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stuntman:
Hahahahahahahahaha, I'm 200tdi equiped, I have horses, a shotgun or four, the ability to eat anything if pushed and I WILL be the leader of the gang, I WILL have entertainment (all my minions can dress up and act out scenes from will and grace and cops!) Ah the good life.
Just a thought - You'd be stuffed if you've got a pacemaker!
datalas:
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Nothing from any utility yet. BT and virgin hint that there may be outages.
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No change there then :(
Drift:
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I do tend the have ostrich syndrome :oops: :lol: :lol: :lol:
Now wheres me beer :P
martha focker:
ill go nick traybackdans 200tdi defender, and fix the thing myself ready for silverdale on sunday :lol:
Evilgoat:
about 22 hours...
The inital effects will be reaching us. Nothing more than a usual solar flare event, although probobly a biggun. The grid gets knocked out in a few places and the expected repair time is given as a few hours. Other amenities in these areas suffer a little.
In the shops things are looking a bit grim. Stockpiling has started in earnest and the shelves are being cleared faster than they can be restocked. Queues are starting to form at Garages and the police have dealt with minor incidents alread. US police already have their hands full.
Theres been unrest in some areas as cults and extremist groups start to make religious claims about the event, in some areas its getting downright nasty. As tensions rise in some areas round the world the military are deployed.
In old Blighty someone has 'leaked' information abotu the possible effect on the biology of the planet and use. Aparently it DOES cause cancer in rats ;) People are still struggling to get home and there has been the first of a serios of major accidents. The Motorways are beginning to get a bit dodge and the M25 stopped before it even started :)
Those of you out playing will be having issues with your CB radios. 'Skip' and interference are getting significantly worse. Whereas you can now hear Pedro in Spain, you cant hear your mate 5 miles away. (why are you out playing anyhow?) Mobile phone networks are suffering from the load and as error correction schemes kick in call quality starts to degrade when it wasnt that good anyway. The first network outage is on the way.
Comms comanys are now starting damage limitation and the effects of the storm are being felt there too, lines are poor and as circuits are shutdown and isolated capacity drops too. Engaged tones start to be heard on long distance as satelite capacity is diminished along with cable availability. You'll be seeing some radio and TV interference about now, though nothing bad.
The US government reports that there is no way to move the GPS satelites out of harms way, worse one of the constelation is damaged from an impact with another satelite shifting out of orbit leading to the loss of both.
Astra network shuts down in prepartion for moving to a parking orbit and Sky is lost along with a considerable number of terrestrial systems and outside broadcasts get a lot harder. Hotbird follows suit as do some comms sats.
NASA drops a bombshell. Theres no way to get the crew off the ISS and they will have to ride it out, failing to mention the likeleyhood of a rescue mission after is slim.
The UK govt is still taking flack and in some areas police are deployed to keep things in control. Specials are called in as are volutnatry workers for the Ambulance trusts, St Johns, At Andrews, Red cross, Samaritans etc. The TA and reserves are called up. No one in authority Actually seems to be doing anything.
The seriousness is now sinking in, some people are still unaware.
Businesses are putting data onto CDs/DVDs (these will survive) and struggling to back up everything. Everything is isolated as they go.
As the hour wears on anomalies are being reported with regards to radio systems. Operation yellow ribbon is now repeated on an international scale. No more flights are allowed to take off, ironically there are still military aircraft in the air.
Still nothing from the Utilities.
A few bizarre incidents beging to get reported in the news. GPS system behaving erratically, pipeline engineers electrocuted and strange fires. Internet connectivity begins to be affected as business shut down systems and networks.
The manager of Telehouse London has a nervous breakdown :)
Stuntman - Thats the sort of thinking I'm after :) You have to think how the public would react to this though, we are a nation of ostriches.
L90OOK - Again, early days yes, anything past that you become a target. Veg oil has to be refined too :)
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