Note: This was written by hand in pen on paper.
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~~~~~~~~ Chapter Zero ~~~~~~~~~~~
It was 4:39 AM according to the clock in the van. I went back to sleep. When I awoke in the morning the power was still out. It stayed out.
About 3/4ths of the World's population died over the next few years.
All the money in all the bank's computers vanished. No oil was pumped. No computers, telephones, TV... No gas for trucks to bring food to the city... The people that lived off the grid survived and thrived. All the stuff survived... Thank God for the Bic Lighter. Fire is Good.
~~~~~~~~ Chapter One ~~~~~~~~~
It started to get cold. I started writing this diary using a pen on paper. (a mostly blank report from Merrill Lynch - USPS Junk Mail).
I can hear little birds. The police drove into King Salmon and Flashed Red, White and Blue Lights then drove away... A PG&E Truck drove by and then drove by again going in the other direction. Doing Recon. At this point in time I do not know if this is The End [link to doors song]
The water works at home. No Phone, No Computers, No Cooking, Heat? Unknown. Battery backup on thermostat? No Electricity.
It was rainy and windy last night but not excessively so. I could see the blinking channel lights in the bay but King Salmon was Dark.
I wonder... What IF the electricity went out worldwide forever...
Would I be one of the survivors of a Techno-Industrial Collapse? What can I do to thrive in the Post Apocalypse? What can we do?
"After the Global Economic Collapse You and I will breed a new race."
"Oh Boy! That sounds like fun!"
Or we could build Sailboats with fishing poles. Three masted schooners with large nets. Great for catching fish in a world without electricity. Feeding the People.
Or we could grow our own...
~~~~~~~~~~~ Chapter Two ~~~~~~~~~~
Time Passes... (What else would Time Do?)
"Well, look at that" says I staring at a glowing lightbulb...
It looks like a UFO hovering near the ceiling... and then it flew away...
So, This individual level 5 catastrophic event did not come to pass this time... Will Our Hero Learn from this experience and Thrive in the Post Apocalypse techno industrial wasteland?
As it turns out... NO... a couple of days later, the internet went out for a day...
Suddenlink to the rescue! Three trucks and a PG&E truck too.
Official PG&E Outages Webpage Searchable Map.
http://www.pge.com/myhome/outages/outage/
at the time I typed this story, We were at the center of a known outage caused by equipment overload. Possibly an indoor marijuana farm using grow lights... Makes you wonder...
![[Speculative fiction in the What If? Genre.] Note: This was written by hand in pen on paper.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXY8ZhwnGdZFHy82biPe4q2I7iVVoRSoYcOMdsSVs5W-lJefCv9WW4V1oLzmZve3UIX1bgprOZttntvUPYx9myfr3WsQu5nzixRfjWS4oOw04tGoEkFL0Bv-unJ-RLbs7axzbRyuFL3LrT/s1600/working-title-productions-the-day-the-power-failed-permanently-greg-vanderlaan.jpg)
It was 4:39 AM according to the clock in the van. I went back to sleep. When I awoke in the morning the power was still out. It stayed out.
About 3/4ths of the World's population died over the next few years.
All the money in all the bank's computers vanished. No oil was pumped. No computers, telephones, TV... No gas for trucks to bring food to the city... The people that lived off the grid survived and thrived. All the stuff survived... Thank God for the Bic Lighter. Fire is Good.
~~~~~~~~ Chapter One ~~~~~~~~~
It started to get cold. I started writing this diary using a pen on paper. (a mostly blank report from Merrill Lynch - USPS Junk Mail).
I can hear little birds. The police drove into King Salmon and Flashed Red, White and Blue Lights then drove away... A PG&E Truck drove by and then drove by again going in the other direction. Doing Recon. At this point in time I do not know if this is The End [link to doors song]
The water works at home. No Phone, No Computers, No Cooking, Heat? Unknown. Battery backup on thermostat? No Electricity.
It was rainy and windy last night but not excessively so. I could see the blinking channel lights in the bay but King Salmon was Dark.
I wonder... What IF the electricity went out worldwide forever...
Would I be one of the survivors of a Techno-Industrial Collapse? What can I do to thrive in the Post Apocalypse? What can we do?
"After the Global Economic Collapse You and I will breed a new race."
"Oh Boy! That sounds like fun!"
Or we could build Sailboats with fishing poles. Three masted schooners with large nets. Great for catching fish in a world without electricity. Feeding the People.
Or we could grow our own...
~~~~~~~~~~~ Chapter Two ~~~~~~~~~~
Time Passes... (What else would Time Do?)
"Well, look at that" says I staring at a glowing lightbulb...
It looks like a UFO hovering near the ceiling... and then it flew away...
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| Note the Turtle's Shadow on the ceiling... as If the Turtle is Riding the UFO! |
So, This individual level 5 catastrophic event did not come to pass this time... Will Our Hero Learn from this experience and Thrive in the Post Apocalypse techno industrial wasteland?
As it turns out... NO... a couple of days later, the internet went out for a day...
Suddenlink to the rescue! Three trucks and a PG&E truck too.
Official PG&E Outages Webpage Searchable Map.
http://www.pge.com/myhome/outages/outage/
at the time I typed this story, We were at the center of a known outage caused by equipment overload. Possibly an indoor marijuana farm using grow lights... Makes you wonder...
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