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Did Anyone Watch American Blackout on NatGeo last night? (vanity)
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Posted on 10/28/2013 1:38:42 PM PDT by lulu16

What happens when major portions of the United States loses power? How will people cope? How will people die?

From this forum, I heard of this docudrama and set the DVR. I only made it 40 minutes in until I started hiding my head under the couch pillows and at the one hour mark, I fled the room where my husband was watching. He put it on hold for tonight, because he wants to know what happens. I will hear it second hand from him.

At first, from the timeline, 2006, I thought this was previously aired six years ago. But then they should excerpts of Obama calling for calm. It was clever how they made it cinema verite like the Blair Witch Project, and a compilation like they have done for their programs on the timeline of 9/11 from different vantage points.

I have read many excellent books on apocalyptic scenarios,e.g. One Minute After, Lights Out, and do enjoy the genre. But his show was too much for me. That idiot slicing into the can of peaches with a huge carving knife had me skidding away. Why is it always the canned peaches? Another novel I read, the girl was eating a can of peaches at a swapmeet,after when the government helicopters came in to herd everyone into a valley to massacre them. The scene with the long-haired boyfriend meeting in secret to give away food to the neighbors was so infuriating. I know who he voted for.

So I have scoured the web to see if anyone was at the internet water-cooler discussing this grid-down dramatization. I waited until the original posters came back to offer a wrap-up. If, I over-looked their post, I apologize.


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There is so much paranoia around, total collapse of society for ten days, gets my vote for the scariest plot for a Halloween movie. I prep, but I know my family is still very vulnerable. Jesus, my Lord and Savior, please keep us safe.

I an't wait until Hallmark starts their Christmas holiday movies, so I can feel good again.

1 posted on 10/28/2013 1:38:42 PM PDT by lulu16
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“...when the government helicopters came in to herd everyone into a valley....”

When the copters come, it had better be to Capital Hill where they herd the congresscritters....

It’ll be a moneymaker for the gubmit, because we’ll compete to pay top dollar to reward our critters for their stupidity.


3 posted on 10/28/2013 1:43:31 PM PDT by Da Coyote
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The good news is that liberal bastions start looting after 15 minutes without power, so they’ll start eating each other after a few days. After “Super-Storm” Sandy, I saw an interview with some young man (30’s) who was perfectly healthy and whining about the lack of services being provided.

He had been given some MREs with self-heat tabs, but he burned himself on them, so he was not going to eat those anymore and he was concerned about the dangers of these meals.

I almost wish we would lose the grid for two weeks just to clear out the non-viable primates who appear to be human, but have no tool-using skills. The only thing they seem to be able to do with their thumbs is text and vote.


4 posted on 10/28/2013 1:45:47 PM PDT by Bryanw92 (Sic semper tyrannis)
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There was one scene in it where a woman asks “Why isn’t anyone trying to help us?” Then she hears noises and thinks it’s help but it is not. I kept thinking typical liberal in New York. Cannot make preparations and thinks the government is the answer. She was a pathetic figure. Of course her significant other though it was potential lawsuit as the condo form did not make provisions for water, electricity etc.


5 posted on 10/28/2013 1:47:57 PM PDT by ussc1863
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"I'm not saying kill all the stupid people, just remove the warning labels and see what happens."

/johnny

6 posted on 10/28/2013 1:50:56 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: Bryanw92
"The only thing they seem to be able to do with their thumbs is text and vote."

The rest of the time they have it stuck up their azz.

7 posted on 10/28/2013 1:51:42 PM PDT by Wyrd bið ful aræd (Gone Galt, 11/07/12----No king but Christ! Don't tread on me!)
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To: lulu16

The “Hippie boy” (as I called him) in Colorado, appeared to “get it” towards the end when the guy he was staying with went out to confront some people.

Don’t want to spoil it, but I thought they did a good job in showing the human characteristics and traits that would be on display during an event of this nature.

How it went from poking fun at a potential birth boom in 9 months to life or death scary after a few days.

From downright naivete and depending on the government (”Why isn’t anyone helping us?”) to those taking complete advantage of the situation, to those determined to keep the rest of “society” at bay.

I thought the show did a pretty good job in showing how quickly human depravity shows up in a situation that presents a real threat to one’s survival.


8 posted on 10/28/2013 1:52:15 PM PDT by SZonian (Throwing our allegiances to political parties in the long run gave away our liberty.)
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To: ussc1863

That was one of the funniest parts, when he got on his high horse threatening to sick his lawyers on the condo association. But can you imagine if he had attended that meeting. He would be the first one to strike it down as conservative wigginess.
Then when he went into the mini-mart and jumped to he the head of the line demanding they sell to him because he had an expensive watch to trade. And to think, the poor guy got food sickness moments before from the caviar his employee had given him.

Is it wrong that I reveled in his stupidity?


9 posted on 10/28/2013 1:52:57 PM PDT by lulu16 (May the Good Lord take a liking to you!)
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>>”I’m not saying kill all the stupid people, just remove the warning labels and see what happens.”

/johnny

FR needs a LIKE button.


10 posted on 10/28/2013 1:53:42 PM PDT by Bryanw92 (Sic semper tyrannis)
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I watched it, made me nauseous. All the herky jerky camera action and poorly done video.

Not a likely scenario. I fail to see how a transformer can explode because of a computer bug. Maybe some outages, and rolling blackouts until the grid can be repaired, but flashing lights, not likely, tie breakers would just open up and power would go out in some areas.

Some of the reactions by the masses are believable, looting, thuggery, gang mentality, hording of what resources you could find, etc..

Last year on two separate occasions we went more then ten days without power. We lived! (of course wallmart is 5 miles away and they had power. ) It did give us an idea of what we were lacking in our emergency preps. We needed more Dr.Pepper.

11 posted on 10/28/2013 1:53:46 PM PDT by DYngbld (I have read the back of the Book and we WIN!!!! (this post approved by the NSA))
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To: lulu16

Next Airing: WED NOV 13 9PM ET


12 posted on 10/28/2013 1:55:44 PM PDT by deport
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When it comes to saving the American people, I can hear Harry Reid, “Why would I want to do that?”

Unless, Magnum PI is still around borrowing his friend’s helicopter, I think the only ones who will have the air power to herd will be the gubmint.So sad.

I want to apologize in advance that my state gave us Napolitano and her list of undesirables that included returning vets and tea partiers.


13 posted on 10/28/2013 1:57:33 PM PDT by lulu16 (May the Good Lord take a liking to you!)
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To: Bryanw92

IO fear for even though they have a lack or dextrous skills, they are malicious and tenacious, and they will still come after us for thinking we have pull-tab single servings cans of peaches.


14 posted on 10/28/2013 1:59:23 PM PDT by lulu16 (May the Good Lord take a liking to you!)
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Math is a stubborn thing. In four days after such a power blackout, cities would be stripped of food. No power for the pumps of the water supply. Or for sewage. The cities would descend into homicidal chaos, with people fleeing the cities to the countryside and all that entails.


15 posted on 10/28/2013 2:00:57 PM PDT by pabianice (LINE)
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To: DYngbld

IIRC, parts of Quebec had no power for months a few years back... in the Winter.


16 posted on 10/28/2013 2:00:57 PM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: lulu16
they will still come after us for thinking we have pull-tab single servings cans of peaches.

They will need to bring lunch, a lantern, and lots of body bags. No-one gets my peaches.

/johnny

17 posted on 10/28/2013 2:02:00 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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“I prep, but I know my family is still very vulnerable.”

You cannot prep for what the neighbor will do after looking into the eyes of his starving kids. His failure to prep won’t enter the equation.


18 posted on 10/28/2013 2:02:10 PM PDT by tcrlaf (Well, it is what the Sheeple voted for....)
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To: JRandomFreeper

Heard it before, like it every time...


19 posted on 10/28/2013 2:02:17 PM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: pabianice
with people fleeing the cities to the countryside and all that entails.

History says that unwanted refugees wind up dead more often than not.

/johnny

20 posted on 10/28/2013 2:04:31 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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