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Sedi
User ID: 1297572 United States 08/13/2011 06:46 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Right where you are, what do you do the moment you know it's for real? Quoting: ObscuraWhat's your idea of how a random scenario would go down? I'll start with one: I'm at work, 20 miles from my house, power goes out, communications go out...I think it would take me about 5-10 minutes for it to sink in, then my first instinct would be to get my ass to the school and pick up the kids...but then there's traffic and people going nuts trying to do the same thing...if I'm lucky enough to make it to my kids without incident, then what? Home I guess, where I'm hoping my wife is smart enough to be...then what? Hunker down or get out of dodge?...I'm not prepared survivalist style so what then? Get a knife and some blankets and start on foot? Or sit tight and defend my property, against who? Looters? FEMA? There should be a flow chart for this...what would you do in a random scenario? Oops! It's an EMP exploded over the area. Cars are useless. Now what? |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1195205 United States 08/13/2011 06:46 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Right where you are, what do you do the moment you know it's for real? Quoting: ObscuraWhat's your idea of how a random scenario would go down? I'll start with one: I'm at work, 20 miles from my house, power goes out, communications go out...I think it would take me about 5-10 minutes for it to sink in, then my first instinct would be to get my ass to the school and pick up the kids...but then there's traffic and people going nuts trying to do the same thing...if I'm lucky enough to make it to my kids without incident, then what? Home I guess, where I'm hoping my wife is smart enough to be...then what? Hunker down or get out of dodge?...I'm not prepared survivalist style so what then? Get a knife and some blankets and start on foot? Or sit tight and defend my property, against who? Looters? FEMA? There should be a flow chart for this...what would you do in a random scenario? hopefully ur neighbors are nice people and that ur community will stick together... maybe cities can become locked down and shut down entrances to other cities just so u can defend ur own city? |
ClearEyed Thinker
User ID: 1441884 United States 08/13/2011 06:48 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Grab whatever clothing is nearby and stuff it in your backpack or satchel. If you don't have one, use the clothing to create a bindle. Fill your bathtub with water. Fill three coffee cans, one with rocks, one with sand, and one with charcoal. Ensure that your windows are boarded shut. You may even want to board up the front door. Create a roof entry/egress point for yourself. Catalog your existing stock of food (whatever you have in the fridge or pantry). Consume anything that requires refrigeration in a "Hey, Doomsday's Here!" feast. Determine the caloric amounts in your remaining food stock. Ration to provide yourself at least 2000 calories per day if you are going to be walking or doing intensive physical work. Otherwise try and keep it under 1000 calories per day. Get in touch with your neighbors, encourage them to do the above, and plan a quick meeting to discuss cooperative plans. That's for starters. "People ask me to predict the future, when all I want to do is prevent it. Better yet, build it. Predicting the future is much too easy, anyway. You look at the people around you, the street you stand on, the visible air you breathe, and predict more of the same. To hell with more. I want better." ~ Ray Bradbury |
Koelbren
User ID: 1312616 Spain 08/13/2011 06:48 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | die? This is the fate of man. He must strive for that which he cannot attain. He must believe in that which he cannot prove. He must seek that which he cannot find. He must travel a road without knowing his destination. Only thus can the purpose of life be fulfilled. For I tell you, God will not do things you are too apathetic to do for yourselves. |
ddvw123abc
User ID: 1503359 United States 08/13/2011 06:48 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Small town of 1000. would like to think that we would stick together. the community of course. and drive out the scum bags who want to hurt each other, then set up camp in town square/the main town buildings. Then we can play bowling across the street. YAY |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 1470031 United States 08/13/2011 06:49 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | For some reason I kinda want that to happen... POWER OUTAGE DOOM FOR THE WHOLE WORLD... in this day and age... probably has happened in the past... 10's of thousands of years ago as well... but why not? Then we all equal again... I will find me some hot ass bitches that need help and start a cult or something... |
ClearEyed Thinker
User ID: 1441884 United States 08/13/2011 06:51 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | People People People... the ONLY REAL DOOM you all keep dreaming of for EVERYONE IN THE WORLD... would be for the electrical grid of the WHOLE WORLD to be knocked out in some sort of SUN DOOM or other CRAZY DOOM... but LOCAL DOOM... would still take like 1 WEEK from that EVENT ... the FIRST WEEK... people would just be gathering around in the local areas saying WTF? where the hell is the power? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1470031For some reason I kinda want that to happen... POWER OUTAGE DOOM FOR THE WHOLE WORLD... in this day and age... probably has happened in the past... 10's of thousands of years ago as well... but why not? Then we all equal again... I will find me some hot ass bitches that need help and start a cult or something... Were anything like this to happen, I'll be very happy for my copy of Dies the Fire, by S.M. Stirling. :) "People ask me to predict the future, when all I want to do is prevent it. Better yet, build it. Predicting the future is much too easy, anyway. You look at the people around you, the street you stand on, the visible air you breathe, and predict more of the same. To hell with more. I want better." ~ Ray Bradbury |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1249032 United States 08/13/2011 06:51 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | People People People... the ONLY REAL DOOM you all keep dreaming of for EVERYONE IN THE WORLD... would be for the electrical grid of the WHOLE WORLD to be knocked out in some sort of SUN DOOM or other CRAZY DOOM... but LOCAL DOOM... would still take like 1 WEEK from that EVENT ... the FIRST WEEK... people would just be gathering around in the local areas saying WTF? where the hell is the power? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1470031For some reason I kinda want that to happen... POWER OUTAGE DOOM FOR THE WHOLE WORLD... in this day and age... probably has happened in the past... 10's of thousands of years ago as well... but why not? Then we all equal again... I will find me some hot ass bitches that need help and start a cult or something... you'll wind up as road kill...... |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 1495111 United States 08/13/2011 07:30 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Right where you are, what do you do the moment you know it's for real? Quoting: ObscuraWhat's your idea of how a random scenario would go down? I'll start with one: I'm at work, 20 miles from my house, power goes out, communications go out...I think it would take me about 5-10 minutes for it to sink in, then my first instinct would be to get my ass to the school and pick up the kids...but then there's traffic and people going nuts trying to do the same thing...if I'm lucky enough to make it to my kids without incident, then what? Home I guess, where I'm hoping my wife is smart enough to be...then what? Hunker down or get out of dodge?...I'm not prepared survivalist style so what then? Get a knife and some blankets and start on foot? Or sit tight and defend my property, against who? Looters? FEMA? There should be a flow chart for this...what would you do in a random scenario? Oops! It's an EMP exploded over the area. Cars are useless. Now what? My 1986 daily driver mechanical diesel still runs...it is 5700lbs of 4x4...good luck getting home in your prius though. |
patdeez84
User ID: 851930 Puerto Rico 08/13/2011 07:32 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Head to my bugout location and start unpacking all my stuff getting my camp set up. :sigjosh: :ronswansontax: “We have allowed our nation to be over taxed and over regulated and overrun by bureaucrats, the founders would be ashamed of us for what we're putting up with.” Ron Paul . “My idea of a perfect government is one guy who sits in a small room at a desk, and the only thing he’s allowed to decide is who to nuke. The man is chosen based on some kind of IQ test, and maybe also a physical tournament, like a decathlon. And women are brought to him, maybe ... when he desires them.” Ron Swanson |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1495111 United States 08/13/2011 07:34 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Right where you are, what do you do the moment you know it's for real? Quoting: ObscuraWhat's your idea of how a random scenario would go down? I'll start with one: I'm at work, 20 miles from my house, power goes out, communications go out...I think it would take me about 5-10 minutes for it to sink in, then my first instinct would be to get my ass to the school and pick up the kids...but then there's traffic and people going nuts trying to do the same thing...if I'm lucky enough to make it to my kids without incident, then what? Home I guess, where I'm hoping my wife is smart enough to be...then what? Hunker down or get out of dodge?...I'm not prepared survivalist style so what then? Get a knife and some blankets and start on foot? Or sit tight and defend my property, against who? Looters? FEMA? There should be a flow chart for this...what would you do in a random scenario? 1.Remain calm. 2.Go home 3.Relax I really have nothing to fear.Prepared people do not fear any one event.You plan as best you can,and adapt as necessary. |
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Monkeyfister
User ID: 1488218 United States 08/13/2011 07:42 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | SHTF right this very moment! What do you do? Are you talking about before, or AFTER the Panic Sex? "I'm the bride at every funeral, I'm the corpse at every wedding..." --Brother Theodore ... and don't blame me-- I voted for Bob Barr in 2008. Only COWARDS hide behind anonymous Karma. |
Monkeyfister
User ID: 1488218 United States 08/13/2011 07:44 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Were anything like this to happen, I'll be very happy for my copy of Dies the Fire, by S.M. Stirling. :) Quoting: ClearEyed ThinkerYou do know that Stirling has written more in that series, right? They are all good books. "I'm the bride at every funeral, I'm the corpse at every wedding..." --Brother Theodore ... and don't blame me-- I voted for Bob Barr in 2008. Only COWARDS hide behind anonymous Karma. |
Obscura
(OP) User ID: 1383416 United States 08/13/2011 07:46 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | How about having one of these canisters handy in a global tsunami or flood scenario [link to www.lrse.com] "What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world remains and is immortal." -Albert Pike • The smallest good deed is better than the grandest good intention. • “Your Majesty, please… I don’t like to complain, But down here below, we are feeling great pain. I know, up on top you are seeing great sights, But down here at the bottom we, too, should have rights. We turtles can’t stand it. Our shells will all crack! Besides, we need food. We are starving!” groaned Mack. “You hush up your mouth!” howled the mighty King Yertle. “You’ve no right to talk to the world’s highest turtle. I rule from the clouds! Over land! Over sea! There’s nothing, no, NOTHING, that’s higher than me!” |
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ClearEyed Thinker
User ID: 1441884 United States 08/13/2011 09:30 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Were anything like this to happen, I'll be very happy for my copy of Dies the Fire, by S.M. Stirling. :) Quoting: ClearEyed ThinkerYou do know that Stirling has written more in that series, right? They are all good books. Oh, absolutely. I own most of his collected works. The only reason I would go to DTF first is that it contains some of the best examples of the right mentalities to utilize in DOOM scenarios. Lord Bear for President. ;) "People ask me to predict the future, when all I want to do is prevent it. Better yet, build it. Predicting the future is much too easy, anyway. You look at the people around you, the street you stand on, the visible air you breathe, and predict more of the same. To hell with more. I want better." ~ Ray Bradbury |
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