bigbobsr6000 wrote:The power justs stop working never to be turned on again. Electricity is gone and the ability to create it does not work anymore.
Here's my questions about time intervals from "Zero Power Hour" as to what you would do:
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So no cars, no solar generators, gas powered generators, radios, battery/hand crank charging anything, or satellite communications eh? Good question.
Okay, please keep in mind these are quick answers while I'm at work. I haven't had much time to seriously think about these. So please keep the critiques to a minimum...
1. 0-24 hours
I'd seriously gather as much water as possible in every container possible including sinks, bowls, kiddie pools, buckets, etc. Even if some aren't clean, they can be used to wash and water plants. The local water storage tanks wouldn't be full for long. I'd take inventory of my food supply. I'd gather up all the wood from the dead trees in the field next door. See which utilities did work like gas and water. Obviously not electricity.
2. 48-76 hours
Communicate with my neighbors to collaborate efforts and protection. Gather inventory of cooking fuels and food, water and medical supplies. Gather inventory of weapons and things for protection The bigger the group the better. Maybe take some bikes to the local stores to see if they're not looted or if they're helping in any way.
3. 3-7 days.
By this time, it'd be obvious to everyone that this isn't a local disaster. Cook and consume items in the freezers and refrigerators. Make sure the odor doesn't carry in the wind in case there are less fortunate around. Start a garden in a safe place even though the yield wouldn't be available for a while. Plant a potato barrel. Not miss having to go to work. bust out the food and water storage. (I actually do have some basics stored away to last a few months.)
4. 2nd week
Still not miss having to go to work. Make contact with relatives and friends using bikes (hopefully not being shot at as I ride my bike or hike anywhere). Pull out my teenager-organization handbook and the survival guide for pointers on helping out with things. (seriously a decent item to have in survival kits and storage for basic on a lot of stuff.)
5. 3rd week
Still survive on food storage. Share with neighbors and make sure they're not thinking of stabbing me in the back and taking my food. **Mental note: Get more ammo on the way home from work today**
6. 4th week
Hopefully have something in the garden or potato barrel. Having lost a bunch of weight, try to stay nourished. See about catching wildlife/neighborhood animals for food. Keep dogs for extra protection. Gather wood from any source including telephone poles. Probably miss work by now. Wish things were back to the way they were.
7. 5th week plus.........?????????
After my food storage was gone from feeding so many people for weeks, I'd probably leave to try to homestead with my relatives who have more land than I do for growing things. They have a pool for water, chickens and fruit trees. I'm sure we could start a nice garden, start a wheat field and breed his chickens. Start a regular farm but with barbed wire and sentries. The population in my rural town is still sizable. I'm not sure how I'd deal with them.
Start using extreme and creative techniques for water gathering. I wonder how long it would take to dig a well...
Probably well before the 5th week, we could probably kiss our own rear ends good-bye and think about the grandchildren we'll probably never have. The nuclear reactors that are running around the world would no longer be containable and maintainable. They'd overheat and you'd get radio active bad stuff all over the place. Nuclear winter to follow and mass death's????