Youre in your pickup driving down Interstate 40 near the Appalachian mountains of North Carolina whistling to a catchy tune on the radio. You smile to yourself as you recall an old memory with the friend you are on your way to meet. You approach your exit, U.S. 221, a smaller two-lane mountain road. Your bug-out-bag bobbles in the back seat as you slow down, merge over, exit, then step on the gas. The road has barely any traffic and youre enjoying the pristine views of the mountains on the left and the valley on the right. A song comes on that you cant stand so you reach down to change channels when all of a sudden: WHOOSHHH! Your car engine ceases, power steering is gone, and you feel a very strange warm feeling flash through your body. You violently muscle your vehicle over to the shoulder and cram the brakes until youve stopped. Your pickup is dead. Your feet slip on the shoulder debris as you bounce outside to assess the situation. You look and see no cars around to the north or to the south. Youve read about what just happened, youve chatted around the campfire about it. Theres no doubt in your mind now: It was a dreaded CME, a solar flare that has released huge quantities of electromagnetic radiation all across the nation and destroyed the grid and any vulnerable electronics. The friend you are meeting is prepared like you but was expecting to see you in just a short while. He is just across a hill and has a stockpile of supplies and has working backup communication devices. You reach into your pocket to grab your cell...its just a shiny black brick now. This all just got very real...... Whos Game? ;) charlottebacktothebasics/
Posted on: Tue, 24 Jun 2014 01:44:52 +0000
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