Hey I was wondering could the sun throw off a flare strong and far enough. to "burn" Plants and Animals?
Carrington event knocked off telegrams from the electrical system back then. The solar flare that affected the Quebec power grid in 1989 impacted far smaller region. So while a direct impact of a solar flair wouldn't affect life directly, the power outages is going to be insane.
About 5 years ago we had a "freak" line of storms pass through my area that took out a crap-ton of big/old trees and electric wires making for a real mess.
Took 4 days for power to come back in my neighborhood largely due to an abundance of the aforementioned huge/old tree's and it was a nightmare finding things like ice locally. Good news is I have a gas grill and power was on a half-mile away so it wasn't that serious just a PITA.
If the whole grid goes down for any significant period of time it'll be chaos in the streets.
Whatcha gonna do for water? No power means water pumps stop working without gennies (how many water towers have generator backups?). Same for well water unless you got something fancy going on.Yeah I wouldn't want to be in town if that happens. Power wise I would be able to manage especially if it's not winter, but it's the other people going crazy that are the real threat. That goes for any SHTF scenario really. Want to be out of the city.
Whatcha gonna do for water? No power means water pumps stop working without gennies (how many water towers have generator backups?). Same for well water unless you got something fancy going on.
Smart woman, with that hand pump you can still retain sanitary conditions no matter the circumstance. Also guarantees you'll have a gang knocking a few days after the collapseI recall when my grandfather was re-doing the kitchen for my grandma as a gift she refused to allow the hand-pump (which is rare these days but not "fancy" at all lol!) to be removed so when the power went out it was a none-issue.
Whatcha gonna do for water? No power means water pumps stop working without gennies (how many water towers have generator backups?). Same for well water unless you got something fancy going on.
Your far bigger issue will be starting and maintaining fires, without attracting attention. Boiling water is a PITA under good circumstances, and long-term you're gonna have a hard time once matches run out.TBH I have not thought that far yet, where all electronics cease to work/exist. But in a pinch probably use water from a lake/river or snow, and just boil the hell out of it with a camp fire. The biggest issue is the pollutants that may not be easily filtered out without more modern tech but in a survival situation you take the chance.
Your far bigger issue will be starting and maintaining fires, without attracting attention. Boiling water is a PITA under good circumstances, and long-term you're gonna have a hard time once matches run out.
I wasn't even thinking of some EMP-level event, just something that kills off the power for a solid 6 months timeframe (if recovery happened at all). Burn out a majority of the transformers and we're toast for a good long while.
If they are being seen near the equator, that’s when we need to worry.Speaking of CMEs northern lights are out tonight, actually. If we got one bad enough to wipe out the electrical grid at least the sky would be really pretty while it's happening! lol.