Me, I'm just wondering how long it would take a number of my relatives to die w/o electricity and the medical devices that need power. Not even figuring in starvation and disease caused by the breakdown in transportation and infrastructure.
Kaylee: H-how did you... g-get on...? Early: Strains the mind a bit, don't it? You think you're all alone. Maybe I come down the chimney, Kaylee. Bring presents to the good girls and boys.
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Theodosia - May 14, 2012 7:38:03 am PDT #20172 of 30001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Consuela - May 14, 2012 7:48:16 am PDT #20173 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Planes would fall out of the sky, reservoirs would flood, cars would crash... it's a pretty bleak scenario.
Polter-Cow - May 14, 2012 7:51:38 am PDT #20174 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
All of this discussion fails to mention the true title of the show, which is Gustavo Fring, Wasteland Warrior (tm io9). The trailer is intriguing, but who knows?
Tom Scola - May 14, 2012 7:58:36 am PDT #20175 of 30001
hwæt
I’d rather see a show that’s set 100 years after electricity went away, where everything is steam-powered, and we communicate through clacks.
Ginger - May 14, 2012 8:02:26 am PDT #20176 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
There are a number of scenarios that could take away a big percentage of utility generation or make a lot of equipment unusable. Once again, though, ALL electricity would require a big rewrite of physics.
reservoirs would flood,
More things than you'd think have manual backups. A paranoid engineer is a good engineer. I've always thought you could have some great drama around finding people who know how to get around a lack of power. (I know. Shut up and write.)
Me, I'm just wondering how long it would take a number of my relatives to die w/o electricity and the medical devices that need power.
As an aside, this is one of the reasons I oppose electricity deregulation.
tiggy - May 14, 2012 8:03:09 am PDT #20177 of 30001
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore
the pilot was written by JJ and Kripke. the trailer intrigued me and i like those kind of shows. so i'm in. at least for a few eps.
le nubian - May 14, 2012 8:05:34 am PDT #20178 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Why couldn't they have written something where EMPs have gone off and fucked up technology for a bit?
§ ita § - May 14, 2012 8:11:50 am PDT #20179 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Now, I've seen stories where EMPs just blacks out all electronics currently running, but everything is okay in the time it takes to reboot. And others where the EMP fries whatever is running sufficiently to damage it, and it can't just start back up. And whatever was off at the time is still fine.
How do EMPs actually work in real life?
Ginger - May 14, 2012 8:12:51 am PDT #20180 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
My thoughts exactly.
Matt the Bruins fan - May 14, 2012 8:13:47 am PDT #20181 of 30001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I thought they tended to fry all conductive electronics that aren't specifically shielded against them, whether they were currently in operation or not?