a tiny tiny amount of knowledge would have saved their lives. cold temps and loss of electricity isnt too unmanagable.
No kidding. No matter how robust the power grid is, everything is mostly above ground. So eventually it will fail and it honestly doesn't take much for that to happen. The fact the people are attacking humans for an act of god and their lack of self reliance is a very stark warning that is shit hit the fan, these people would be complete zombies and need to be handled with extreme caution.
i guess my post was too upbeat and practical?
shill, it does take sort of alot to cause a power grid to fail. the article said people froze and inhaled CO gas, not attacked people.
if shit hit the fan those dumb looters would not do s good as the nice people working together.
the picture you paint is incorrect shill. the way you append your bullshit that inherently says, "be worried and ready to fight eachother" is obvious.
I have been working in the Electrical Utility industry for the last 13 years combined in Generation, Transmission and Distribution
Simple wind storms can knock power out in fact it happens almost every storm.
It doesn't take much for a substation breaker to lock out due to a tree.
It doesn't take much for a recloser to lock out due to a fault . I can not begin to tell you how many times I have seen racoons get wrapped up in bushings that caused breakers to trip . The electrical utility companies know how vulnerable their infrastructure is. This is why they have been upgrading the fencing and security around NERC substations.
You are very correct about there is strength in numbers.
You need to be worried about people who have no life sustaining skill sets. More likely they will just end up slowing your effort to survival or worse out of desperation.
I never said to fight people, I said to use extreme caution when dealing with people who come from a certain lack of skill ideology.
My comment about people being attacked was directed towards the board member that was fired over an act of god (ice storm). People needed a scapegoat for their own failure to be prepared.
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