The odd thing about Buffalo

[razorjak]

As fucked up and backasswards as the city is on almost everything else ... we seem to have been one of the few cities in the Northeast that didn't lose power during the blackout. In fact - we had the A/C cranked in the club last night.

There was one benefit to the blackout. I didn't have to deal with that third rate cover band Toe Tag last night. They were okay the first time ... but hearing the same thrice damned set of covers every fucking week ... and dealing with their moronic ideas ( if we play in the parking lot of the club - it'll draw people ) ... sheer bliss. Their vocalist was stuck in Angola due to the "rolling"(1) blackout last night.

Still can't believe how many of the asshats and fucktards simply assumed that no light = green light. HELLO! braintrust - no lights = four way stop you frothing piece of swine smegma!

It amazes me just how UNPREPARED most of the sheep are. They make situations WORSE because of their panicking. Though it had to be a boon for the gas-stations that did have power to the pumps. They sold out of those red plastic gas tanks in record time.

Things like this just make me realize how quickly we'd all die out if there was a global EMP pulse. The tribal societies would be the only ones to survive.

(1) - I still can't believe they let that empty warhead speak about the situation. Don't his handlers know better to let him speak without a script? Georgie-porridgey, it was a BLACKOUT ... the worst since the 60s. There was no "rolling" to it except the domino effect that caused it to be even more severe than it should have. YAY for deregulation eh?

Comments

Re: I was thinking the same thing

[chisaiboo.livejournal.com]

but I wouldn't say things were always "civilized" before the invention of electricity; there is a reason that last night in the dark people started looting stores and stuff, i'm sure we still haven't heard the worst of what actually happened. the worst I heard was about a big sneaker store here in brooklyn being looted by gangs.

yes, sneakers. *sigh*

there is a liquor store by my house with no gates - the owner just sat in the store all night with a flashlight. heh. although *some* of us have our bodies and our wits, it is still hard to live in our current society without lights, refrigeration, alarm systems, etc. that's the sad truth.

Re: I was thinking the same thing

[montieth.livejournal.com]

Looting when minor things like power outages occurr is exactly why some of us won't live in states like New York. I hope that shop keeper was successful with that flashlight.

The whole definition of civilized is very grey. In some cases you could use places like Singapore where the government is very 1984. One could certainly expect zero looting to occurr, but then folks there are less likely to challenge thier government officials. Its a complex thing. I guess the question really lies in how moral people are when the trappings of law are apparently removed, even for a short while. I'm sure there's a sociology degree in there somewhere.

Good to see you're back on the grid there Melody. I was wondering about all the folks I knew up in NY and how they were fairing.