How I saw it... A story (Something to think about it)

Me | October 14, 2013 | The Working Man

[The Working Man]

Okay, First off I wrote this mainly as a thought exercise and then fleshed it out a bit. It's a pretty gruesome scenario and although I think it's a possible one, I just don't think it's a probable one. It relies on total control of all communications and information and with Ham radios or even CB's some word will get out in time for the un-visited communities to hide their weapons and food supplies to keep them from being 'donated'.

And then there is the foreign press, they would be all over something like this, if only to say 'naughty, naughty' to the Government. The Armed forces overseas would have to be totally disarmed and interned to prevent them from 'doing something'. Things like that, it's just too big a plan to keep on track.

But with all of that being said, it makes a person like me think and say, 'Hmmmm, now what would I do in that sort of scenario?'

So I invite you to do the same thing, think and speculate, try to have fun doing so and maybe we will all learn something new from each other that might mitigate such a scenario.

Thanks and have fun.

The Working Man

[elkfersupper]

A .30-.30 is a brush rifle, purposely designed for close quarters.

A scope on that rifle is a waste of time and money.

[The Working Man]

Good point, but if the weapons have been confiscated you use what you manage to find.

[KingLudd]

A reticule is a woman’s drawstring bag used especially as a carryall. Stopped reading to look it up. Can’t imagine how the story ends.

[humblegunner]

A .30-.30 is a brush rifle

Thirty-Thirty was also a main character in "Bravestar" during the 80's.

He was a bad-ass cyber-horse with a plasma cannon.

Just sayin'...

[dynoman]

The only way I can see the grid of Canada and the US going down in ten minutes is if there is a major EMP pulse or an extremely coordinated and massive effort of sabotage.

[The Working Man]

LOL, Good one! I’ll remember that.

[dynoman]

http://www.ferc.gov/market-oversight/mkt-electric/overview.asp

MISO, for one, is interconnected into Canada.

[The Working Man]

The only way I can see the grid of Canada and the US going down in ten minutes is if there is a major EMP pulse or an extremely coordinated and massive effort of sabotage.

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I see I wasn’t clear... It was sabotage, totally deliberate from the beginning to the end.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

That's how Stalin did it.

[dynoman]

Sabotage by shooting insulators??

[The Working Man]

Sabotage by shooting insulators??

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In shooting incident occurs nearly a month later on after the initial Sabotaged Power outage by the Government. It is in conjunction with other rebel acts of sabotage that are only alluded too.

[The Working Man]

Also here is a news story about something similar:

http://www.wrangellsentinel.com/story/2012/08/30/news/rifle-shots-cause-power-outage/474.html

So a rifle can cause a power outage if done at a strategic location or just by accident. Something to think about.

[dynoman]

I doubt the government could execute a country wide blackout in ten minutes through sabotage without someone somewhere letting the cat out of the bag. The sabotage would have to be so massive there would be no way to keep it secret. The government doesn’t control much of the grid anyway.

[dynoman]

I doubt the government could execute a country wide blackout in ten minutes through sabotage without someone somewhere letting the cat out of the bag. The sabotage would have to be so massive there would be no way to keep it secret. The government doesn’t control much of the grid anyway.

[Osage Orange]

A 30-30?

Please.............

[rocksblues]

Very nice. Would make a great novel.

[The Working Man]

Ok fine ... You win...

It’s a thought experiment posed as a story. There is no way it can be done, it’s totally impossible; so there is no reason to ever think about such a thing occurring.

Happy now?

[DeWalt]

A spotter? For a 30-30?

[maine yankee]

thanks