Should be ready to go in the next few days. Chapter II begins with this: Some families, some individuals didn't make it to Smokey Valley. There may have been many reasons, but perhaps the greatest stumbling block for those few who did not arrive was that it was so very difficult to leave their homes. Home meant security, and safety and comfort and an investment of years of time and care. In the end to leave home was too much of an obstacle. Or perhaps those who stayed behind were overcome with gloom and despair and gave up before making the effort. Whatever the cause, it was with great sadness that I finally struck their names from the list of the colony some two months after the EMP, for I knew they were either dead or soon would be.
Nice, this could basically be from any parallel universe to our own. Or maybe even be our future, as EMP is the most likely weapon to be used against U.S. Hopefully, we will be able to avoid such carnage or at least get the grid prepared for it.
It is only a matter of time before a CME (coronal mass ejection) strong enough to paralyze the earths electric grid will appear. Will any nation be prepared? I doubt it. As for EMP's, testimony in US Congressional hearings projected a 90% population loss in the first year. Indeed, it would be a very challenging time.
In such a scenario you'd basically have to treat it like a zombie apocalypse. Shelter within the safety of armed groups or hidden bunkers stocked full of food. If the bunker is hidden and supplied well enough to last a year, one might be able to ride out the die off and evade the cannibals just long enough to poke their heads out when the supplies are low to see what is what. The remaining 10% of the population will either be road warrior mad maxesque villains or folks that were well prepared. Beware of those who have shaky hands, especially if they offer you food as kuru may be a sign that you do not want to accept any hospitality from that particular stranger.
Should be ready to go in the next few days. Chapter II begins with this: Some families, some individuals didn't make it to Smokey Valley. There may have been many reasons, but perhaps the greatest stumbling block for those few who did not arrive was that it was so very difficult to leave their homes. Home meant security, and safety and comfort and an investment of years of time and care. In the end to leave home was too much of an obstacle. Or perhaps those who stayed behind were overcome with gloom and despair and gave up before making the effort. Whatever the cause, it was with great sadness that I finally struck their names from the list of the colony some two months after the EMP, for I knew they were either dead or soon would be.
Nice, this could basically be from any parallel universe to our own. Or maybe even be our future, as EMP is the most likely weapon to be used against U.S. Hopefully, we will be able to avoid such carnage or at least get the grid prepared for it.
It is only a matter of time before a CME (coronal mass ejection) strong enough to paralyze the earths electric grid will appear. Will any nation be prepared? I doubt it. As for EMP's, testimony in US Congressional hearings projected a 90% population loss in the first year. Indeed, it would be a very challenging time.
In such a scenario you'd basically have to treat it like a zombie apocalypse. Shelter within the safety of armed groups or hidden bunkers stocked full of food. If the bunker is hidden and supplied well enough to last a year, one might be able to ride out the die off and evade the cannibals just long enough to poke their heads out when the supplies are low to see what is what. The remaining 10% of the population will either be road warrior mad maxesque villains or folks that were well prepared. Beware of those who have shaky hands, especially if they offer you food as kuru may be a sign that you do not want to accept any hospitality from that particular stranger.