Posted on 10/21/2016 11:04:13 AM PDT by Lorianne
Longtime correspondent Bart D. (Australia) recently experienced a multi-day regional loss of electricity. His first-person observations help us understand what breakdowns in energy are like on the ground.
Observations of life in an extended power failure by Bart D. (Australia)
South Oz is continuing with its streak of extreme weather. The latest being our encounter with what's being described as a category 2 'hurricane' with the added bonus of a severe front preceding it that produced many low-grade tornados. A score of major power transmission towers were twisted off their footings, 80 000 lightning strikes fried out a lot of 'secondary' electricity infrastructure ... 40% of power that is usually being generated from wind had to be shut down due to extreme winds and base load backup generators failed in many locations (including my region).
Power 'gradually' returning after blackout plunged state into darkness
End result ... entire state without electricity for a day and a half. Some regions, including my home region, (about the size of the state of Tasmania) were without electricity for 3 nights and 2.5 days.
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Cook food. Propane BBQ in the back yard.
A very good reminder, thanks for posting this.
12-15 are revealing. Guy is arguably a ‘prepper’ if low key.
He ran his generator A LOT. I guess he really DID have lots of fuel.
in HIS locale, I wonder what the demographics are, given no looting or otherwise uncivil behavior.
3 days is easy. Now make it 3 weeks, 3 months. etc.
Still revealing how fundamentally clueless most folks are.
We had experienced the extended power outage a few summers ago. People started to panic when they realized water is pumped inland from the lake and without power, there is no potable water.
More locally, I had batteries, propane, firewood, food and could even make my morning coffee. Had neighbors over for breakfast off the firepit and dinner was shared around their fireplace. It was actually kind of nice for a few days. As we listened to the radio for news of when things would come back online, but suddenly the real outside world didn’t seem to mean as much, didn’t seem as pressing.
Maybe it was because we were prepared, but even the announcement to conserve drinking water didn’t frighten us.
Your socks don’t match, and your ice cream melts?
Ping for later!
New South Wales in Australia is too busy these days with its idiot elected officials condemning Trump as a “revolting slug” “unfit for the Presidency.”
Do they care if their Beer is Warm or Cold ?
Not a lot in my experience.
Uh here in Beautiful Apex NC I lost power for 4 days. Spent the days at work or out or at my kid’s house. The eves in the Dark house lest someone try to break in. Am now going to buy a generator as I’ve been through this (successfully as here I write) too many times. Have a switch-box put in for all the big things and be the envy of my neighbors (about 5 or 6 of them already have one):.)
“3 days is easy. Now make it 3 weeks, 3 months. etc.”
Twill make you wish your home is situated such that GRAVITY will get your water AND flush the toilet Downhill....
From wiki:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Monsters_Are_Due_on_Maple_Street
The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street is episode 22 of The Twilight Zone.
Synopsis- The scene cuts to a nearby hilltop, where it is revealed the mysterious meteor that had flown overhead is, indeed, an alien spaceship. Its inhabitants, two alien but humanoid observers, are watching the riot on Maple Street while using a device to manipulate the neighborhood’s power. They comment on how easy it was to create paranoia and panic by turning off the electricity, and conclude that the easiest way to conquer the planet is to let the people become their own worst enemies. They also discuss the fact that the Earth is “full of Maple Streets” and that they plan on moving from “one to the other.”..................
Rod Serling probably had it right.
Eat the ice cream first.
Three days without FR???????
Its good to be prepared.
We have a generator, MREs and plenty of ammo.
Yeah, better than gold and silver!
Hate to say it guy, but that's not "extended" ...that's a weekend backpacking trip for us. Generally, not even a running water faucet around either. Or a cell tower.
It’ll make you wish for some way to power at least the water pump and the fridge, and a few lights at night. You’ll come to really appreciate a nice gas grill. You’ll also come to appreciate a wood stove if it’s winter, and a house with good cross-ventilation and shade trees if it’s summer. You can spend an arm and a leg for a whole house, instant on generator, or you can be more selective and keep the expense in check. Solar can work well for limited uses, like a well pump.
Go down to local Planet Fitness, hook up a bunch of alternators and batteries to the treadmills and act the slave galley master.
“Run you dirty dhimmi dogs, run I say”
chanting “ Mens sana in corpore sano” all the while”
win-win all around with bonus of denying them CNN for a while.
Buddy in SC was out of power for a week after the last hurricane. Finally bought a generator and two hours later the power came back on. He says it had been 37 years since they’d had a prolonged outage like that. Reckon he’s prepared now.
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