Wires on sticks.

[Ray9]

My power went out for about two minutes during a storm the other day. Though the processing speed of my brain has slowed (I’m 72) on occasion I can still think.

It occurs to me that virtually the entire human race would collapse if suddenly and without warning the magic of electric power were to be seriously disrupted or disappear altogether. Electric power is not our slave it’s the other way around. Within about a month of no electricity the poor and working class populations of large cities would resort to cannibalism. The rich would last longer but they too would fall eventually.

I looked out my window and observed that power is delivered by stringing wires on poles the same way it was when the telegraph replaced the Pony express. In much of Europe and affluent sections of America’s great cities wires are buried underground protected from the elements. Ever notice that you don’t see wires on poles in Manhattan?

I know I’m a slave. I have an air conditioner in my bedroom big enough to cool a gymnasium and sometimes in the heat of the summer I get frost on the walls. So I crawl into my bed under an electric blanket and watch the Red Sox on an 80-inch flat screen TV. I have a portable refrigerator that I bought at Walmart full of beer next to the bed and I am go to go. When nature calls I throw on a coat and trudge to the bathroom with an IPad. I know it’s 97 degrees outside and it’s 45 degrees inside but the magic of electricity allows me to maintain my own personal environment. I’m a happy slave and I want to stay that way.

I keep looking out my window and seeing the rickety way our electricity is delivered-wires on big sticks out there in the wind and the rain. Why has this issue been ignored for so long? I can hear them now: “Oh, the expense!” I’m an old man. I am not as thoroughly addicted to the magic as younger folks with all their gizmos and gadgets occupying their attention and changing their brains.

Our electric grid is absolutely vulnerable to just about anything that can knock a wire off a stick or a magnetic pulse that might be shielded by dirt. Why is no one concerned that we could be living in caves if we lose that magic juice that flows in those wires?

 

[rightwinger]

EMP attack will take out all the power

 

[Wyatt earp]

EMP attack will take out all the power

So much for your electric car bitch..lol

 

[Defiant1]

My power went out for about two minutes during a storm the other day. Though the processing speed of my brain has slowed (I’m 72) on occasion I can still think.

It occurs to me that virtually the entire human race would collapse if suddenly and without warning the magic of electric power were to be seriously disrupted or disappear altogether. Electric power is not our slave it’s the other way around. Within about a month of no electricity the poor and working class populations of large cities would resort to cannibalism. The rich would last longer but they too would fall eventually.

I looked out my window and observed that power is delivered by stringing wires on poles the same way it was when the telegraph replaced the Pony express. In much of Europe and affluent sections of America’s great cities wires are buried underground protected from the elements. Ever notice that you don’t see wires on poles in Manhattan?

I know I’m a slave. I have an air conditioner in my bedroom big enough to cool a gymnasium and sometimes in the heat of the summer I get frost on the walls. So I crawl into my bed under an electric blanket and watch the Red Sox on an 80-inch flat screen TV. I have a portable refrigerator that I bought at Walmart full of beer next to the bed and I am go to go. When nature calls I throw on a coat and trudge to the bathroom with an IPad. I know it’s 97 degrees outside and it’s 45 degrees inside but the magic of electricity allows me to maintain my own personal environment. I’m a happy slave and I want to stay that way.

I keep looking out my window and seeing the rickety way our electricity is delivered-wires on big sticks out there in the wind and the rain. Why has this issue been ignored for so long? I can hear them now: “Oh, the expense!” I’m an old man. I am not as thoroughly addicted to the magic as younger folks with all their gizmos and gadgets occupying their attention and changing their brains.

Our electric grid is absolutely vulnerable to just about anything that can knock a wire off a stick or a magnetic pulse that might be shielded by dirt. Why is no one concerned that we could be living in caves if we lose that magic juice that flows in those wires?

Living in the lightning capitol of the world, Florida, we lose our power all the time.
You need a big ass, fossil fuel powered generator so you don't suffer any interruptions.

BTW, Boston born and bred, still a Red Sox and Patriots fan.

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

North Korea wouldnt notice.

 

[OldLady]

My power went out for about two minutes during a storm the other day. Though the processing speed of my brain has slowed (I’m 72) on occasion I can still think.

It occurs to me that virtually the entire human race would collapse if suddenly and without warning the magic of electric power were to be seriously disrupted or disappear altogether. Electric power is not our slave it’s the other way around. Within about a month of no electricity the poor and working class populations of large cities would resort to cannibalism. The rich would last longer but they too would fall eventually.

I looked out my window and observed that power is delivered by stringing wires on poles the same way it was when the telegraph replaced the Pony express. In much of Europe and affluent sections of America’s great cities wires are buried underground protected from the elements. Ever notice that you don’t see wires on poles in Manhattan?

I know I’m a slave. I have an air conditioner in my bedroom big enough to cool a gymnasium and sometimes in the heat of the summer I get frost on the walls. So I crawl into my bed under an electric blanket and watch the Red Sox on an 80-inch flat screen TV. I have a portable refrigerator that I bought at Walmart full of beer next to the bed and I am go to go. When nature calls I throw on a coat and trudge to the bathroom with an IPad. I know it’s 97 degrees outside and it’s 45 degrees inside but the magic of electricity allows me to maintain my own personal environment. I’m a happy slave and I want to stay that way.

I keep looking out my window and seeing the rickety way our electricity is delivered-wires on big sticks out there in the wind and the rain. Why has this issue been ignored for so long? I can hear them now: “Oh, the expense!” I’m an old man. I am not as thoroughly addicted to the magic as younger folks with all their gizmos and gadgets occupying their attention and changing their brains.

Our electric grid is absolutely vulnerable to just about anything that can knock a wire off a stick or a magnetic pulse that might be shielded by dirt. Why is no one concerned that we could be living in caves if we lose that magic juice that flows in those wires?

You're right about the electricity. Your story is funny, though.

 

[toobfreak]

My power went out for about two minutes during a storm the other day. Though the processing speed of my brain has slowed (I’m 72) on occasion I can still think.

It occurs to me that virtually the entire human race would collapse if suddenly and without warning the magic of electric power were to be seriously disrupted or disappear altogether. Electric power is not our slave it’s the other way around. Within about a month of no electricity the poor and working class populations of large cities would resort to cannibalism. The rich would last longer but they too would fall eventually.

I looked out my window and observed that power is delivered by stringing wires on poles the same way it was when the telegraph replaced the Pony express. In much of Europe and affluent sections of America’s great cities wires are buried underground protected from the elements. Ever notice that you don’t see wires on poles in Manhattan?

I know I’m a slave. I have an air conditioner in my bedroom big enough to cool a gymnasium and sometimes in the heat of the summer I get frost on the walls. So I crawl into my bed under an electric blanket and watch the Red Sox on an 80-inch flat screen TV. I have a portable refrigerator that I bought at Walmart full of beer next to the bed and I am go to go. When nature calls I throw on a coat and trudge to the bathroom with an IPad. I know it’s 97 degrees outside and it’s 45 degrees inside but the magic of electricity allows me to maintain my own personal environment. I’m a happy slave and I want to stay that way.

I keep looking out my window and seeing the rickety way our electricity is delivered-wires on big sticks out there in the wind and the rain. Why has this issue been ignored for so long? I can hear them now: “Oh, the expense!” I’m an old man. I am not as thoroughly addicted to the magic as younger folks with all their gizmos and gadgets occupying their attention and changing their brains.

Our electric grid is absolutely vulnerable to just about anything that can knock a wire off a stick or a magnetic pulse that might be shielded by dirt. Why is no one concerned that we could be living in caves if we lose that magic juice that flows in those wires?

Our electrical system is archaic. The power companies have only focused on more customers and low cost instead of modernizing the system. Unsightly wires strung everywhere on wooden poles instead of being run underground through grounded conduits, subject to every gust of wind, every storm, snow, and traffic accident.

Too little redundancy and switching capability to get around damaged parts of the system. No back up parts for transformers, should an EMP or other event take them out, projections for replacement run into the years.

Instead, they have focused on smart meters that can monitor your usage to spy on you and even turn your power off remotely.

 

[toobfreak]

My power went out for about two minutes during a storm the other day. Though the processing speed of my brain has slowed (I’m 72) on occasion I can still think.

It occurs to me that virtually the entire human race would collapse if suddenly and without warning the magic of electric power were to be seriously disrupted or disappear altogether. Electric power is not our slave it’s the other way around. Within about a month of no electricity the poor and working class populations of large cities would resort to cannibalism. The rich would last longer but they too would fall eventually.

I looked out my window and observed that power is delivered by stringing wires on poles the same way it was when the telegraph replaced the Pony express. In much of Europe and affluent sections of America’s great cities wires are buried underground protected from the elements. Ever notice that you don’t see wires on poles in Manhattan?

I know I’m a slave. I have an air conditioner in my bedroom big enough to cool a gymnasium and sometimes in the heat of the summer I get frost on the walls. So I crawl into my bed under an electric blanket and watch the Red Sox on an 80-inch flat screen TV. I have a portable refrigerator that I bought at Walmart full of beer next to the bed and I am go to go. When nature calls I throw on a coat and trudge to the bathroom with an IPad. I know it’s 97 degrees outside and it’s 45 degrees inside but the magic of electricity allows me to maintain my own personal environment. I’m a happy slave and I want to stay that way.

I keep looking out my window and seeing the rickety way our electricity is delivered-wires on big sticks out there in the wind and the rain. Why has this issue been ignored for so long? I can hear them now: “Oh, the expense!” I’m an old man. I am not as thoroughly addicted to the magic as younger folks with all their gizmos and gadgets occupying their attention and changing their brains.

Our electric grid is absolutely vulnerable to just about anything that can knock a wire off a stick or a magnetic pulse that might be shielded by dirt. Why is no one concerned that we could be living in caves if we lose that magic juice that flows in those wires?

Living in the lightning capitol of the world, Florida, we lose our power all the time.
You need a big ass, fossil fuel powered generator so you don't suffer any interruptions.

BTW, Boston born and bred, still a Red Sox and Patriots fan.

Generac Power Systems - Power Equipment and Generator Manufacturer

Powered by natural gas. Never no need to refuel.

 

[Tijn Von Ingersleben]

Why is no one concerned that we could be living in caves if we lose that magic juice that flows in those wires?

Why should we worry about things which we can effect no change to? You are aware of the threat, the government is aware of the threat. Yet?
Hopefully if the power does go out permanently you spot a bureaucrat to strangle as you starve.

 

[Dekster]

My power went out for about two minutes during a storm the other day. Though the processing speed of my brain has slowed (I’m 72) on occasion I can still think.

It occurs to me that virtually the entire human race would collapse if suddenly and without warning the magic of electric power were to be seriously disrupted or disappear altogether. Electric power is not our slave it’s the other way around. Within about a month of no electricity the poor and working class populations of large cities would resort to cannibalism. The rich would last longer but they too would fall eventually.

I looked out my window and observed that power is delivered by stringing wires on poles the same way it was when the telegraph replaced the Pony express. In much of Europe and affluent sections of America’s great cities wires are buried underground protected from the elements. Ever notice that you don’t see wires on poles in Manhattan?

I know I’m a slave. I have an air conditioner in my bedroom big enough to cool a gymnasium and sometimes in the heat of the summer I get frost on the walls. So I crawl into my bed under an electric blanket and watch the Red Sox on an 80-inch flat screen TV. I have a portable refrigerator that I bought at Walmart full of beer next to the bed and I am go to go. When nature calls I throw on a coat and trudge to the bathroom with an IPad. I know it’s 97 degrees outside and it’s 45 degrees inside but the magic of electricity allows me to maintain my own personal environment. I’m a happy slave and I want to stay that way.

I keep looking out my window and seeing the rickety way our electricity is delivered-wires on big sticks out there in the wind and the rain. Why has this issue been ignored for so long? I can hear them now: “Oh, the expense!” I’m an old man. I am not as thoroughly addicted to the magic as younger folks with all their gizmos and gadgets occupying their attention and changing their brains.

Our electric grid is absolutely vulnerable to just about anything that can knock a wire off a stick or a magnetic pulse that might be shielded by dirt. Why is no one concerned that we could be living in caves if we lose that magic juice that flows in those wires?

Putting it underground really isn't that much better. It is just more expensive. It is why it is taking forever and a day for my city to do fiber. It is all being done underground.

 

[rightwinger]

EMP attack will take out all the power

So much for your electric car bitch..lol

EMP will wipe out all cars
It will fry your computer and electrical system

 

[Billy_Bob]

My power went out for about two minutes during a storm the other day. Though the processing speed of my brain has slowed (I’m 72) on occasion I can still think.

It occurs to me that virtually the entire human race would collapse if suddenly and without warning the magic of electric power were to be seriously disrupted or disappear altogether. Electric power is not our slave it’s the other way around. Within about a month of no electricity the poor and working class populations of large cities would resort to cannibalism. The rich would last longer but they too would fall eventually.

I looked out my window and observed that power is delivered by stringing wires on poles the same way it was when the telegraph replaced the Pony express. In much of Europe and affluent sections of America’s great cities wires are buried underground protected from the elements. Ever notice that you don’t see wires on poles in Manhattan?

I know I’m a slave. I have an air conditioner in my bedroom big enough to cool a gymnasium and sometimes in the heat of the summer I get frost on the walls. So I crawl into my bed under an electric blanket and watch the Red Sox on an 80-inch flat screen TV. I have a portable refrigerator that I bought at Walmart full of beer next to the bed and I am go to go. When nature calls I throw on a coat and trudge to the bathroom with an IPad. I know it’s 97 degrees outside and it’s 45 degrees inside but the magic of electricity allows me to maintain my own personal environment. I’m a happy slave and I want to stay that way.

I keep looking out my window and seeing the rickety way our electricity is delivered-wires on big sticks out there in the wind and the rain. Why has this issue been ignored for so long? I can hear them now: “Oh, the expense!” I’m an old man. I am not as thoroughly addicted to the magic as younger folks with all their gizmos and gadgets occupying their attention and changing their brains.

Our electric grid is absolutely vulnerable to just about anything that can knock a wire off a stick or a magnetic pulse that might be shielded by dirt. Why is no one concerned that we could be living in caves if we lose that magic juice that flows in those wires?

Living in the lightning capitol of the world, Florida, we lose our power all the time.
You need a big ass, fossil fuel powered generator so you don't suffer any interruptions.

BTW, Boston born and bred, still a Red Sox and Patriots fan.

Generac Power Systems - Power Equipment and Generator Manufacturer

Powered by natural gas. Never no need to refuel.

Natural gas delivery systems would fail as they are driven by motors and pumps. It boils down to what precautions have they taken for this type of event? The 1869 Carrington event today would lay waste to which ever side of the planet it hit. You can rest assured that a war over operating equipment, food and water will then ensue...

 

[Vastator]

My power went out for about two minutes during a storm the other day. Though the processing speed of my brain has slowed (I’m 72) on occasion I can still think.

It occurs to me that virtually the entire human race would collapse if suddenly and without warning the magic of electric power were to be seriously disrupted or disappear altogether. Electric power is not our slave it’s the other way around. Within about a month of no electricity the poor and working class populations of large cities would resort to cannibalism. The rich would last longer but they too would fall eventually.

I looked out my window and observed that power is delivered by stringing wires on poles the same way it was when the telegraph replaced the Pony express. In much of Europe and affluent sections of America’s great cities wires are buried underground protected from the elements. Ever notice that you don’t see wires on poles in Manhattan?

I know I’m a slave. I have an air conditioner in my bedroom big enough to cool a gymnasium and sometimes in the heat of the summer I get frost on the walls. So I crawl into my bed under an electric blanket and watch the Red Sox on an 80-inch flat screen TV. I have a portable refrigerator that I bought at Walmart full of beer next to the bed and I am go to go. When nature calls I throw on a coat and trudge to the bathroom with an IPad. I know it’s 97 degrees outside and it’s 45 degrees inside but the magic of electricity allows me to maintain my own personal environment. I’m a happy slave and I want to stay that way.

I keep looking out my window and seeing the rickety way our electricity is delivered-wires on big sticks out there in the wind and the rain. Why has this issue been ignored for so long? I can hear them now: “Oh, the expense!” I’m an old man. I am not as thoroughly addicted to the magic as younger folks with all their gizmos and gadgets occupying their attention and changing their brains.

Our electric grid is absolutely vulnerable to just about anything that can knock a wire off a stick or a magnetic pulse that might be shielded by dirt. Why is no one concerned that we could be living in caves if we lose that magic juice that flows in those wires?

Your observations are mostly correct. As such prudence dictates that you prepare for just such an event as you describe. Enjoy the conveniences at your disposal. But always have a back up plan. And a back up plan, for your back up plan.

 

[Billy_Bob]

Another Thought just came to mind, how many of our satellites would survive a Carrington like event today? Most are shielded and have redundant systems but how many would be destroyed with the energy wave of a major solar flare?