Life without electricity.

will rub two sticks together for fire

would suck big time

I'll bet they can go longer without electricity than food!

Storing food the old fashion way is beyond most folks...I really would begin to worry about the supply of food, rather than the luxury of electricity

Last Edited by M*walk on 12/28/2020 02:54 PM

Heating your home, is relative to where you live.
Where I live we do not need that much heat.

But one could construct a solar furnace or a rocket stove mass heating system.

Storing food is not a big problem, except for meat. You just shift to old fashioned methods, brining, smoking, etc.
Vegetables can be stored in a root cellar or in sand filled pots( ie. a pot-in-pot refrigerator).

A small wood fire(Dakota hole) would probably be used for cooking.

Heating your home, water, sewer, laundry, darkness.

Thats one option!
Sex is always a useful commodity!

Last Edited by TempusFugitive on 12/28/2020 03:07 PM

i did , in 04 when i took a cat 4 and cat 5 to the face one after the other . 2 months no running water or electricity.

That must of been a good learning experience.

Reminds me of old Soviet joke

What did the socialist use for light before candles?




























ELECTRICITY!!!

With the magnetic excursion well underway, we're within 15-25 years of a grids being destroyed with a strong solar flare. This WILL be our reality.

Get used to stone age living by 2032 as a way to hedge your bets.

Good one

I think Id just make a toilet at beach for dumps. Get clean with a bar of soap. Maybe get minerals from seawater. Fish. I make a sock pebble weapon just in case. Indoors would then be warm.

Hardly a tropical paradise but a bbq fish after a swim is better than the concrete jungle ( although it still is )

I did it for approx. 24-25 days after hurricane Katrina flooded my house. I had a five year old and a two year old, to boot. I kept thinking what a luxury it would be to be without electricity and toilets BUT in a house that was still intact and had functioning furniture. That's how bad it was: stone age bad.

We can take so much more than we realize. Throughout time people have lived entire lives without luxuries we take for granted.

To be specific, though, in answering your question...the first week is tough but then you develop new adaptations, new ways of doing things that better match your circumstances. By the third week I had grown accustomed to it and the miracle of it all was that we spent more time talking and listening to each other in the absence of electric distraction.

It's terrible, but some good comes of it, too. Weird experience, but survivable in most climates with hard work and smart adapting.

If everyone loses electricity permanently, the last thing we'll be worried about is having no electricity.

We'll be running for our lives, after we realize the futility of trying to defend our home against the encroaching hordes that will be roaming everywhere looking for food, weapons, shelter, etc.

You can only stand your ground against the hordes for so long before your ammo runs out.

No electricity means life on the run, trying to stay one day ahead of the gangs who'll kill you just for a can of Spam.

My advice: Get a good map (the kind that loggers use for the backwoods), get a good knife, get a good backpack and fill it only with essentials (sleeping bag, warm clothing, matches, water filter), and plan multiple escape routes now. Chances are that you might end up having to leave without your map, knife, backpack, etc., so at least have a clue as to what your best escape route options are. Planning your escape routes now may mean the difference between living and dying when the time comes for you to get out of Dodge.

This. If you're in a large population center chances are there will be no viable escape route and your chances of survival are basically 0.

The farther you get from the cities the more escape routes available and the higher your chances of survival provided you know what you're doing.

You call them Trees


We call it Fire Wood.

It would be hard as hell.

Many would die.

I have a fireplace and my wood would only last about month tops. I would heat food and water with a rocket-stove and I have a full tank of propane for grill. I would probably only take Mexican showers and eat light. But it's only me here..I couldn't imagine having little ones.

I have 3 cords of wood and a wood stove.

I've been planning on this very subject.

It would suck but we'll manage just fine after I shoot my panicky old lady. She freaks out when the lights flicker.

Some will say, not worried because they have cryptos...

As much as we would hate it. It would save humanity.

The sun could save us with a CME.

Last Edited by Xeven on 12/28/2020 04:46 PM

How many cats do you have?

y heat your home? if you have wood stoves yeah. other wise put on you bibs and crack a beer. never been ice fishing or hunting?

y is some one always asking how do we without electrify. big picture its rather new.

build a blanket fort.

Last Edited by OldCar on 12/28/2020 04:50 PM

ahahaha ... 6 mini propane tanks .... 2 or 3 large ones with a converter...newer style indoor propane heater...propane outdoor grill ... indoor propane cooker


pots pans ... food stocked up in the middle of winter in my region can just be put in the snow ..


fucking covid .... at least 6-9 months of dried food,frozen food, nuts ...ahahahhahaha


this is going to be fun


oh, and a shit ton of batteries and battery powered lanterns ... ooooo tenting inside in the middle of winter inside a house pretending to be camping


holy fuck@!!!! that would be the time of my life


how long without power? 2 weeks ... like the ice storm we had back in 2016? .... 2015? ... that was epic!!!!


sweeeeettttt!!!!!!!

Been there, done that several times. It’s not as hard or bad as you think. Slower pace - different lifestyle.

oooooo ... and the most important part...


the means to protect it

hehehehe

but winter is such of fu$king tease ..


it will be like 2-3 inches at most ... spread over 12 hours


so exciting ...


snore ......

you are underestimating people,
we are excellent at adapting and changing habits

we have just been too comfortable for too long, some will struggle to adapt , but they will