Some of the plants would continue to operate for a while but if the grids go down it's a moot point. Also the bulk of their plants or coal and natural gas powered.
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "Mr. Worf" <hellomahog...@...> wrote: > > I can understand power plants like a nuclear plant, but power plants like > Hoover dam could run for some time until there are failures of the turbines. > > > On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 11:58 AM, B Smith <daikaij...@...> wrote: > > > Give it an episode or two and everything you guys mentioned will start to > > be answered. This was an intro episode and they spent more time introducing > > characters than getting to the nuts and bolts of survival. > > > > The survivors we have met so far are by an large urbanites who are pretty > > clueless about how stuff works. They kept thinking the government would get > > it's act together and establish some order but that all went down the tubes. > > I think that actually helped me enjoy the show. In the aftermath of a > > disaster this size people like Greg would be few and far between. > > > > BTW they initially thought that 10% of the population would be immune but > > it turned out to be less than 1%. England would have about 500,000 people > > scattered around post virus. The show is set in the Manchester area which > > has a roughly comparable population to Denver, Cleveland or pre-Katrina New > > Orleans. So that leaves roughly 25,000 people alive in that area. Someone > > mentioned going to London and Greg told them it was a bad idea. So as bad as > > things were where they were it was far better than London. > > > > As far as the power issue I was reading up on it and a catastrophic failure > > of the power grid can happen in less than a day if the plants aren't > > properly monitored, fueled, etc. If some of the powerplants failed early on > > it could have a cascading effect and end up taking down the entire grid. > > Imagine a country full of accidents like gas station explosion and it would > > make sense why they didn't have power. > > > > > > > > --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "Mr. Worf" <HelloMahogany@> wrote: > > > > > > Another thing about the show that bugged me was who would allow their > > > families and the rest of the country to die in order to keep a secret for > > > the government or company? > > > > > > On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 12:44 AM, Mr. Worf <hellomahogany@> wrote: > > > > > > > Solar panels, windmills and batteries would be the first thing I grab > > after > > > > securing everything else. It would be nice to watch a movie once in a > > while. > > > > Your husband is correct about grabbing books on how to do things. You > > will > > > > definitely need all of that info. > > > > > > > > On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 11:11 PM, Tracey de Morsella < > > > > tdlists@> wrote: > > > > > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> Electric is going to go too. It they got a diesel they could make > > fuel > > > >> from cooking waste and tons of cooking oil let in all the stores. > > > >> (Treehugger in the house). I like your idea of going to Buckingham > > > >> palace. I was telling my husband that I would stay in London an look > > for > > > >> one of the old mansions that they used to build in the center of town > > that > > > >> usually get turned into museums. Buckingham palace will do just fine. > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> What is driving me crazy is that people who see no people are so > > willing > > > >> to leave each other when they may not see anyone for ages. I will > > watch it, > > > >> but character motivation in this thing sucks. > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> My husband said he would go around to hoard tools as over times they > > would > > > >> become scarce. I said I would raid libraries and books stores so I > > could get > > > >> a community of people learning critical skills for survival. > > Medicine, > > > >> construction, engineering, etc. I also would go after seeds for > > planting > > > >> veggies and fruits. > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> What would be the first thing you would go after once you secured the > > > >> palace J > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> *From:* scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:scifino...@yahoogroups.com] > > *On > > > >> Behalf Of *Mr. Worf > > > >> *Sent:* Monday, February 15, 2010 10:41 PM > > > >> *To:* scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > > > >> *Subject:* Re: [scifinoir2] Survivors? > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> Yea that was a bit stupid. I didn't understand why water and power cut > > off > > > >> only after 3 days. That made no sense to me at all. Another was no one > > > >> thought of walking over to the toyota dealer and taking a new prius > > running > > > >> on electric power instead of worrying about gas. > > > >> > > > >> I can understand that after everyone dying off it would make sense > > that > > > >> people would be a little dazed for a while until reality starts to set > > in. > > > >> Only the black guy took the time to grab supplies and a good vehicle > > that > > > >> can drive off road. > > > >> > > > >> If I were them I would go to Buckingham palace. It has tons of animals > > and > > > >> veggies. Plus lots of safety zones and large weapons cache. > > > >> > > > >> On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 10:03 PM, Tracey de Morsella < > > > >> tdlists@> wrote: > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> Its passable, but Iââ¬â¢m underwhelmed. Plus, I get the idea that > > > >> they > > said > > > >> 10% of the population would survive. That a great deal more than the > > > >> sparseness of people that we are seeing. Additionally, people are not > > > >> really responding in a way consistent how I think some would respond > > to > > > >> Armageddon.. Other than the Black guy and finally the woman, people > > are > > > >> aimless with no indication of coming up with a course of action. > > While not > > > >> everyone is a planner, some doctors, engineers, and managers after a > > few > > > >> days would become aware of the ramifications of their situation and > > start > > > >> trying to figure out a plan of survival. > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> These people just drive around for days and days. Makes no sense that > > > >> driving aimlessly would be everyoneââ¬â¢s way of handling it.. I > > > >> hate > > shows > > > >> that do not even bother with having a technical expert to consult with > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> *From:* scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:scifino...@yahoogroups.com] > > *On > > > >> Behalf Of *Mr. Worf > > > >> *Sent:* Monday, February 15, 2010 9:00 PM > > > >> *To:* scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > > > >> *Subject:* [scifinoir2] Survivors? > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> Did anyone watch this show? 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