What would you do if the world was constantly bombarded with EMPs?

Dr. Baltar

Knocking all electrical equipment out for the forseeable future. No Internet, no starting of cars due to lack of spark plugs, no radio, no tv, no mobile phones, no computers, no watches, no microwaves, no lightbulbs, no atms...

I'm 20 years of age, and only a few days ago I was thinking about how reliant we have become on the internet. One could literally spend the rest of their lives living indoors, working from home, ordering the shopping from home ect...

I mean imagine a world if even the internet stopped existing tomorrow...

dunworth1

we would all get off our asses and go do something creative.

as i read you post i thought of the simpsons episode where the tv goes off and everyone goes out and has fun

Pdfile

Dr. Baltar wrote: »

Knocking all electrical equipment out for the forseeable future. No Internet, no starting of cars due to lack of spark plugs, no radio, no tv, no mobile phones, no computers, no watches, no microwaves, no lightbulbs, no atms...

I'm 20 years of age, and only a few days ago I was thinking about how reliant we have become on the internet. One could literally spend the rest of their lives living indoors, working from home, ordering the shopping from home ect...

I mean imagine a world if even the internet stopped existing tomorrow...

shut up shut up shut up i cant hear you * puts fingers in ears*

lalalalalalalalalalalala.

scientific1982

Dr. Baltar wrote: »

Knocking all electrical equipment out for the forseeable future. No Internet, no starting of cars due to lack of spark plugs, no radio, no tv, no mobile phones, no computers, no watches, no microwaves, no lightbulbs, no atms...

I'm 20 years of age, and only a few days ago I was thinking about how reliant we have become on the internet. One could literally spend the rest of their lives living indoors, working from home, ordering the shopping from home ect...

I mean imagine a world if even the internet stopped existing tomorrow...

We would have to start again. There would be absolute chaos for months, maybe even years. A lot of people would die and it would take literally decades to get back on track.

MrStuffins

fap......






...... a lot!!!

some_dose

Simple - I'd grab myself some beers and go fishing

Captainship

Dr. Baltar wrote: »

Knocking all electrical equipment out for the forseeable future. No Internet, no starting of cars due to lack of spark plugs, no radio, no tv, no mobile phones, no computers, no watches, no microwaves, no lightbulbs, no atms...

I'm 20 years of age, and only a few days ago I was thinking about how reliant we have become on the internet. One could literally spend the rest of their lives living indoors, working from home, ordering the shopping from home ect...

I mean imagine a world if even the internet stopped existing tomorrow...

Bring my rifle,10000 rounds,a backpack and move into the mountains.
No looking back.

sponsoredwalk

If EMP's fired continuously we could put steel around whatever devices
we wanted to use.

Basically the moral of this fascinating story is that we'd fix/stop whatever
was causing the problem or find ways to cope - electricity is here to stay

Captainship

sponsoredwalk wrote: »

If EMP's fired continuously we could put steel around whatever devices
we wanted to use.

Basically the moral of this fascinating story is that we'd fix/stop whatever
was causing the problem or find ways to cope - electricity is here to stay

Dont think its that easy i am afraid.Its not just to fix something that cant be fixed

sponsoredwalk

Captainship wrote: »

Dont think its that easy i am afraid.
Its not just to fix something that cant be fixed

Well if we're honest we'd need nuclear bombs going off in the air continuously
in order to generate such large EMP's and failing that we could only use
short range non-nuclear EMP's which would have to recharge continuously.
I don't see why it's not easier to pull the plug

I think the OP was trying to talk about life without technology so I think it
would be better to just talk about people living in the woods because
when you're telling people a problem is cauing it there are some of us who'll
just have to find a way to fix it :pac:

Captainship

sponsoredwalk wrote: »

Well if we're honest we'd need nuclear bombs going off in the air continuously
in order to generate such large EMP's and failing that we could only use
short range non-nuclear EMP's which would have to recharge continuously.
I don't see why it's not easier to pull the plug

I think the OP was trying to talk about life without technology so I think it
would be better to just talk about people living in the woods because
when you're telling people a problem is cauing it there are some of us who'll
just have to find a way to fix it :pac:

True but without electronics its back to basic,so bring out the old campinggear,and find a cave to stay in.

robbie_998

i'd post about it on boards

BLACKEN

Captainship wrote: »

True but without electronics its back to basic,so bring out the old campinggear,and find a cave to stay in.

Why exactly would we go find a cave to live in???
............ Okay you go do that while i'll stay in my nice warm house! .............. Bloody mountain men! :pac:

Captainship

BLACKEN wrote: »

Why exactly would we go find a cave to live in???
............ Okay you go do that while i'll stay in my nice warm house! .............. Bloody mountain men! :pac:

I am more of a fan of the old caveman club woman bring home to cave thing!!!!!And its cheaper too!!

Dravokivich

Break out the ole porno mag collection...

syklops

I'd make a tinfoil hat and listen to my MP3 player.

Caoimhín

syklops wrote: »

I'd make a tinfoil hat.

You mean you dont have one already? How do you block out the aliens voices?

Samba

You may not have to imagine anything OP.

http://www.ifandp.com/article/005980.html

The Earths magnetic field usually protects us from such events but occasionally solar flares can penetrate also studies have shown that the field is currently weakening.

They've knocked out power grids before and they will again.

Solar flares are way better than an EMP you get the added bonus of radiation.

OP you've been playing far too much Modern Warfare.

The Rook

THere's a really good book called One Second After by William R. Forstchen that goes into the finer details of an EMP over America and how it affects people in a particular town and it's environ.

Bloody freaky, but would seriously recommend it!

Hasmunch

Hss someone being wactching the matrix late at night again OP?

orourkeda

I'd buy porno mags. Redtube would just be a distant memory

CreepingDeath

sponsoredwalk wrote: »

If EMP's fired continuously we could put steel around whatever devices
we wanted to use.

It's not that simple.
Yes a "faradays cage" of any conductive metal around a vulnerable electronics device would protect it, but the main danger is with the high tension power lines across the country.

An EMP would induce a huge current in those, blowing out substations which weren't designed to handle random and huge spikes in the current.

funk-you

I'd fashion a few weapons, grab a loincloth and a club and give the girlfriend an auld smack round the head of a Friday evening.

-Funk

ShooterSF

orourkeda wrote: »

I'd buy porno mags. Redtube would just be a distant memory

I hope your rich because porno mags are gonna get pricey my friend. For you see without any ability to print or to buy any other way than in person you're looking at second-hand (eww) mags sold by your local trader and the occasional traveling Porn cartel.

It's the kids I feel sorry for. They'll have porno mags that have been "used" for decades..

sensibleken

Play banjo :-)

Stercus Accidit

In this thread, the producers of 2012 look for ideas for another shitty disaster film.

Sykk

I'd miss it for about a week, then probably wouldn't care.

Terry

Wouldn't the first batch of EMPs disable other EMP devices?

Would it really be worth living in a world without television? I think the survivors would envy the dead

Black Swan

Fashion model chic tinfoil outfits.

cherryghost

God bless my water powered PC

kylith

I'd get a horse and a gun and stock up on books at the local library.

gizmo

I'd finally get some use out of my Zombie Survival Guide which I'd adapt to dealing with the lawless mobs now roaming the country. Later in life I'd set up a town whose purpose was to facilitate the bartering of goods for other goods and services. I'd also set up a gladiatorial ring in my little town for the lulz.

Captain Havoc

Surely I'm not the only person here to remember the time before the internet and mobile phones? We used to call to peoples houses to drag them to the pub. We would preplan the next meeting before going seperate ways. Not all that difficult really. The thought of having to pay for porn again *shudders*.

chin_grin

I'd be EMP'd off.

But yeah. There would be bouts of depression. Maybe even suicides as people try to cope without their TV's and PC's and iPhones and iPods and microwaves and.........ad infinitum.

Or just reboot some generators and we'd be fine again. FINE I TELL YA. No, I swears it's just escapism. It's not a trapping of modern life at all! I AM FREE, I AM FREE.........I. AM. FREE.

Or something.

Odaise Gaelach

Remain indoors and try not to think about The Event.

ScumLord

It would only affect electronics that's on wouldn't it? I'd imagine much of the internets backbone is protected from EMP anyway, so we'd only lose domestic electronics which would cause a boom as companies do everything to replace the damaged equipment with EMP proof equipment. Within a year the networks fixed and protected so it won't happen again.

IvyTheTerrible

ScumLord wrote: »

It would only affect electronics that's on wouldn't it? I'd imagine much of the internets backbone is protected from EMP anyway, so we'd only lose domestic electronics which would cause a boom as companies do everything to replace the damaged equipment with EMP proof equipment. Within a year the networks fixed and protected so it won't happen again.

They can also damage electrical grids: http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20126913.100-angry-sun-could-spell-disaster-on-earth.html

juma

Dr. Baltar wrote: »

What would you do if the world was constantly bombarded with EMPs?

Call Jack Bauer...

Captainship

juma wrote: »

Call Jack Bauer...

Or mcgyver