What would you do if the power went out.

Bottom line is....

No power...

You have to get out of the citys...

To those who are wondering why.

It will be hell, so many many people fighting over so little.

They will become gangland, a very fast moving gangland where those who don't hold the water/food will be fighting for it and those that do won't last very long.

Start mine up and get on with it.

Thank you.

Stumble around, bump into shit...fall over.

Just Another Day

probably more, it would take years to replace all damaged transformers if those were damaged, if ever

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I used to live in the frozen north by a glacial lake. Some Saturday nights the the electric pole on the west side of the lake would get taken out by a drunk or a big blizzard would kill the power for days.

Wood burning stove made for little or no problems. Cooked on it too. Closed off one room to act as fridge. Put a Box on the north side of house, was the freezer.

Very peaceful.

That is of course people are trying to replace them and not just trying to survive.

A lot of people don't understand how much life would change with no power.

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I guess we will all meet up in Boulder and fire up that old powerplant

Cordless phones don't work without power because of the battery pack. But the old phones with cords work just fine.

There's been many times I've been without power but the landline phone worked because I always keep a cord phone around.

The only time a landline phone with cord wouldn't work is if the storm also took down telephone lines besides the power lines. More often than not I have telephone service when power is out.

My sailboat is rigged for for a world without electric power.

none ever mentions in the CME/loss of power scenario...what would happen to all of the nuke plants....no power means meltdown toast..end of story

Pull a radio from the Faraday cage, find out if possible what is going on, and base any further plans upon any information gleaned from reports heard or not heard.

Okay when does it all turn off nikki?? and i am still waiting for the invite for that boat

I just happen to be reading "One Second After" ATM so funny you should start this thread. OTOC, You know everything you need to do to prep for this so did you start this thread for our benefit or are you concerned about something more immediate?

"One Second After"... read it. You'll not be the same person ever again. Ginger and Zach crushed me. Two idiots.

My only problem with a faraday cage is when do you know it's finally safe to open it?

agreed....


you have something you want to share OTOC ?

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I would masterbate twice as hard, then I'd rinse, lather and repeat.

I think it is really easy for GLPers to say they would grab their bags and head out to another location. We are a bit more mentally prepared than 99% of the world. I think bugging out to another location is the last thing anyone should be doing. People outside of the know will be freaking like we have never seen before.
There would be massive looting and people would not be basing their actions on any future consequences.
I have my food storage, water stored, candles, wood and a fireplace and I have already prepped doors to my place with steal bars.
If the grids went down right now I would pull out a candle and stay put while the outside world kills its self off with madness.
How about you OTOC.. what would you do?

I would immediately do a check to see if it was just our power or if it was everything. If my car wouldn't start then I would know it would be time to batten down the hatches....and within 5 minutes I would be at a friends house to tell them something was wrong and start packing up food and supplies and then get over to my house. After that I can't say cause don't want the entire world to know how big of a group we are. Safety in numbers though.

Certified Doomologist

Use a cheap device or two in wrapped aluminum foil for use as your canary the coal mine

And dang it I was logged in when I typed that so why did I come up as ac?

Sounds uncomfortable

yes indeed, safety in numbers AND if they are like minded prior to the event then even better.

I've got the numbers and now I'm working on the like minded which seems impossible :(

First, I would make my way over to the flashlight nearest me since there are several ready around my house. Next, I would light the candle on the kitchen table. Last I would check for a dial tone on the phone and check to see if my cell phone works. After finding that all of those are not working, I would try my radio and also the short wave to see if any signals are picked up.

You cannot know for sure notice I said pull out a radio meaning there are more than one and the oldest and cheapest would be tried and if necessary sacrificed first.