Last night Senior and I finally sat down and watched "American Blackout" on National Geographic.We recorded it on the DVR over a week ago at the suggestion of Harry Flashman.
Holy cow !
It was every thing Harry said it was and more. It was very realistic, and made Senior and I both stop and think that this scenario could be reality, and about how our own preps are going.
While I knew they were actors, you got in to the lives of the characters and the scenarios that they faced. I found myself rooting for the good guys, and wanting to slap the faces of the stupid people.
Since I recorded it, I fast forwarded through commercials, just so I could see what happened next.
During and after the show we talked about how as a country we are so dependent with our electronics, that is almost like a love affair. The computer age was all ready in the making with the very first IBMs and APPLEs, but along came the mid 90s and that is when technology really began its upward climb. The public has things like Facebook, twitter and instagram to where they can post every thing they do in their lives. I can't get over how much people are dependent on these things. I' ve looked at friends Twitter accounts, and it amazes me how they are just so addicted to it all. Then there is how much electricity and water we as a nation use every day, it is simply mind blowing.. And when all those things are suddenly just cut off...the reaction of the people is chaos.
I went to bed with it all on my mind, and I woke up with it on my mind, All day I have thought about it. And the lingering question of "Could you imagine" ? has been there. That is a question though I all ready know the answer too because it has happened with the 2003 Northeast Blackout, Katrina, and Super Storm Sandy- it is only a matter of time before it happens again.
I suggest if you have not seen the show..then it will be re-aired on Wednesday November 13 @ 9pm.
-JUGM
