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Re: Coronal mass ejection impact imminent, two more earth-directed CMEs

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Post by encoderer »

sillysaurusx wrote: post #3

Can you really call yourself a prepper if you don’t have a faraday cage with a spare laptop inside? (The intersection of doomerism and tech is amusingly cyberpunk sometimes.) Actually, what’s the most useful way you’d prepare for a worldwide grid outage? This isn’t that, but sometimes I wonder if a future CME might be as catastrophic as some say.

With limited resources you have to choose: are you trying to prepare to keep life ~normal for a brief period waiting on a recovery or rescue, or are you trying to prepare for survival in a drastically less resourced world.

These are very different things.

Re: Coronal mass ejection impact imminent, two more earth-directed CMEs

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Post by wing-_-nuts »

remlov wrote: post #27
belter wrote: post #13

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Or load on ammunition, and be ready for your neighbor to go cannibalistic within 3 months...

Try days, not months. Especially in densely populated areas.

You do realize humanity has had countless famines before right? I grant you, a few of them brought out a regrettable side of humanity but by and large people come together during times of hardship, they don't tear each other apart. I feel like only those who've never felt hunger could contemplate such a savage reaction.

Re: Coronal mass ejection impact imminent, two more earth-directed CMEs

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Post by tetris11 »

digging wrote: post #38
ryandrake wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

LOL we saw how that played out with COVID. 1/2 your "community" is going to deny the disaster and deliberately worsen it. 1/2 (with some overlap) is going to go from grocery store to grocery store buying all the necessities to resell them later. EDIT: Wow, I know HN wears rose-colored glasses when looking at the past, but come on, people. We didn't hallucinate the antimaskers, antivaxxers, and thousands of protestors…

That was actually more of a demonstration of the utter lack of community in our society, among other things.

that's the parents point though

Re: Coronal mass ejection impact imminent, two more earth-directed CMEs

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Post by steve1977 »

voisin wrote: post #22
sillysaurusx wrote: post #3

Can you really call yourself a prepper if you don’t have a faraday cage with a spare laptop inside? (The intersection of doomerism and tech is amusingly cyberpunk sometimes.) Actually, what’s the most useful way you’d prepare for a worldwide grid outage? This isn’t that, but sometimes I wonder if a future CME might be as catastrophic as some say.

Best way to prep is strong community connections around you. Community is resiliency.

Just be aware that what looks like a strong community can quickly turn into something else once the sh* hits the fan...

Re: Coronal mass ejection impact imminent, two more earth-directed CMEs

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Post by anigbrowl »

digging wrote: post #38
ryandrake wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

LOL we saw how that played out with COVID. 1/2 your "community" is going to deny the disaster and deliberately worsen it. 1/2 (with some overlap) is going to go from grocery store to grocery store buying all the necessities to resell them later. EDIT: Wow, I know HN wears rose-colored glasses when looking at the past, but come on, people. We didn't hallucinate the antimaskers, antivaxxers, and thousands of protestors…

That was actually more of a demonstration of the utter lack of community in our society, among other things.

That's the point. In many respects, community life is just a polite facade.

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Post by [deleted] »

calvinmorrison wrote: post #14
bigDinosaur wrote: post #8

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Ignoring unrealistic preparations for most of us (such as bunkers and whatever else), an adequate supply of food and water to handle disruptions to logistics for a realistic amount of time must surely be the lowest hanging fruit (e.g. a month?). This is fairly trivial if you aim for things like rice and pasta, and if the grid goes down for longer than a month a lot of us are dying regardless of how we prepare.

If you are in the US, the best preparation you can have is to be able to relocate during an emergency. Do not get stuck in Katrina so to speak. Having transport to other parts of the country is the best bet.

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Re: Coronal mass ejection impact imminent, two more earth-directed CMEs

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Post by [deleted] »

ryandrake wrote: post #28
voisin wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Best way to prep is strong community connections around you. Community is resiliency.

LOL we saw how that played out with COVID. 1/2 your "community" is going to deny the disaster and deliberately worsen it. 1/2 (with some overlap) is going to go from grocery store to grocery store buying all the necessities to resell them later. EDIT: Wow, I know HN wears rose-colored glasses when looking at the past, but come on, people. We didn't hallucinate the antimaskers, antivaxxers, and thousands of protestors…

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Re: Coronal mass ejection impact imminent, two more earth-directed CMEs

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Post by komali2 »

ryandrake wrote: post #28
voisin wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Best way to prep is strong community connections around you. Community is resiliency.

LOL we saw how that played out with COVID. 1/2 your "community" is going to deny the disaster and deliberately worsen it. 1/2 (with some overlap) is going to go from grocery store to grocery store buying all the necessities to resell them later. EDIT: Wow, I know HN wears rose-colored glasses when looking at the past, but come on, people. We didn't hallucinate the antimaskers, antivaxxers, and thousands of protestors…

I didn't have either of those issues in my community, I'm sorry yours had those issues. In ours we formed bubbles, shared food, cooked meals together, and played an absolutely stunning volume of retro multiplayer games. Covid was awful but I think I'll always fondly remember some of those nights.

Re: Coronal mass ejection impact imminent, two more earth-directed CMEs

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Post by adamomada »

ryandrake wrote: post #28
voisin wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Best way to prep is strong community connections around you. Community is resiliency.

LOL we saw how that played out with COVID. 1/2 your "community" is going to deny the disaster and deliberately worsen it. 1/2 (with some overlap) is going to go from grocery store to grocery store buying all the necessities to resell them later. EDIT: Wow, I know HN wears rose-colored glasses when looking at the past, but come on, people. We didn't hallucinate the antimaskers, antivaxxers, and thousands of protestors…

In a real disaster, there won’t be any buying or selling
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