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Monday, June 24, 2019

MacKinnon: Will you survive the coming blackout?

There are many never-ending debates between Republicans and Democrats. Impeach vs. don’t impeach; capital punishment vs. life in prison; wall vs. no wall; legalizing marijuana vs. not; self-driving cars vs. human drivers; Red Sox vs. Yankees; takeout vs. home-cooked; or Gone With the Wind vs. any other movie.

All of these issues are stunningly important, right up to the second where cataclysm falls and creates a nightmare scenario that so many fear.

That cataclysm is a complete loss of electricity and every mode of convenience and survival we take for granted.

The largest red flag on this issue in years just waved in South America. Last weekend, tens of millions of people in Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay found themselves in a complete blackout. In one moment, they had electricity. The next moment, they had none, and they were catapulted back to the 1800s.

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https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/doug-mackinnon-survive-coming-blackout

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Was it just a failure or was it a test?

Anonymous said...

1:43 one can only wonder and prepare

Anonymous said...

Read "One Second After."