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Kaleva

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27. A cyber attack on on electrical grid and financial institutions would be disruptive

Sun Jan 5, 2020, 05:58 AM

Jan 2020

I don't know of any business that still uses old fashioned cash registers so without electricity, one won't be able to buy goods or gas even if you had cash on hand. People's cell phones will go dead after a short time.

As i said in my OP, I have enough supplies (food, water, and other goods) to last a few weeks. I just got the LP gas tank filled so I could get nominal heat for the home for some time using the stove top burners. We have a land line and I have a corded phone in a drawer that I can use to make or receive phone calls even if power goes out.

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Has your daily routine changed in any way because of the events of the past few days? [View all] Kaleva Jan 2020 OP

No sinkingfeeling Jan 2020 #1

I changed a password? pwb Jan 2020 #2

No. nt Blue_true Jan 2020 #3

Still lying in bed with the covers over my head unc70 Jan 2020 #4

No. Why should it? PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2020 #5

If one doesn't think much will come of it, then there's no reason for one to change up their routine Kaleva Jan 2020 #10

I still can't imagine why I'd change my daily routine, PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2020 #11

I said in the OP I haven't changed mine. Most who responded have said they haven't changed either. Kaleva Jan 2020 #17

Ahh. I wrongly interpreted your post. PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2020 #22

Nope. Like every Middle Eastern issue in the past 50 years, this one will blow over, until the next. Hoyt Jan 2020 #6

Sort of. As I told my friend (I was only partly kidding) GemDigger Jan 2020 #7

Why would you worry about that? brooklynite Jan 2020 #9

nope. my mood is worse, that's all. but even that is just NRaleighLiberal Jan 2020 #8

+10000 Pachamama Jan 2020 #32

N/A DFW Jan 2020 #12

Major insomnia the past couple of nights... SMC22307 Jan 2020 #13

Me too Tribalceltic Jan 2020 #36

Nope, dware Jan 2020 #14

I have built a fort with Amazon boxes inside my apartment. smirkymonkey Jan 2020 #15

All my boxes are being cut up into small pieces to add to the compost pile in the spring. Kaleva Jan 2020 #18

No to changing routine. We have none. :) Hortensis Jan 2020 #16

If folks were really worried, they might be cancelling trips. Kaleva Jan 2020 #19

Well, disruptive cyber attacks seem quite likely Hortensis Jan 2020 #20

A cyber attack on on electrical grid and financial institutions would be disruptive Kaleva Jan 2020 #27

Everyone should be routinely self sufficient for a few weeks Hortensis Jan 2020 #33

It's only been two or three days lunatica Jan 2020 #24

It's human nature to respond with vigor to a situation that is perceived to be serious. Kaleva Jan 2020 #25

Binge eating. Oversleeping. Pessimism. milestogo Jan 2020 #21

I'm a recluse, so no. My routine stays the same. lunatica Jan 2020 #23

The Twitter threads, I check daily have multiplied. I realize dewsgirl Jan 2020 #26

My feeling is that if one feels they are prepared to meet an emergency, they will worry less. Kaleva Jan 2020 #29

True. dewsgirl Jan 2020 #31

Yes FormerOstrich Jan 2020 #28

And some are attending protests which is a change in routine. Kaleva Jan 2020 #30

Well yes, now that you mention it. KY_EnviroGuy Jan 2020 #34

Went to a 2year olds birthday party. Srkdqltr Jan 2020 #35

the past few days have been exactly like the past few months.. samnsara Oct 2020 #37

Other then extra precautions in regards to COVID19, my routine hasn't changed in years. Kaleva Oct 2020 #38