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#1 Post by 450 Martini »

Did anybody see the Drama documentary on Channel 4 a few nights ago called blackout depicting a nationwide power outage. It certainly provides food for thourght, acording to the broardcast it seems the country is filled with panicky idiots. Or is that a insult to the sheeple, sorry people of Great Britain?
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#2 Post by Charlotte the flyer »

I saw it and thought that it was pretty realistic.

Gone is the day of the stiff upper lip unfortunately.

I was actually in a power station control room when this happened http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7423169.stm, it was an erm interesting day.
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The power infastructure dosent take much to knock it out. Thankfully nothing so bad has happened yet...
The section in the film where the bloke who had all the kit but none of the sense and a shouty wife was looted by local thugs strikes me as a bit odd. During major civil disturbances right outside my door i would have had a guard on at all times, especially at night. STAG ON! as my old para friend would say.
I would say i'm pretty well stocked up at the moment, 4500 gallons of fresh water stored in the swimming pool, a months supply of Army rations, plenty of tanked gas, a well stocked armoury all in a fairly rural location. All standard supplies for infastructure destroying disasters. Makes me sound like one of those prepper people on nat geo!
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#4 Post by Charlotte the flyer »

You need an anti-materiel rifle for when the trucks full of soldiers come. The old Henry won't cut it!


It did strike me as odd that they didn't stag. First thing that I'd think of doing and I haven't 'been in' as they say.

If it does ever go south, expect cabals to spring up with groups of people with disparate skills banding together.
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450 Martini wrote:The power infastructure dosent take much to knock it out. Thankfully nothing so bad has happened yet...
The section in the film where the bloke who had all the kit but none of the sense and a shouty wife was looted by local thugs strikes me as a bit odd. During major civil disturbances right outside my door i would have had a guard on at all times, especially at night. STAG ON! as my old para friend would say.
I would say i'm pretty well stocked up at the moment, 4500 gallons of fresh water stored in the swimming pool, a months supply of Army rations, plenty of tanked gas, a well stocked armoury all in a fairly rural location. All standard supplies for infastructure destroying disasters. Makes me sound like one of those prepper people on nat geo!
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#6 Post by Chuck »

450 - yes we are a nation of panickers. And they would all be wanting compo of course

dodgyrog: they'd be there before it got dark - even if the lights went out at midnight in December on a rainy night.

of course you then have a scenario: it's dark, power out nationally and some guys in black with ski masks boot your door in - and you deal with them from your vantage point....voila, you now have some Glocks and MP5's - and a load of ammo and black kit of your own..WAHOOOOO :shakeshout: :shakeshout: :shakeshout:

Of course you'll need them for when their mates show up mob-handed... bangbang bangbang bangbang bangbang :lol:
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Charlotte the flyer wrote:...
I was actually in a power station control room when this happened http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7423169.stm, it was an erm interesting day.
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I have whisky, coal and potatoes a plenty.

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Gun owners better hope that collapse is rapid. If it's a slow slide to anarchy then confiscation will happen.
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#10 Post by Chuck »

But only if you let it............. :squirrel:
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