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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Steverooo" data-source="post: 2968734" data-attributes="member: 9410">Was it a nuke, or not?  Do we really know, for sure?If it WAS a nuke, then there was an EMP, and anything electronic (as opposed to electrical) is fried, and you'll need new chips (generally) to repair it.  (In some cases, depending upon the chip and damage, a knowledgable person might be able to repair it...  I couldn't, but it is sometimes possible.)If it wasn't really a nuke, then I don't know why power is out, unless the lines are down (which is very possible, in an explosion).  Phones operate under their own power, so the electricity has no effect on them.  If the phone company has no power, though, no phones.  Cell nets I don't know anything about.Batteries are really no problem.  even a small town probably has hundreds, in the stores, and more almost dead ones laying all about, throughout the town.  And that's without any recharging (I have quite a few crank- or solar-powered rechargers, as well as the kind that plug into the wall, and that's without using a 12-volt battery to recharge a bunch of 1.5 volts).Not really.  The gas stations still have gas, the PUMPS just won't work without power (no electricity).  You can syphon a bit of fuel out of the hose, without any special gear.With a little preparation time, and a working vehicle, I could haul a battery and an inverter up to the station, find the guy who runs the place, and get the voltage/amperage that the pump needs, and then power the pump from the batteries/alternater & inverter, and get all the fuel that we had storage containers for...  As long as the vehicle ran, we could charge the batteries from the alternater...Unlike the electronics, the EMP wouldn't fry copper coils of wiring.  Motors, light bulbs, etc., should still work, if you have power to run them.  Does the ol' "crazy guy" have solar panels? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue    :p"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" />   Let's hope SOMEONE in Jericho does! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></blockquote>

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