On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 14:44:05 +0000, "A.G.McDowell"
<mcdowella@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>In article <juoop35adi2vsksfv5oi14mrqceo9a9b3p@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, Wildepad
><noreplies@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes
>>You wake up on a gurney. There are no IVs, electrodes, or anything
>>else attached to you. If you wear earplugs, a blindfold, or a t-shirt,
>>they've been removed. If you wear a pajama shirt, it's open. Otherwise
>>you are just as you were when you went to sleep, and you feel fine.
>>
>
>This is odd. If in hospital as a patient, I expect to be in full
>pyjamas, and with a dressing gown and other accessories nearby.
Wow! Hospitals where you are must be much different than the ones I've
been in where you're tossed a gown and left to shift for yourself.
>>2) What is the first thing you'd do? The second?
>What about radio and TV? The catch with this is that some radio stations
>are now entirely automated, so might be on, playing their usual
>schedule, and entirely bereft of useful information.
I think it's reasonable that some radio and tv survive, but they'd be
useless -- if they're automated, they're playing old movies or retro
tv; if they're news channels, there's no one awake.
>At the very least I'd be checking over my memory periodically to see if
>it was working, for both recent events and the distant path. Notes to
>self in diary or notebook, too - ObSF "March Hare Mission".
That might make a great scene -- thanks!
>In a couple of days this is going to be a big deal, as utilities stop
>working - I'd guess at electricity going first, but loads of other stuff
>failing shortly afterwards. This is going to be a survivalist problem
>within weeks, which is a shame, since I'm not a survivalist, nor
>remotely cut out to be one.
There was a show recently (on History International?) about what might
happen in stages without human intervention. I only caught the first
few minutes of it, but it made sense in that those areas served by
hydroelectric plants might have electricity for a long time, while
other power plants would fail quickly (but whether the 'quickly' is
hours, days, or weeks, I don't know).
>>3) What precautions might you think about to prevent it from happening
>>again?
>>
>The obvious suggestions are stimulants and wake-up alarms set to go off
>in an hour, but I'm not sure that they would be effective, and I suspect
>that inexpert self-medication is even more idiotic than normal when
>facing the unknown like this.
Great observation.
Thanks.
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