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What is the plan for an electric grid outage that lasts for months? (energyskeptic.com)
submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 40 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Do not become Mormon. Seriously. Fuck anyone that even jokes about joining that goddamn cult just so that they can be a prepper.

Preppers get a bad rep because there are a lot of far-right gravy seal types in it that think that with enough guns they can loot what they need, but there are a lot of more serious, sober people that recognize that the US is really bad at being ready for major disasters (like, say, a global pandemic?), and try to have as much of their own shit together as possible.

One really important tip: you will not survive a major disaster that causes a complete breakdown of society for an extended period of time unless you've built a community of people that are all working together.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 11 months ago

Yep, the unit of human survival is not the individual, it's the community.

[–] Mr_Blott -3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Funny, in modern countries, gun owners are considered the most cowardly, pathetic humans on earth. It'll probably be quite easy to defeat them when it comes to it 😂

[–] [email protected] -4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

LOL

...Oh, wait, you're serious?

That's an interesting belief. I hope that you never test that belief, because your odds are not good.

[–] Mr_Blott -1 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Were you wanking yourself off with your flag or your gun when you typed this? 😂

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

hey now boiz, keep it professional, this isnt reddit or 4chan. If you want to talk shit go over there and do it

[–] [email protected] 24 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I intend to print out my favourite porno, frame by frame, then flip-book it. That should get me through a few months without power.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The whole thing or just the first two minutes?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Nah you gotta skip the stupid opening plot

[–] Coreidan 21 points 11 months ago (1 children)

My plan is to starve to death.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

I'm hoping I get shot in the face, but this is the likely outcome.

[–] veganpizza69 16 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

LOL @ rural tough guys who think that people desperate for food will be afraid of getting shot

[–] benderbeerman 5 points 11 months ago

Probably move away from Texas?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I have a generator, about a month of frozen food and enough gas to keep it frozen for a month (1hr on, 12hrs off with the lid closed). I plan on bartering power and entertainment for more gas and food.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

As long as your stuff is indeed frozen, and you aren’t opening it up, the food will stay frozen for almost 48 hours.

Source: I turn people’s power off for a living.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You run the backhoe for Bell service techs?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

🤣 This is so on the nose. During Telus’ big fiber optic infrastructure push I’d respond to 1-2 outages caused by them digging or directional drilling through services.

Ngl I kinda wish they’d hit mine because I’m about to upgrade my panel/service.

[–] MintyAnt 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I thought a fridge starts to spoil in 4 hours not 12?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Fridge maybe, but I have a chest freezer. They are really good at rejecting heat as long as you dont open the lid.

[–] MintyAnt 2 points 10 months ago

Ah, that's next on my buy list for sure

[–] RampantParanoia2365 1 points 10 months ago

Buy a generator, I guess.