Posted on 10/28/2013 4:09:39 PM PDT by Kartographer
American Blackout imagines the story of a national power failure in the United States caused by a cyberattack — told in real time, over 10 days, by those who kept filming on cameras and phones. You’ll learn what it means to be absolutely powerless. Gritty, visceral and totally immersive, see what it might take to survive from day one, and who would be left standing when the lights come back on.
and to put it behind the computer for backlighting
heh
Read the book One Second After by William R. Forstchen.
I watched while flipping back and forth to the “Walking Dead”. Blackout was pretty lame. Hollywoodish take on it. 10 days without power in New York, Chicago? Blood flowing in the gutters.
Sorry, but the video was lame. The guy couldn’t even open his can without resorting to “chopping” with the opener.
Much better to see the videos which use the Victorinox Swiss Army knife. I have used the little semi-circle blade to open cans even when I had a manual one available. Swiss Army knives work great! I suspect some non-Boy Scouts aren’t even aware of what that blade does.
Ha. I have the spam can opener you get some times with the crates of 7.62x54r for yer Mosin. It’ll open an MRAP, I think.
I posted those videos to show just how much trouble we are really in.
Wasn’t a fake link. Was the wrong American Blackout and I didn’t check it first.My fault entirely. Sorry.
I have two fine manual can openers and two military can openers, one military kind is in my purse.
Since my computer won’t play videos like that, I had to go to youtube, subscribe (or do favorites) and then went and turned on my 13 inch TV to watch it.
I did just watch the first 13 minutes of the actual show though, and it looked pretty good, I hope that the other parts show up on youtube.
I also read on another forum that Britain just had one called “Blackout”.
You can open a can by rubbing it back and forth quickly on a sidewalk or driveway. You wear away the ridge on the top or bottom of the can.
coinkidink? I think not. They are priming the pump.
Thanks for sharing this!
I don't know where it was supposed to take place. The preppers were near Denver. Nobody "rode shotgun" in the SUV. Guaranteed anybody bugging out of Denver will have multiple weapons hanging out the windows.
Here in flyover country, the first thing folks would do is start filling magazines. I only saw one gun before I turned the channel in disgust.
There was a bit of text on the screen acknowledging Americas 300 million guns. Where were they? That show may have portrayed an apartment building in NYC but even there the sound of gunfire would be heard.
It was way too tame, not near enough violence. Just "human intrest" sob stories.
I hope this answers your question.
I have talked with others since this thread. My opinion of the show was a minority viewpoint. I will check out the purge.
Nothing wrong with being in the minority. All opinions are welcomed here. Have a great evening.
I was wondering the same thing. Since his cat food was gone, he might have been turned loose to hunt for birds and rodents--or he might have quickly used up his ninth life. During the 1944-1945 famine in Holland, the house cat became nearly extinct in that country.
It's on Youtube.
It is now, but it wasn’t then.
I downloaded it and burned it to DVD.
After watching it now a few times, I would classify it as a somewhat “soft” introduction of a “Lord of the Flies” world to your average American.
I agree with the models of things it said would happen - but remember, it was very urban based.
After one or two days, people would be distressed and pretty uncivil. After three days, they would be desperate and dangerous.
After nine or ten days, it would be hell on Earth. Thefts, rapes and murders, even cannibalism would be common.
The unreal, soft sell part of the show was the power coming back on after ten days, and everyone meeting back up with their loved ones, I understand the dilemma the show producers were under. Not much more/different would occur after ten days that had not already happened.
Personally, I think after ten days or so, things would start to calm down a bit. Power on or off. Many of the looter types would be dead. The survivors would have by then started to establish a routine - the routine that keeps them alive.
But the cost would be high. A third to a half - maybe more, maybe much more - of Americans would be dead. From disease, starvation, violence, whatever.
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