let's get this thread back on focus?

This show is a good impetus for people to take a serious, honest look at your skillsets, "plan" & resources.

Whether it be a power outage, natural disaster, econ. collapse, localized civil unrest, or "zombies" walking the streets these shows are a sobering reminder of how quickly peoples savage nature emerges during a crisis.

What I never understand is why so many people think a default to anarchy is the best choice in a SHTF situation. If you are in a VERY remote area and can avoid people all together, it is probably a good thing to avoid people. But the rise of civilizations occurs precisely because it is preferable to share protection, production of goods, etc.

 

[Cobalt 60]

actually the lack of clean drinking water would be one of the biggest problems...

Water itself is fairly plentiful here, and I think (hope?) that anyone who has seen 10 minutes of Survivorman could make it safe. Of course, there will be some who don't know. Another example of knowledge being outsourced.

 

[oldmetlfan]

How about let's get this thread back on focus?

This show is a good impetus for people to take a serious, honest look at your skillsets, "plan" & resources.

Whether it be a power outage, natural disaster, econ. collapse, localized civil unrest, or "zombies" walking the streets these shows are a sobering reminder of how quickly peoples savage nature emerges during a crisis.

Some of the threads here on the odt are a reminder of how fast people can turn into savages!

 

[protective measures]

Yes yes yes - we all know how kick ass bad all you guys are. Put your dicks back up.

Back to the topic - I would think that if anything happened that shut down the power grid for a lengthy period of time, power is probably the least of our worries. Whatever caused it, man made or natural, is probably a much bigger threat than the loss of power itself.

The biggest issues would not be day to day things, but rather lack of medicines and such.

Have to disagree with you on that but I do appreciate your contribution in the spirit of getting a more positive direction for this therad .

Our culture is 100% dependent on electricity at every level.

It was either Sun-Tzu or Musachi that said that an armies greatest strength is often its greatest weakness as well.

The technology that makes our country so formidable in war is also our biggest vulnerability. The same is true of our society. If you use Katrina as a small scale model & review what happened sustained loss of power was catastrophic.

IMO, this show does a pretty decent job of showing events that would follow in such a crisis.

 

[Cruisers460]

I'm betting Wise foods makes a mint off this show.