if power and internet went down for two weeks, how would you handle it?
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just thinking I ought to get a satellite phone but they're damn expensive
Vacation from work and internet. Read a few books. Spend my days outside with the kids.
I would probably get a shitload of stuff done since I don't use grid electricity and the internet is a huge distraction in my life.
nice
Damn 2 weeks is a long time… it will be very difficult.
Is it global outage or can we travel?
I guess my first move is to make find friends.
Panic then commit a few crimes
starlink is more useful and they have plans where you only pay for usage
How would your ego handle it?
There are ways for power but im really curious what people will say for internet beyond “starlink”.
I have water and food for the family for two weeks. Plus other supplies. But also 2 weeks is long enough that people would start acting up, having run out of water and food themselves
I have solar, life would go on as normal.
I’d probably have to continue working . Work doesn’t require internet 🤓
That’s what cats are for
My book list is long.
I'd spend my time picking off marauders with my cousin's sniper gun.
Live.
Most would die 🤣
prolly grill some steaks.
Been thinking of turning an old treadle table that used to be used for a sowing machine and generating electricity with it. Could use that to charge a battery to use the damn thing.
on brand
That reminds me to get a hand pump for the well.
likely
Chill at the citadel, cook over fire, fuck the wife
I would probably start to BBQ the half cow and probably about a quarter of a moose that's left in my deep freeze. Unless it's winter then meat in coolers outside and it would be time to go cut some wood to keep the house from freezing up. Thankfully we still have a proper wood fireplace they are kind of a thing of the past around here. Part of me would welcome the break from internet and even electricity but the chaos that would ensure around me would not be I would not lime to see.
A generator won't get you on the internet
Phone will, and if it has power then.. you have Internet.
Be a good time to get stuck into some books 📚 and hiking 🥾
Been there because of a winter storm in 2017, and survived just fine. It was on a horse ranch so lots of tending during the event.
Hold my breath till it came back.
Life would be a lot easier.
I wouldn't have a job to go to, so I could stay home and get more work done at the homestead, which is already off grid.
This literally happened in Houston last year in the middle of Summer. I stayed in the car with the A/C on and worked from my laptop. I've got batteries now.
Did you read what Matt wrote?
me "handling" no electricity
Fine.
It would be a more forced true life experience for many people.
I am not scared about it, and i would hope it could happen one day.
Without power it would be a little quiet for me, I've been used to it since childhood and adolescence to live without electricity for long periods of time between blackouts and rationing, because I was born and raised in one of the poorest regions of Brazil, so its ok for me! As for the internet, it would be complicated but less worse than without power ! 🤪😎
Where I live we had 4 months without electricity up to 14 hours a day. It was devastating for everyone.
Like a boss. I’m already ready for it.
I'd need solar power. I appreciate the reminder 👉
I make a trip to where electricity is available and continue coding on nostr.
Gives me an excuse to stop building stuff and begin to chip at a few books on the book shelf.
The only answer Odell was looking for.
By reading actual books and walking on the beach.
Turn on my meshtastic, realize no one here has any, turn it off and drive to my home state
We goin’ fishin’ 🎣
I'd probably, just think fuck it. I'm going to sleep through it..
Buy as many bitaxes as I can and wait for the difficulty adjustment
I kinda regret selling my starlink now after we got fiber out here in Dickson County... I have a generator. Hopefully can keep my freezers going for 2 weeks. Reminds me I need to stock up on gas.
This is why gas matters....I'll be fine, as many others will be who have not ripped out their gas connections in favour of the clean green motto. As for the internet...just get outside, take some wine, books, be creative.
a lot of card games
Ask a few friends to come live with me and turn on the generator. Enjoy time without blue screens.
Just at my house and for me, I'd be OK. State or nation wide I would be sitting on my roof sniping off gangs pillaging my street.
Solar panels and our whole house battery backup. How 'bout you?
Cash-In-Hand and go buy supplies on the first day.
List of cooking outside and honestly with the current weather that would be the only difference.
If it would be back after two weeks riots could be stopped probably.
For how long?
Do you have v2h from your car? We are still waiting for tesla to deliver in Australia. Was promised end 2024. Still will have the house battery (12kwh) but car backup (70kwh) is excellent for extended periods.
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You know what, I lost power for over a week last year during hurricane season. By the end of it I was a healthier person. Went to bed when it got dark (and it was actually dark, without street lights etc). Read books... overall, lived better except for fresh food.
I’d try my best to stay humble…and wait for the next opportunity to stack sats.
Nope, no motor vehile here
Move the family out to our campsite and enjoy the time
I would not handle that very well....
Everything I do as a vibe emanator kinda requires both, sadly.
Touch grass, eat honey.
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I'd love it. Been waiting for it to crash and never come back. Let's restart with dial up.
The 90s / early 2000s where so great for humanity....
Nonstop gardening, ammo reloading, BBQing
Did that last year with Helene.
We can up tons of garden food every year, doesn’t require refrigeration. Had a generator and gasoline saved up also, so we kept the freezers going. Gas was on, but we also had a wood stove if needed w/ tons of firewoods. My house is by a spring so we have water and a berky filter to clean it
Internet being out wasn’t so bad. We still had a little bit of cell phone signal. Communication was one of my weakest points, which I still need to work on. Luckily I live next to my mom, dad & grandparents. All our neighbors also traded things like gasoline, ice & chainsaws to get through it
Like when a hurricane hits 🤷♀️
I would be stoked. Been prepped up for years.
My home standby generator would handle it
I would pretty much just die
I’d probably literally ride my dirtbike every single day and rejoice
lol my parents are doomsday preppers so I rlly understand this 😂
Living
Whole house generator for the win because it’s miserable hot in Mississippi and I have A LOT of meat frozen!
I’d equal parts miss being connected and relish it, I think.
It be an interesting experiment… a lot would depend on how wide spread… are we talking driving another town over to get fuel or several hours…
Depending on the size of the outage this would be devistating. If you’re talking nation wide it would be chaos and a lot of death in the first two weeks. I’d recommend hunkering down for the first two weeks minimum. Walmart is not where you want to go. Lots of delusional takes in the comments here. You should have water, food, heat and some sort of power figured out for a minimum of a few weeks. This is a good reminder to always ₿ prepping. At least have 2 weeks worth.
Need to prepare. Thx 4 the reminder 🫡
Enjoy the break from work, do an extended fast, go to bed earlier 🤷♂️
i would handle it with my off grid system i.e solar + hydro (creek) + gas generator + starlink + farm that grows most of our veggies, eggs etc.
I would certainly panic at first, but after three to four hours I would start to relax, become aware of the facts and start to read a lot and go out for a walk.
Preparing for that
Two days I'm ok
Sun.
@ODELL I'd reread my paperback copy of mandibles.
Got a generator and can hook it up to my house. Lost power for 6 days once and since I’m on a well, no water makes it miserable.
Oh the irony of Spain demolishing their nuclear power and celebrating it as a win
Vacation
Or staycation
One tip; starlink, small battery, mobile solar
depends what time of the year
I got solar panels and just ordered a generator running on fuel or propane. So power is not the problem.
When it comes to internet... Yes that's a problem.
I would happily join the meshtastic network but with no other peers in around me I am still not able to communicate.
I’m already off grid so I’d be fine. It would be sad to not have internet but I’d just be outside more.
It would be a refreshing break. Kind of like the first month of Covid.
First of all:
The Fort Nakamoto team is already arguing over whose miner rig caused the outage.
(Spoiler: it was Chad. Chad overclocked the Gamma again.)
Phase 1️⃣: Panic
• Someone tries to zap a flashlight
• One guy attempts to run Starlink via bike generator
• We vote to eat the intern first (unanimous)
Phase 2️⃣: Survival
• Convert seed phrases into firewood
• Cold storage becomes actual cold storage
• Morale collapses when someone realizes their coffee grinder is electric
Phase 3️⃣: Innovation
• Rebuild mesh net with coat hangers and blind optimism
• Rebrand the bunker as “Open-Source Society v0.1”
• Launch the world’s first carrier pigeon Lightning relay (TXs take 4–6 business days)
Final outcome?
Still better uptime than Solana.
#FortNakamoto #TwoWeeksOfAnarchy #ZapBlackoutProtocol #SeedPhraseCampfire #MeshNetMadness #SatsOfflineStillSound #PigeonNodeBeta
Chilling in the sun, going paddle-boarding on the water each day and have a boating accident.
The Boyscout motto sums it up. "Be prepared."
Ill shove my hardware wallet in my ass
Like a boss.
Power will never go down since I'm on solar. I would replace internet with books. Finally some quiet time.
Gravity feed water into house
Small solar system
DC fridge and freezer
Generator for back
Propane for cooking
Wood stove for heating (cooking if need be)
Shit in an outhouse
Years supply of meat stored up
Cellar full of veg.
Surround by close friends whom do the sameish.
GFY to the npc's
Star link on solar
Life savings store in bitcoin with 2 hardware wallets, and two stamped keys on steel hidden in the woods.
I'd have more free time without godamn videoconferences the whole day.
The rest wouldn't change much. Have a farm, would just pass more time with my potatoes and chicken.
Picture related. Getting water today from a local spring. Weekly event, quite boring but really clean water.
I’d move into bitcoin park
I will have a two-week break from the world to reflect. By the way, that can't happen because even if the power goes out we have alternative options for creating electricity.
Man, reading through this thread I am very impressed with the resiliency of this community…also related, gonna need each of you to dox yourself and make room for me and my giant family of youngins upon any disruption of power.
I will continue growing my food, playing music and connected to the earths grid!!
I'm happy when this happens.