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re: What would you do if the grid went down.
Posted on 8/25/22 at 5:39 pm to LawTiger18
Posted on 8/25/22 at 5:39 pm to LawTiger18
Because a certain percent of the population would rather commit suicide than face the truth. That being said suicide will be rampant.
Would you rather kill yourself then eat your pet or human flesh. There is your answer.
Would you rather kill yourself then eat your pet or human flesh. There is your answer.
This post was edited on 8/25/22 at 5:42 pm
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Posted on 8/25/22 at 5:42 pm to rickyh
It's pretty damn easy to live off the land here...but a lack of decent heating is a death sentence in winter. Thank goodness there's an unlimited supply of timber.
Posted on 8/25/22 at 5:44 pm to Bulletproof Lover
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It’s funny people think that one person with one gun thinks they would last more that ten minutes against two are three trained people. Remove your television mindset. Your stationary fortifications would be on fire and would be outflanked and killed pretty quickly.
Three people?
Posted on 8/25/22 at 5:46 pm to HempHead
Starving people will eat anything and that’s a literal fact. But they will rape it and kill it first
Posted on 8/25/22 at 5:47 pm to DisplacedBuckeye
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And yeah disease would suck. How many do you think would immediately die from drinking contaminated water? Probably a shitload
Say you weren’t in the military without saying you never served.
Posted on 8/26/22 at 8:52 am to Dominate308
quote:What government? How are they going to police miles and miles of towns?
An old Honda XR400 with a kickstart and no computer chip would be frickin awesome. The problem is the government/police will try to seize everything that moves for themselves.
Martial Law will be in place as will public executions for whatever they want.
Also, given the OP's scenario, the folks of the government will have bigger issues, like trying to provide and protect their own families. They won't have time to setup martial law that has any chance of doing anything over any town. Not enough manpower, and that manpower has to worry about their own families.
Posted on 8/26/22 at 8:54 am to HempHead
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.but a lack of decent heating is a death sentence in winter
Its milder here on the coast. Doesn't get to extreme temps.
Posted on 8/26/22 at 9:00 am to Amon
The dude in that video gave an interview saying he killed 38 people and in that interview he's shirtless with a plastic cup of red wine, then he takes his shirtless self and red wine, puts a cigarette in his mouth and drives off...on a tractor.
Posted on 8/26/22 at 9:30 am to Cajun75
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Hmmmm....do all willow trees contain salicylic acid? I've had natural aspirin supplements before but they always contained white willow bark only which is a totally different type of willow than what we have here in LA?
Yes the willow trees in LA contain salicylic acid. IIRC we only have 2 native species, black willow (Salix nigra) is by far the most common. Probably 95% of the willows you see are black willow.
Posted on 8/26/22 at 9:43 am to Bulletproof Lover
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Your stationary fortifications would be on fire
Somebody is going to burn down my house to get to my food? And water?
Think about that for a second.
Posted on 8/26/22 at 9:55 am to Mike da Tigah
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The state alone is a Petri dish for disease and not the least bit conducive to being off the grid and self sufficient. I cannot think of a worse place to try and cure and store food. That’s just for starters.
So how is NOLA 300 years old?
Haven't Indian populations lived in this state for over 1,000 years?
Some of you have zero context for your comments... can't see past your face. SMH.
Posted on 8/26/22 at 10:07 am to rickyh
The biggest danger IMO won’t be the bad people. It will be the 10s of millions of “normal” people that will become extremely desperate and unpredictable after watching their kids starve.
Posted on 8/26/22 at 10:11 am to ReeseBobby
oh so i see this thread is still going with people pertending world wide, hell even nation wide, loss of the grid for 6+ months is a possibility 
Yea man just forgets how to do everything
i will say this...most of you better hope it doesnt happen because most of yall are dumb enough to beleive an emp would take out cars, fry the grid completely and destroy small electronics. meaning you mother frickers are dumb as shite, way too dumb to be able to survive if shite hit the fan like that.
Yea man just forgets how to do everything i will say this...most of you better hope it doesnt happen because most of yall are dumb enough to beleive an emp would take out cars, fry the grid completely and destroy small electronics. meaning you mother frickers are dumb as shite, way too dumb to be able to survive if shite hit the fan like that.
Posted on 8/26/22 at 11:54 am to lsu777
quote:You're surprised because...checks notes...the thread is staying on topic.
oh so i see this thread is still going with people pertending world wide, hell even nation wide, loss of the grid for 6+ months is a possibility Yea man just forgets how to do everything
I'll see you in the next "What would you do if you won the lottery thread" to see how mad that one makes you.
This post was edited on 8/26/22 at 11:56 am
Posted on 8/26/22 at 12:03 pm to shel311
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I'll see you in the next "What would you do if you won the lottery thread" to see how mad that one makes you.
atleast there is a chance.
but this has gotten so far off the Op its funny. he said what would you do if the grid went do for extended period
he didnt say across the whole nation or world
everyone took that to mean emp or solar flair and in typical OT fashion.......people are clueless and beleive hollywood depictions.
someone says....oh im driving to such and such...others chime in you cant
they say there wouldnt be roaming gangs......people say oh yes there would like its some real life purge or some walking dead situation.
Posted on 8/26/22 at 12:05 pm to lsu777
quote:Are we throwing logic out the window here?
but this has gotten so far off the Op its funny. he said what would you do if the grid went do for extended period
he didnt say across the whole nation or world
IF it's not the whole world or nation, then everyone would just answer, "I'd drive to the next town that does have power or out of town to family" so I don't think you have to assume it's anything but a mass outage.
This post was edited on 8/26/22 at 12:06 pm
Posted on 8/26/22 at 12:06 pm to ReeseBobby
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Say what you will about Mormons but they take this stuff seriously
yep.
Mormons are good people to live around. But not when shite breaks down, they'll come after you too.
All the "I'll stock up now" types will learn a hard lesson when it does break down though. The violent will win. You're way better off becoming self sufficient, than storing.
Posted on 8/26/22 at 12:07 pm to shel311
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Are we throwing logic out the window here?
IF it's not the whole world or nation, then everyone would just answer, "I'd drive to the next town that does have power or out of town to family" so I don't think you have to assume it's anything but a mass outage.
well than answer me....what is taking the whole grid down even across the whole US?
emp....nope
carrington event...nope
so wtf outside of a "last ship" style pandemic would do it? if its pandemic we have bigger issues
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