Life without electricity. Would you survive?

Imagine if a solar flare hit earth and everything electrical instantly stopped working. No cars, computers, credit cards, etc...

Would you manage? What's your game plan?

Describe the scenario you'd be in for where you live, city or countryside.

Nope. Maybe. Probably not.

Waiting on that tesla battery pack, but an emp or solar flare renders that useless anyways....

Le sigh

No. I just tried my axe and it won't start.

William Forstchen wrote about just such a scenario. The book is called One Second After. (Edit: it was not a flare but a nuke that created the EMP in his book.) Very detailed, and essentially the government is simply gone and people have to pull together into small rural communities and figure out how to live in the 1840s but with better guns.

I am pretty sure I'd be an early casualty.

Yes. I would survive. You guys know why. I depend on nobody to feed me and family and I'm already prepared if shit hits the fan.

I say "if" in my Op, I should say "when" as this has happened before.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_storm_of_1859

A storm like that today would be way worse than the East coast power outage a few years ago.

I would just go to live with the amish

srh88 said:

I would just go to live with the amish

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I bet Amish girls smell great. Hot showers not included.

420God said:

I bet Amish girls smell great. Hot showers not included.

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i dont know if i could get with an amish girl... i think they have a family only type thing going for them

srh88 said:

i dont know if i could get with an amish girl... i think they have a family only type thing going for them

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Those red jammies will have to be the first thing to go.

I have and it's not fun . My wife would die in three days .

Unclean water , no preservitives = sickness and starvation. = Mass die off = more death .

Those that survive have a life expectancy of 25-35 .

Grimm

Half the time I'm camping in the backcountry anyway.

I have: cash, guns, water filtration, shelters, chainsaws, fishing gear, ammo, mre's, porn, first aid kits, solar powered lighting, liquor, flares and a even a giant black dildo for @ovo mom.

Bareback said:

I have and it's not fun . My wife would die in three days .

Unclean water , no preservitives = sickness and starvation. = Mass die off = more death .

Those that survive have a life expectancy of 25-35 .

Grimm

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The good news is that this isn't a "Dies the Fire" type event. (S. M. Stirling wrote a series about people surviving the sudden collapse of all high-energy tech, including guns and steam power!) Once the EMP source is gone, electricity will still work, and at that point it becomes a matter of rebuilding.

It'd be just my luck I'd be out on a deer run. Have to acquire a bike from somewhere and pedal my ass 100 miles home.

420God said:

It'd be just my luck I'd be out on a deer run. Have to acquire a bike from somewhere and peddle my ass 100 miles home.

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A '50s pickup with a magneto ignition will run still.

I'd sure be bored. And most of my "tomatoes" would need to adjust to actual sunlight. After that I'd probably go nuts turning half the yard into a veggie garden.

If I even survived that long.

I think most preppers are just deluding themselves. If things are really that bad, they won't survive as much as linger. If they aren't that bad society will rebound. Chances are, none of the shite they plan for will occur in their lifetimes.

But hey, everyone needs a hobby.

whitebb2727 said:

Yes. I would survive. You guys know why. I depend on nobody to feed me and family and I'm already prepared if shit hits the fan.

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Most farmers still depend on petroleum, which is hard to deliver when the entire trucking fleet is immobilized by a nuclear EMP from space. Beasts of burden would be in high demand!

greg nr said:

I think most preppers are just deluding themselves. If things are really that bad, they won't survive as much as linger. If they aren't that bad society will rebound. Chances are, none of the shite they plan for will occur in their lifetimes.

But hey, everyone needs a hobby.

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long term survivablity would be tough unless you were in a community situation of like minded people. i'd definitely make sure to save the last round.

I think I'd survive, but I'd need to move closer to a lake to go fishing 24/7

What exactly does an EMP kill? I was under the impression it's just circuitry. Stuff like motors, generators, etc will still work.. assuming they aren't computer controlled.

cannabineer said:

A '50s pickup with a magneto ignition will run still.

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Will an EMP kill a points type distributor? I didn't think it would. I have my mid 90s, all mechanical, diesel truck, doesn't need any electrics to run. I bought it, partially, for this scenario. 4wd, solid axles, manual transmission, runs on just about any fuel oil.. I'll point it into the woods and wait. I'm trying to find a recoil starter, uses a ratchet to crank a big ass clock spring to start the truck, then I'll be 100% mechanical. With a little work I think I have room to mount a starter on both sides on the motor, one electric, one crank.