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Electric grids. Zombies. (Tallen :D) |
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Hysteria 
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 Topic: Electric grids. Zombies. (Tallen :D)Posted: 18 October 2010 at 6:55am |
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My friends were having a discussion about what we would do in various zombie scenarios. The main part we got hung up:
How long would electricity and various similar amenities last? |
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stratoaxe
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Posted: 18 October 2010 at 7:29am |
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Which zombie scenario? Some utilities (especially nuclear power plants) run by pretty strict routines, and so it would depend on if the government was able to contain the buildings in time, and of course if the zombification was airborne / bite / contact spread.
Build a scenario, and then figure out if the government can secure the utility buildings in time. No workers = no utilities.
I think Discovery did a show that examined what would happened if humans suddenly vanished, and they covere all of the intricate details of power / water / etc, and how long it would take for them to start melting down. If you look around, it may be on the interwebs somewhere.
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Posted: 18 October 2010 at 9:00am |
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On life after people, they said the Hoover Dam's grid could last months without people. So I imagine that everything else would be substantially shorter than that.
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Posted: 18 October 2010 at 9:29am |
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you could build a fence that zombies couldn't climb. Speaking of zombies, going to be watching the Walikng Dead, 6 part series on AMC starting oct 31
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Posted: 18 October 2010 at 8:11pm |
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Ditto. I almost feel like I HAVE to watch it. |
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Posted: 18 October 2010 at 8:23pm |
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I posted about this series months ago. If you haven't read the graphic novels it's based on, pick up either volumes 1-12 of the trade books or books 1-6 that covers the series from 2003 until now. It's incredible.
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Posted: 18 October 2010 at 8:49pm |
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US Power grid too crappy to be vulnerable |
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Posted: 18 October 2010 at 9:07pm |
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As far as I know, it wouldn't take fuel too long to degrade into uselessness. Something like a few months at most.
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Posted: 18 October 2010 at 9:17pm |
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If you use The Stand as a basis instead of zombies, it lasts about two weeks.
Then again, after reading that book, and working where I work, I find Captain Trips to be far more scary than zombies. |
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The sweet bonus is that if you own The Stand in hardback, it is big enough to be used as a weapon in the event of the Zombie uprising. |
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Posted: 19 October 2010 at 3:13am |
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Awesome book. I think I know what I'm (re)reading next.
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Posted: 19 October 2010 at 11:21am |
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Haha. Yeah, I read the hardback "complete edition" this summer. It's really an awkward book to try to carry around. But the whole getting back power thing is really interesting, especially the problems they face doing it in the book.
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Posted: 19 October 2010 at 11:39am |
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Great post Choop. I LOLed quite a bit as I worked my way through the article. |
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Hysteria
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Posted: 19 October 2010 at 1:04pm |
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Haha, I'd forgotten that I'd even posted this. Drunken planning for Z-day FTW.
Scenario: standard slow zombies of course - no point in even coming up with a plan for fast zombies - with usual infection method (biting and/or blood-blood contact) and spreading rates. Thanks for the info though guys. This is one thing I've often thought about and never figured out. |
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Posted: 19 October 2010 at 1:47pm |
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Dude, if there are fast zombies I'm just giving up.
I don't want to die tired. |
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