True Life Apocalypse Writing Idea

[Lilaena De'Ville]

http://www.sw-fans.net/forum/showthr...254#post353254

Others are welcome to join in with their own 'journals'. Just post here first to make sure you've got the general idea of what's going on.

http://science.nasa.gov/science-news...oaaprediction/ in general we're being predicted for above average sunspot/flare activity from late 2012 - mid 2013. My premise is that the flares and resulting solar storms knock out everything electronic on earth, sending us into the dark ages.

The thread is my journal of what happens to me and my family after this occurs, recovered and compiled later by historians (or aliens! j/k). You can write your own journal, the dates matched up by these future historians for easy chronological reading. It is unlikely we would interact, but stranger things have happened, right?

[Hawkins Grime]

If its alright, I'll throw my own journal entries in there but it'll be from my position in the military, which I thought would be interesting given how prepared/unprepared the government would be.

[Lilaena De'Ville]

Certainly! I would love to read about that.

edit:

I think that the flares would work in a 'line of sight' sort of thing, where the flares would only affect the 'day' side of the earth. As they'd be going off fairly constantly for quite a while that still makes things pretty gnarly for Earth, but I suppose if someone had managed to shield a vehicle from the EMP they would be able to be mobile at night. Maybe? Feel free to contradict me (I'm thinking mainly for government vehicles).

Since the emp effect puts out Europe, Africa and Asia first, the Americas would have some warning, though there would be precious little the general population could do...

[Lilaena De'Ville]

http://www.onesecondafter.com/pb/wp_..._d10e87d9.html

A horrifying read, about the after effects a nuclear bomb created EMP would have on the US (or any country). Maybe I should start digging a well now, or move by a river.