The benefits of modern civilisation

[caddyman]

Primarily electrickery.

Just had a 30 minute power cut which I believe, took out most of South London. Happily for me, other than having to root around for candles (it's amazingly dark for the time of day - leaden rain clouds will do that) and more recently having to wait while the PC scan-disked and all that, nothing more than petty annoyance.

It seems, however, that the power outage mangled the Tube and train system.

Glad am I that I left work early. A load of poor buggers will have been caught crowded in the Tube system during the rush hour in pitch blackness for half an hour.

Civilisation, eh?

The thickness of a fuse.

Comments

Oh, Dear.

[thomryng.livejournal.com]

Civilisation, eh?

The thickness of a fuse.

That's wonderful. I may have to steal it.

Re: Oh, Dear.

[littleonions.livejournal.com]

Big cities seem to be having power problems of late. Now to get totally on the conspiracy bus and having just heard kenny boy say it was going to take another hour at least to get peeps off the underground trains...I was just thinking, now would be a very bad time to release poison gas down there...or in fact crash a big plane into a building...cheerful aint I.

Re: Oh, Dear.

[captainweasel.livejournal.com]

...or just Claim to have done such a thing... I'd hate to think of the stampede of panicing people in a pitch black tunnel if someone started screaming "Gas!"

Re: Oh, Dear.

[littleonions.livejournal.com]

oh yeah, that would not be good...

Re: Oh, Dear.

[captainweasel.livejournal.com]

indeed - remind me never to tell you my terror clowns with fire extinguishers plot...

Re: Oh, Dear.

[caddyman.livejournal.com]

A throw way line, Sir.

You caught it,you use it! Be my guest.

Re: Oh, Dear.

[thomryng.livejournal.com]

Thank you, sir. I shall. In fact, I have. I must remember to forward you a copy of the final sonnet.

Re: Oh, Dear.

[pallid-mask.livejournal.com]

And here you are, sir.

http://www.livejournal.com/users/pallid_mask/8876.html

Technology and Paranoia

[captainweasel.livejournal.com]

That's one of the reasons i've taken to carrying one of those little LED torches on my belt - it's light enough to carry everywhere without really noticing, easy to find in an emergency and powerful enough to see by if the lights go out...

Re: Technology and Paranoia

[littleonions.livejournal.com]

Yes, my watch lights up well enough to see by, gotta keep pressing it but it is quite powerful...Just thinking ifn a 'situation' did happen on London underground 'Safety/cyber goths would prolly be ok. Lots of dayglow and LED's plus goggles and those rubber backpacks could prolly double as a makeshift gas mask...of course in the stampede they would fall off their big shoes but hey...

Re: Technology and Paranoia

[captainweasel.livejournal.com]

some carry gas masks in their little rubber back packs... you know, i never considered cybergoth as an urban survival thing...