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LIFE

 AFTER  ELECTRICITY  
 
1.  First  hours  
2.  First  days  
3.  First  weeks  
4.  First  months  
5.  First  years  
 
Part  1  
 
First  HOURS  of  Life  after  Electricity  
 
Spring.  The  light  was  extinguished  everywhere.  Reserve  power  has  been  immediately  turned  on  in  all  
regime,  government,  and  dangerous  objects  of  all  countries  of  the  world.  The  information  about  
simultaneous  power  outage  on  different  continents  in  different  countries  is  transmitted  on  reserve  
connections.  Military  objectives  are  immediately  getting  prepared  for  the  state  of  high  alertness;  all  
systems  operate  on  a  backup  power  supply  counted  on  several  days.  Nuclear  reactor  shutdown  
procedure  begins  on  Nuclear  power  stations,  chemical  plants  shutdown  procedure  begins  too;  in  the  
Metro  the  evacuation  of  people  begins  to  the  surface,  airports  operate  on  a  backup  power  supply  
only  for  flights  landing.  In  short,  all  the  regime  objects  act  in  accordance  with  the  emergency  
situation  schedule  of  switching  off  the  central  power  supply.  The  smaller  and  more  intelligent  part  of  
the  population  immediately  admits  that  this  is  not  a  temporary  accident,  but  a  complete  power  
outage  FOREVERMORE  –  the  situation  that  has  been  lately  discussed  by  many  people  a  lot.  

Most  people  are  still  waiting  for  the  light  to  be  turned  on  again.  The  phones  do  not  work,  the  TVs  are  
off,  NO  Internet.  The  main  thing  is  that  there  is  no  water  in  the  taps  and  anywhere  in  the  city;  the  
sewage  system  does  not  work.  In  the  twenty  millionth  metropolis  at  least  a  million  people  want  to  
shit  every  hour  –  and  in  spite  of  everything,  they  do  that.  Everywhere!  Shit  freely  begins  to  drain  
from  the  upper  floors  to  the  heads  of  those  living  below.  

Four  hours  later,  all  20  million  people  want  to  drink  in  the  megalopolis;  there  is  still  traffic  in  
megalopolis,  but  there  are  already  traffic  jams  -­‐  traffic  lights  do  not  work;  there  is  no  police  –  they  
are  already  busy  with  the  fate  of  their  families.  The  smartest  and  fastest  ones  are  first  to  leave  the  
city  by  car,  using  only  petrol  left  in  the  petrol  tanks,  and  move  in  the  direction  to  their  dachas  and  
country  houses.  Practically  all  medical  activity  is  alredy  stopped  in  the  first  few  hours  -­‐  millions  of  
children  in  the  world  are  rescued  from  abortions,  tens  of  thousands  are  not  dismembered  into  
organs  for  sale  to  transplantologists,  commercial  cutting  of  people  for  unnecessary  operations  and  
poisoning  with  chemotherapy  ceases  immediately.  After  five  to  ten  hours  without  water,  people  
begin  to  smash  store  windows  and  take  away  the  drinking  water  and  food.  By  the  end  of  the  first  
day,  all  the  stores  of  megacities  are  scattered  over  millions  of  families.  Most  of  the  townspeople  still  
do  not  leave  the  cities  and  are  waiting  for  the  turning  on  the  desired  electricity,  without  which  they  
do  not  even  imagine  how  to  live  on.  By  the  end  of  the  first  24  hours,  the  main  goal  of  marauders  and  
robbers  is  no  longer  money  or  jewelry,  but  drinking  water.  The  water  from  the  rivers  flowing  through  
the  cities  cannot  be  used  as  drinking  water  –  it  became  pesticide  poison  long  ago.  There  are  no  water  
supplies  to  the  cities  and  are  not  expected  to  be.  Without  electricity,  everything  has  been  stopped,  
including  all  power  repair  services  that  would  have  to  repair  broken  power  lines  -­‐  without  any  
connection,  transport  and  management,  they  have  already  fled  to  their  families  and  solve  the  lack  of  
water  and  food  for  their  wives  and  children.  
 
This  is  how  the  first  day  passes  in  the  megacities  and  cities  of  the  world  after  a  simultaneous  
disabling  of  all  main  transmission  lines  on  the  continents.  The  government  of  all  countries  in  the  
world  is  shocked  to  observe  the  collapse  without  the  slightest  opportunity  to  stop  the  natural  logical  
development  of  events,  because  nothing  works  in  the  technogenic  (manmade)  world  without  
electricity.  

Part  2  
 
First  DAYS  of  Life  after  Electricity  
 
After  spending  the  night  in  the  dark  apartments  without  water  and  johns  (toilets),  the  overwhelming  
majority  starts  to  get  prepared  for  leaving  the  cities.  One  of  the  rooms  in  all  apartments  is  already  
hopelessly  contaminated  -­‐  stench  is  unbearable  everywhere,  sewage  has  been  already  poured  out  of  
the  windows  for  24  hours.  People  begin  to  take  with  the  most  necessary  things  and  go  to  get  
acquainted  with  the  neighbors  of  the  same  building  block  in  order  to  get  out  of  the  city  not  alone,  
but  in  a  group.  Since  morning  streets  of  cities  of  the  world  are  getting  filled  with  streams  of  people,  
squeezing  with  children  and  carriages  through  the  already  abandoned  cars.  The  distance  from  the  
centre  to  the  exit  of  megacities  is  about  20  km  on  foot,  in  towns  it  is  about  2-­‐3  kilometers.  This  is  not  
a  problem  for  any  families,  even  for  those  in  patients  in  wheelchairs  –  it  takes  the  daylight  of  one  
spring  day  to  reach  the  countryside.  Families  of  well  known  oligarchs  and  officials  are  wandering  
together  with  the  lumpenproletariat  (working  class)  and  the  plankton  (office  workers).  All  the  banks  
and  all  their  money  have  disappeared  without  electricity,  and  therefore  they  became  poor  because  
all  the  money  was  electronic.  Drivers,  lackeys  and  guards  disappeared  together  with  electricity.  It  is  
especially  hard  for  the  rich:  everyone  is  thirsty,  and  nothing  can  be  done  with  it  -­‐  they  go  along  with  
all  others.  
 
The  sun  is  shinning,  thousands  and  thousands  of  people  (suddenly  united  by  one  big  problem)  feel  
cheerful,  having  conversations  and  reciting  nursery  rhymes  -­‐    they  are  moving  towards  a  new  life.  
Outside  the  city  there  are  bonfires  everywhere,  resting  stops  for  having  a  rest,  discussions  about  
what  to  do;  those  who  have  cut  off  electricity  are  criticized  and  abused;  forgotten  living  
communication  is  everywhere,  acquaintances  and  first  falling  in  love  in  tents,  choosing  the  strongest  
and  most  determined  people  as  seniors  for  each  group;  the  leaders  have  already  begun  to  show  
themselves  during  the  first  day  of  exodus.  The  first  contacts  are  being  made  among  the  leaders  of  
the  groups,  first  conflicts  appear  –  to  find  out  who  is  the  strongest.  But  in  every  conflict  no  one  
crosses  the  line  -­‐  people  have  a  huge  number  of  loaded  hunting  weapon.  
 
On  military  objectives  of  the  countries  everything  is  on  a  staff  basis:  generators  are  working,  there  is  
a  connection  with  the  headquarters  and  Government  regulatory  authorities.  But  the  psychological  
tension  of  the  personnel  is  growing  because  there  is  no  information  about  where  the  families  of  
servicemen  are  and  what  is  going  on  with  them.  There  are  both  electricity  and  water  on  warships.  On  
submarines  too.  Missile  installations  are  predominantly  in  the  forests  and  in  the  mountains  -­‐  
everything  is  in  order  with  water,  food  and  johns  (toilets).  But  there  is  the  fuel  supply  left  in  
generators  only  for  one  day  (24  hours).  The  submarines  have  a  long  term  supply,  and  missile  
installations  have  fuel  supply  only  for  a  few  days.  Full  power  outage  has  drastically  decreased  the  
motivation  for  missile  attacks  or  air  strikes.  There  is  no  electricity  in  any  country  of  the  world,  
governments  are  not  busy  with  international  disputes  any  longer.  In  all  countries,  there  are  chaos  
and  total  intractability.  Attempts  to  repair  the  main  transmission  lines  are  hopeless  -­‐  neither  repair  
services  nor  the  provision  of  their  work  are  no  longer  to  be  found;  without  electricity,  any  equipment  
is  out  of  use;  nothing  works,  no  one  will  be  found  for  a  very  long  time.  And  the  reserve  of  power  
supply  is  running  low  already  in  every  place.  Everything  is  shining  and  spinning  only  in  the  places  
where  the  generator  are  filled  in  with  more  diesel,  but  only  there;  there  are  no  power  transmission  
lines  any  longer  and  electricity  cannot  be  transmitted  nowhere.  

And  at  this  time  in  each  direction  of  the  main  power  transmission  lines,  unknown  raiders,  not  
confining  themselves  to  the  insulators  broken  up  the  day  before,  are  heaping  up  several  supports  of  
telegraph  poles  -­‐  this  is  the  final  clean  shot  to  the  electrification  head  of  the  planet.  And  now  any  
repairing  of  power  transmission  lines  without  electricity  and  transport  is  impossible  at  all.  
 
This  is  how  this  day  is  passing.  Many  have  already  reached  their  dachas  and  country  houses,  lighted  
the  stoves  and  are  making  tea.  Others  have  halted,  still  it  is  far  to  their  houses  and  dachas.  Those,  
who  have  no  place  to  go,  join  the  happy  owners  of  houses  and  wells  and  promise  to  serve  them  and  
protect  their  new  owners  for  food  and  water.  Men  have  shared  night  watch  among  themselves  with  
hunting  rifles  loaded  with  canister  in  order  to  protect  from  looters  and  robbers.  But  those  are  very  
few.  After  all,  the  commission  of  any  crime  from  that  day  became  deadly  dangerous.  There  are  no  
more  police  and  courts  that  will  protect  or  help  the  offender  to  escape  from  the  punishment.  Now  
canister  shot  in  the  chest  is  the  only  thing  that  awaits  a  robber  or  rapist  at  the  slightest  aggression.  
Now  the  people’s  right  for  self-­‐defense  is  complete  and  unlimited.  
 
The  indisputable  credibility  goes  to  armed  military  units,  which  are  leaving  the  cities,  marching  in  a  
disciplined  order.  Their  order  is  the  law  for  everyone.  They  are  surely  given  a  part  of  the  water  and  
food.  In  return,  full  protection  and  inviolability.  Power  is  not  just  power,  but  it  becomes  the  absolute  
power;  and  already  without  any  ugly  substitutes  invented  by  parliaments  of  absurd  legislation.  
The  only  thing  that  the  government  cannot  do  is  to  quickly  repair  electricity  without  electricity.  The  
repair  infrastructure  is  completely  hopeless.  And  it  is  practically  irrecoverable.  
 
In  the  evening  of  the  third  day  without  electricity,  there  are  not  even  any  robbers  and  looters  in  
megacities.  Because  looters  are  thirsty  too,  and  in  depleted  technogenic  (manmade)  cities  there  is  no  
drinking  water  and  cannot  be.  

Part  3  
 
First  WEEKS  of  Life  after  Electricity  
 
There  is  a  widespread  division  of  the  land  by  millions  of  newly-­‐made  peasants  with  the  land  stones  
marking  in  order  to  show  the  borders  of  land  possession.  There  are  no  cadastre,  computers  and  
other  shit  anymore.  The  land  is  taken  by  everyone  who  can  work  it  right  now,  during  this  season.  
Everyone  understands  that  surviving  the  coming  winter  depends  on  the  harvest  of  what  will  be  
grown  during  the  coming  summer  and  autumn.  Cattle  of  all  kinds  is  getting    increased  in  unheard  
value.  No  one  slaughters  it  –  it  is  only  for  breeding.  Horses  are  of  special  value  and  price.  There  are  
almost  no  horses.  But  those,  which  can  be  found,  are  to  be  immediately  commandeered  by  Military  
Armed  units.  There  is  a  benefit:  still  a  lot  of  diesel  and  gasoline  in  different  storage  facilities;  and,  
using  tractors,  everyone  ploughs  in  this  last  tractor  season.  Around  the  cities  almost  everything  is  
being  ploughed  up.  People  sow  indiscriminately  all  the  seeds  that  they  find.  Those  who  do  not  have  
the  access  to  the  tractor  dig  with  a  spade  as  much  area  for  kitchen  garden  as  they  can.  Each  day  and  
every  hour  is  dedicated  to  preparing  for  the  coming  winter  which  makes  every  former  citizen  feel  
horrible  while  getting  used  to  the  new  unusual  working  life.  The  days  are  still  long,  communication  
between  neighbors  is  being  established,  people  are  exchanging  tools  for  the  labor  of  the  former  
planktons  (former  office  workers)  which  have  nothing  at  all.  The  extraordinarily  high  sex  offer  from  
the  millions  of  whore-­‐students  and  whore-­‐secretaries;  but  there  is  practically  no  demand  for  them:  
they  are  thin,  ragged,  and  unwashed;  and  they  have  to  get  involved  in  a  hard  black  unskilled  job.  
 
The  military  is  trying  to  repair  the  power  transmission  lines,  but  this  is  completely  impossible:  all  the  
components  are  scattered  over  the  already  abandoned  warehouses  where  there  is  no  special  
connection;  there  are  no  factories  for  the  dumped  towers  parts  production  -­‐they  have  shut  down  
and  have  already  been  depopulated;  and  the  most  important  thing  is  that  the  nuclear  power  stations  
have  been  shut  down  in  an  emergency  order  of  full  power  outage  in  the  world,  and  there  are  already  
no  people  there  -­‐  the  system  has  completely  collapsed.  Attempts  to  repair  are  not  considered  at  all.  
 
Countless  disputes  and  conflicts  lead  to  a  widespread  spontaneous  election  of  local  judges,  and  the  
sentences  without  the  possibility  of  appealing  them.  The  court  is  fast  and  fair  -­‐  all  in  front  of  people.  
A  bribe  is  deadly  dangerous  and  almost  impossible.  Society  turns  into  the  society  of  judges.  The  
vertical  of  submission  is  built  through  the  closest  military  groups  and  further  to  the  governmental  
bodies  in  the  center  of  the  capitals.  
 
The  very  possibility  of  a  nuclear  conflict  between  the  countries  has  completely  disappeared.  Just  
because  there  are  no  targets  for  missile  and  air  strikes:  there  are  no  megacities  and  industrial  
objectives  in  any  country  of  the  world  -­‐  simply  no  targets  for  missile  and  air  strikes  any  longer.  
Governments  of  different  countries  are  still  using  special  communication  to  solve  the  problems  of  
submarines  with  nuclear  weapons  on  board.  The  commanders  of  submarines  receive  orders  to  
unload  nuclear  warheads  on  deserted  coasts  and  how  to  hide  them.  And  thereafter  to  return  to  the  
ports  of  registration  and  release  the  crews  ashore.  Military  missile  defense  units  are  still  carrying  
combat  duty,  but  there  are  already  detachments  to  prevent  personnel  from  dispersing.  Backup  
power  is  almost  depleted.  The  supply  of  diesel  fuel  for  generators  sometimes  occurs,  but  this  is  
already  perceived  as  a  miracle.  There  is  no  connection,  with  the  exception  of  governmental  bodies  
and  central  staffs.  Barrier  troops  also  show  unreliability,  and  the  cases  of  leaving  the  alert  and  the  
absence  of  new  shifts  are  getting  increased  more  and  more.  
 
Almost  all  the  colonies  have  already  been  left  by  the  guards,  and  the  prisoners  are  free  to  move  in  
different  directions.  
Gangs  appear:  those  attack  settlers.  The  only  goal  is  food.  Bandits  are  destroyed  by  both  military  
units  and  any  armed  Heads  of  families  on  place  without  trial  and  invesigation.  Most  of  those  who  
have  unexpectedly  found  freedom  find  their  places  as  farm  laborers  in  the  owners’  houses,  land  plots  
and  peasant  farms;  many  prefer  free  gathering  and  harvesting  of  mushrooms  and  berries,  herbs  and  
roots.  
 
There  are  practically  no  injuries  caused  by  car  accidents,  at  factories,  in  megacities.  And  those  that  
happen  are  treated  with  improvised  means  –  using  splints  (like  wooden  pieces)  for  support  of  the  
broken  limbs,  treating  the  wounds  with  clay  and  fleaworts.  Doctors  from  the  medicine  of  paracelsus  
inevitably  become  the  doctors  of  Galen’s  medicine  and  begin  to  use  herbs,  roots,  tinctures,  fresh  
milk,  etc.  Anesthesia  replaces  a  glass  of  moonshine  (home  made  alcohol)  and  a  hard-­‐fixed  body  for  
emergency  amputations  and  operations  -­‐  at  the  level  of  surgery  before  the  First  World  War  
inclusively.  
 
Gradually  the  general  atmosphere  becomes  calmer,  people  do  not  have  time  for  worrying  -­‐  everyone  
is  busy  with  work  from  morning  till  night.  There  is  a  visible  awaking  of  millions  of  former  TV  viewers  
and  the  Internet  addicted.  All  gradually  come  to  their  senses  and  begin  to  understand  what  
happened  to  humanity  for  the  last  century.  This  is  still  a  barely  noticeable  recovery  of  the  brain  and  
consciousness,  but  these  signs  have  already  appeared.  The  best  of  all  is  for  the  former  urban  kids:  
they  do  not  suspect  about  the  problems  of  parents,  playing  in  the  fields,  catching  butterflies  and  are  
completely  safe  because  now  their  children's  bodies  are  not  needed  by  anyone  -­‐  without  electricity  
there  is  no  transplantology.  

Part  4  
 
First  MONTHS  of  Life  after  Electricity  
 
It  is  already  the  second  month.  Everywhere  gentle  seedlings  of  green  colour  appear  in  the  recently  
sown  fields.  There  is  a  little  amount  of  cattle,  and  it  is  guarded  by  whole  groups  of  fully  armed  men.  
Now  the  cattle  is  of  the  greatest  value  –  nothing  is  worth  more.  There  is  no  money  use,  electronic  
money  disappeared  on  the  first  day  of  full  power  outage  -­‐  nobody  needs  cut  paper.  Judges,  security  
officials  and  central  authorities  promise  the  prompt  entry  of  gold  and  silver  money,  but  so  far  the  
craftsmen  have  just  begun  to  establish  a  manual  coinage  of  coins,  and  this  is  not  an  easy  task.  
Commodity  exchange  is  everywhere.  Products,  flint,  simple  agricultural  tools,  building  materials  and  
equipment,  cartridges,  warm  clothes,  shoes  of  all  kinds,  diesel  and  gasoline,  chacha  and  moonshine  
(home  made  alcohol)  are  in  great  demand.  Families  with  strong  and  courageous  men  feel  the  best.  It  
is  the  worst  of  all  for  those  who  are  without  men  or  with  weak  and  cowardly  men.  All  the  pederasts  
were  killed  in  the  first  month,  immediately  after  the  disappearing  of  police  which  defended  
pederasts  before.  A  rigid  power  vertical  is  getting  formed,  the  chaos  is  over.  The  order  is  very  rigid.  
No  zones.  There  are  few  penalties:  either  public  flogging  or  the  death  penalty  by  hanging  –  bullets  
are  expensive.  Thieves  are  punished  by  cutting  hands  or  shot  dead  by  the  owners  on  the  spot.  

There  are  still  some  stocks  of  fuel  left.  Only  security  forces  go  by  cars  and  ride.  All  others  move  
around  on  foot.  The  relations  between  parents  and  children,  brothers  and  sisters  (dispersed  by  
thousands  of  kilometers)  are  broken  off.  It  becomes  obvious  that  everyone  will  not  meet  many  
forever.  The  problem  of  diaspora  exists  and  awaits  its  solution.  Different  nationalities  with  a  
population  of  hundreds  of  thousands  and  millions  of  people  arrange  their  compact  independent  
government  and  control  already  huge  territories.  They  have  many  children  and  hard  working  women.  
Almost  all  their  men  are  combat-­‐ready  and  armed.  Already  in  the  second  and  third  generation  they  
consider  different  lands  as  their  homeland.  The  option  of  the  coming  of  the  masses  of  Asians  and  
Africans  back  to  their  ancestral  lands  is  not  even  considered,  it  is  impossible.  The  central  authority  of  
different  countries  with  the  remaining  disciplined  military  forces  delays  the  solution  of  the  problem  
of  the  diaspora's  power  borders,  and  thereby  increasingly  aggravates  it.  Autumn  is  coming.  Almost  all  
have  already  decided  on  housing  and  work,  with  who  and  how  to  spend  the  winter.  The  crops  are  not  
that  very  large,  but  the  harvesting  is  done  by  hands,  and  every  spikelet  and  every  fruit  are  harvested.  
The  harvest  is  poured  into  numerous  hangars  and  warehouses  that  are  no  longer  suitable  for  
anything  else.  Over  the  summer,  almost  all  mushrooms  and  berries  are  swept  and  harvested.  This  is  
the  first  year  when  bees  have  given  a  wonderful  harvest  of  honey  since  many  decades,  and  the  bees  
do  not  die  any  longer.  Fear  of  spending  the  first  winter  has  resulted  in  the  great  amount  of  products  
prepared  for  the  winter.  After  harvesting,  the  mood  of  millions  of  people  has  become  close  to  the  
jubilant  one  -­‐  the  peoples  of  the  world  have  seen  that  nothing  terrible  had  happened:  it  is  possible  to  
live  without  electricity;  and  the  number  of  problems  has  obviously  decreased  and  the  health  is  
getting  better,  and  not  otherwise.    It  is  noticeable  that  almost  all  women  of  childbearing  age  are  
pregnant  -­‐  what  is  not  surprising,  because  there  are  almost  no  candles,  people  go  to  bed  right  after  
sunset;  and  millions  of  abortions  without  electricity  is  impossible,  and  the  children  are  now  in  great  
demand  both  for  parents  and  for  the  state.  In  February  and  March,  at  the  end  of  a  difficult  and  
unusual  winter,  all  countries  of  the  world  are  filled  with  crib  talk  of  newborn  babies.  Weak  babies  die  
at  once,  but  the  birth  rate  is  off  the  scale;  and  on  the  national  scale  the  percentage  of  infant  
mortality  is  almost  invisible.  

Over  the  past  months,  the  great  majority  of  people  have  turned  to  God  in  one  way  or  another,  but  in  
the  way  they  have  never  turned  to  God  before.  The  society  was  confidently  and  quickly  divided  into  
three  classes:  the  military,  the  Clergy  and  peasants.  Moreover,  the  military  and  the  Clergy  are  under  
one  and  a  half  percent  (1.5  %)  of  the  total  population.  And  therefore,  it  is  not  difficult  for  new  
peasants  to  feed  keep  them.  The  first  attempts  to  gather  the  tribute  were  made  –  but  tribute  
gathering  without  coins  is  uncomfortable.  Everyone  is  getting  prepared  for  the  second  crop.  The  
necessary  equipment  is  prepared.  The  military  allocates  the  left  precious  fuel  for  ploughing,  and  only  
for  ploughing.  But  it  is  already  too  little.  They  also  give  all  the  horses  for  ploughing.  Not  only  women  
are  pregnant,  but  all  the  mares  are  in  foal.  Mares  are  under  supervisions  and  especially  protected  in  
order  not  to  damage  the  foals.  Sorcerers-­‐scientists  continue  to  cause  confusion  in  the  heads  of  the  
central  leadership,  but  more  and  more  of  national  security  start  to  understand  WHO  IS  GUILTY  and  
WHAT  TO  DO.  It  is  impossible  to  deceive  all  on  a  long  term  basis:  the  fraud  is  short  term,  the  truth  is  
endless.  The  fate  of  pederasts  awaits  for  unrepentant  sorcerers.  
To  be  continued...  
 
Glory be to Jesus Christ!
German Sterling (prose writer)  

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