On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 22:28:27 +0000 (UTC), Kevin
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> wrote:
>Wildepad <noreplies> wrote:
>> 1) What are your first thoughts about what happened?
>
> My first thought would be that either some previously unknown
disease had
>struck, or some chemical agent was responsible. If the latter, I'd be
afraid
>that there had been some sort of deliberate attack.
That seems natural.
>> 2) What is the first thing you'd do? The second?
>
> I'd look for a radio or TV. If the problem was just a relatively
local
>one, then it wouldn't be so bad, and you could probably find out more
about
>it from national media. If the problem is worldwide, then obviously it's
much
>more serious. If I couldn't get any useful information that way, I'd see
what
>was available on websites. Even if they were no longer being updated,
the last
>update might be good.
> I would then get some clothes and try to make it home. On the way,
I would
>check out what other evidence existed of just what had happened, and
probably
>pick up some emergency supplies.
> Perhaps the next step would be to drive downtown or just up and down
the
>interstate, looking for anyone else who had woken up.
Would it be unreasonable to expect to have to leave the hospital, or
even have to go home, to find a computer that doesn't need a password
or log-on?
>> 3) What precautions might you think about to prevent it from happening
>> again?
>
> Without more information, very hard to say. Whatever caused it must
have
>been omnipresent, so seems hard to avoid.
Thanks!
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