Shandlanos 1,470 Posted August 3, 2014 Report Share Posted August 3, 2014 Grid down is super fucking bad - but it's not as bad as never having had a grid - for those who survive the initial shock of food and fuel distribution failing, anyway.Seriously, power going out for an extended period of time is really bad - but it's not as bad as living in the ebola mud forest foraging for nuts and monkey flesh. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
XD45 7,124 Posted August 3, 2014 Report Share Posted August 3, 2014 Really? So you think people who have lived their lives without a power grid will do worse than people who have never known a day without starbucks and facebook? Most Americans have never eaten a meal that wasn't grown by someone using the power grid, distributed by someone using the power grid, sold by someone using the power grid. All that we have relies on the grid. And we rely on all that we have to live. Take away the power and all that remains of the infrastructure is irrelevant. But this thread is about ebola. And ebola won't knock out the grid. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Shandlanos 1,470 Posted August 3, 2014 Report Share Posted August 3, 2014 Like I said - everyone that survives the initial shock The 2% who survive will have it way better than Liberian forest dwellers.Ebola could potentially knock out the grid, indirectly - enough of the population sick or dead and there aren't enough people left to keep all the shit running.Incredibly unlikely - but this is a paranoia thread, so it's okay to think that way. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JESS1344 508 Posted August 4, 2014 Report Share Posted August 4, 2014 GUYS "At around 11pm on Sunday, the Department of Health said that tests for the deadly Ebola virus on the woman who died at Gatwick had proved negative." WOULD THEY TELL THE TRUTH IF IT WERE OTHERWISE; I'M NOT CONFIDENT..... JESS1344 Click here: Ebola terror at Gatwick as passenger collapses and dies getting off Sierra Leone flight - Mirror Online Quote Link to post Share on other sites
IndyArms 10,186 Posted August 4, 2014 Report Share Posted August 4, 2014 Its in England... not sure how twisted up the british government system is... we KNOW how fucked OURS is... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
magsite20 1,664 Posted August 4, 2014 Report Share Posted August 4, 2014 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntLsElbW9Xo Quote Link to post Share on other sites
XD45 7,124 Posted August 4, 2014 Report Share Posted August 4, 2014 Patient Zero? http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/05/health/patient-at-mount-sinai-has-ebola-like-symptoms-hospital-says.html?_r=0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Big John! 2,062 Posted August 5, 2014 Report Share Posted August 5, 2014 Patient Zero? http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/05/health/patient-at-mount-sinai-has-ebola-like-symptoms-hospital-says.html?_r=0 I heard about this earlier today. They sure aren't too hot on spreading the info on this. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wasrNwarpaint 184 Posted August 5, 2014 Report Share Posted August 5, 2014 CNN is reporting they have been given an experimental drug which may or may not have saved their lives...we will see http://www.cnn.com/2014/08/04/health/ebola-drug-questions/index.html?hpt=hp_t1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DogMan 2,343 Posted August 5, 2014 Report Share Posted August 5, 2014 I realize it's still early, but civilization seems to be holding up remarkably well. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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