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It was fun because you knew there would be an end to it and the power would go back on. If it lasted a month and there was no communication, survival mode would
by DonnyV 14y ago
It was fun because you knew there would be an end to it and the power would go back on. If it lasted a month and there was no communication, survival mode would kick in.
- pavel_lishin 14y agoA month is generous, though it depends on the community, I suppose.
- jacquesm 14y agoIf you want to see how strong society is turn off the water supply, and leave it off. Never mind the power.
- Dylan16807 14y agoWhat's that supposed to do, exactly? Worst case is you buy $1 gallons of water at the grocery store for a while and don't shower.
- TeMPOraL 14y agoThe grocery stores will run out of water in the first few hours. That is, every single grocery store. Now what was that again about worst-case?
- Dylan16807 14y agoGreat, now that people are supplied for a couple days let's get into the meat of it. People with wells can supply their neighbors and sell excess water for a nice profit, the police and fire department can take over the reservoirs and help with transport and filling containers... Okay considering the downvotes I suppose I should have laid out my point at first: We use far far more water than we actually need. In an emergency situation it's not extremely hard to get a couple of gallons a day to people. Unless by water supply we actually mean turn off the rain. I have no response to that one. That's not going to impact society, that's going to kill almost every bit of land life across the entire earth.
- jacalata 14y agoAnd don't use the bathroom?
- Firehed 14y agoHumanity got by for quite a long time without flush toilets. That would be relatively low on my list of concerns.
- alexqgb 14y agoHumanity got by without a lot of things for a very long time. But around 1800, the population begun to climb. After taking 200,000 years to reach our first billion we, reached our seventh just 200 years later. A sudden reversion to the conditions known by America's Founding Fathers would leave ~7/8th of the global population unsupported. So yes, flush toilets would be the least of your concerns, what with the zombie apocalypse in full swing and everything.
- Dylan16807 14y agoFlush whenever you want, costs you half a gallon. Is this supposed to be a real objection?
- c0ur7n3y 14y agoIn most areas, if the power is off for more than a few weeks, the water goes off to because the pumps stop running.
- e40 14y agoIMO, it would take far less than a month for things to turn ugly. Once the refrigerators are empty. Also, it depends on whether there is water coming out of the faucets--if pumps are required to maintain pressure, then there will be little water. It could turn ugly very fast.