Electric grids. Zombies. (Tallen :D)
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Topic: Electric grids. Zombies. (Tallen :D)
Posted By: Hysteria
Subject: Electric grids. Zombies. (Tallen :D)
Date 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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Posted By: stratoaxe
Date 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 By: usafpilot07
Date 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 By: JohnnyCanuck
Date 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 ------------- Imagine there’s a picture of your favourite thing here. |
Posted By: Reb Cpl
Date Posted: 18 October 2010 at 8:11pm
Ditto. I almost feel like I HAVE to watch it. ------------- ? |
JohnnyCanuck wrote:Posted By: Dune
Date Posted: 18 October 2010 at 8:23pm
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 By: choopie911
Date Posted: 18 October 2010 at 8:49pm
http://io9.com/5662593/the-us-electrical-grid-is-too-crappy-to-be-vulnerable-to-terrorist-attack-say-physicists - US Power grid too crappy to be vulnerable |
Posted By: Tolgak
Date 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 By: agentwhale007
Date 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. |
Posted By: Shub
Date Posted: 18 October 2010 at 10:53pm
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. |
Posted By: brihard
Date Posted: 19 October 2010 at 3:13am
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Awesome book. I think I know what I'm (re)reading next. ------------- "Abortion is not "choice" in America. It is forced and the democrats are behind it, with the goal of eugenics at its foundation." -FreeEnterprise, 21 April 2011. Yup, he actually said that. |
Posted By: agentwhale007
Date Posted: 19 October 2010 at 11:21am
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 By: Mack
Date Posted: 19 October 2010 at 11:39am
Great post Choop. I LOLed quite a bit as I worked my way through the article. ------------- 
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Posted By: Hysteria
Date Posted: 19 October 2010 at 1:04pm
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. |
Posted By: ParielIsBack
Date 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. ------------- BU Engineering 2012 |