How in the hell did they unload the Mayflower? At least we'll still have loaders, wheeled cranes and forklifts.
I'm not denying that the scenario would be devastating. But the apocalyptic "America destroyed" scenario is over the top for me.
As recently as the BP oil spill, experts agreed the gulf coast would be ruined for decades. All the studies proved it. Katrina wiping out New Orleans would cause long lines akin the the 1970s at gas pumps. Man Made Global warming will cause the oceans to rise and wipe out the east and west coast. DDT will kill millions (quite the opposite). The hole in the Ozone layer will heat the planet and cause cancer. The bird flu, mad cow, ecoli, swine flu, etc. will become a pandemic. An EMP attack will throw America to the stone age and kill most of us.
I know...but this is different....
Forgive me for developing a healthy skepticism. I do own a generator, have a canned good supply, keep a cache of batteries, weapons and ammo and have some stored water. I also keep 5 fire extinguishers in my house, have a dog and own and train with firearms. So don't think I'm naive.
Do I believe that Iran will attack Israel with a nuclear weapon if they get the chance? Yes. I also believe that Europe is a good glimpse of our future if we don't get our financial house in order here in America. I think the economic situation America is in is more dangerous than an EMP attack.
If we do get hit with an EMP and the devestation is as you believe, e-mail me something like, "I told you so." :o)
You think a few stevedores can unload even one conex from a freighter, without the crane?
I was explaining to a fellow freeper, can’t remember who, that the ‘morning people’ will not let any EMP, solar blast, earthquake, asteroid strike impede them from getting the job done.
These morning people won’t even know what the cause of the catastrophe is - and they’d be unimpressed if they did - but as the ‘openers’ of the planet, the show WILL go on, and if that means dispatching janitors on horses to the tech people to get this snafu fixed THIS INSTANT that is what they will do.
Entropy is easy to imagine, but impossible to achieve with the morning people running things.
And the 7am people know not to piss off the 4am people.