If the apocalypse came....

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Oh...when that 2012 NY's scare was doing the rounds (some planets aligning and doing something gravity related) me and my friends made a plan for shits and giggles.

If something happens, we break in the nearest police station/shooting range, get weapons and an SUV (the old Mercedes G was the plan-cops have it here) and visit the first mall on the route to the forest lodge one of the guys has.

We'd hole up in there, far away from pesky, starving and increasingly feral humans.

Some weed may or may not have been smoked while this was on the drawing board. 😄

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If a zombie apocalypse happened, and you had a choice between saving you living, or sacrificing a child that was mortally injured, COULD YOU CANCAN? HUH?


Lmao you guys TIPS !!! I NEED TIPS!!!

Things like

Where to get clean water

Gas canisters

Flash lights

Compasses
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Rain harvester. Water, you can sterilize almost all water with fire.

You can make charcoal by slow burning wood. You don't need a compass, if you know star constellations. 😄
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Posted by ValleysofNeptune

In the event of some cataclysmic apocalyptic event, I would probably just be the lay low scavenger type in most disasters, but it all depends on the circumstances and how bad things are. If my family that lives about an hour away from me is still ok I'd probably meet up with them. They have guns and lots of ammunition

I think people should stock up on crop seeds and learn how to grow food before shit hits the fan too. Might not be able to settle down and grow stuff right away, but seeds don't take up space and they're light so might as well have them

Then you know, just all the other basic survival stuff lol. Water purification methods, ways to make fire. Maybe a camping bag stuffed with MRE's and whatnot


Thank you!!!! This is helpful I would never think about getting crop seeds ...there cheap and easy to carry for where you get where your going !!!
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If a zombie apocalypse happened, and you had a choice between saving you living, or sacrificing a child that was mortally injured, COULD YOU CANCAN? HUH?


Lmao you guys TIPS !!! I NEED TIPS!!!

Things like

Where to get clean water

Gas canisters

Flash lights

Compasses


Rain harvester. Water, you can sterilize almost all water with fire.

You can make charcoal by slow burning wood. You don't need a compass, if you know star constellations. 😄
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That's actually pretty dope ...do you know how to navigate using the stars?

A compass would barely be any help to me...i can barely read it 😢
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Posted by nikkistar

If a zombie apocalypse happened, and you had a choice between saving you living, or sacrificing a child that was mortally injured, COULD YOU CANCAN? HUH?


Lmao you guys TIPS !!! I NEED TIPS!!!

Things like

Where to get clean water

Gas canisters

Flash lights

Compasses


Flashlight is an automatic failure.

Eyes adjust to darkness.

Gas canister. Improvise.

You do not need a compass just the survival aspect of defence and movement.

Clean water is something you should actively source in the day and when planning your movement.

If a light needs to be used it must be tinted red. It is less seen at distance.



Former British Soldier.
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What would you use to defend yourself !!! What should be the weapon of choice?
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Posted by Cancan26

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Posted by nikkistar

If a zombie apocalypse happened, and you had a choice between saving you living, or sacrificing a child that was mortally injured, COULD YOU CANCAN? HUH?


Lmao you guys TIPS !!! I NEED TIPS!!!

Things like

Where to get clean water

Gas canisters

Flash lights

Compasses


Rain harvester. Water, you can sterilize almost all water with fire.

You can make charcoal by slow burning wood. You don't need a compass, if you know star constellations. 😄


That's actually pretty dope ...do you know how to navigate using the stars?

A compass would barely be any help to me...i can barely read it 😢
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I use to know how to, learned it in girl scouts. If I can find Orion's belt, I usually can figure out which way is North though.
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Crabs would be the first to go as they’d just sit there crying.


Wrong!!! I know how to multitask...i can cry and survive thank you very much ...and since your talking junk Taurus...put up or shut up... 😄 how would you survive?


Taurus are naturally cautious, planners and homebodies. We’re the zodiac’s preppers. We’ve got plenty of food on hand.
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Food is not gonna be enough...what about shelter, water, defense ...you prioritize for food only and your gonna be a dead cow.
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Food-I make friends that know how to grow organic foods on farms. I also am pretty close to plenty of Grocery Shops i need to LOOT

Water-I have purifiers and again LOOT

Heat-I have 30 Throws from Macy's annual Christmas sales

Camping-I know ppl with camping gear

Toilet-I have 6 months supply of wipes

Flashlights-I'll steal the super uber expensive one's from my job if a disaster happens

Compass? Am i going to get some dick? Why the fuk do i need a compass

anyways im African and if you ever go to rural parts of Africa you'll need all these items so i know what the deal is until a snake tries to bite my asss




Truthfully I thought about looting stores too...my top pick would be walmart

I can get jugs of water

I can get Medicine and steal from the pharmacy

I would also have access knives, guns, ammo and tents
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Posted by Cancan26

Posted by nikkistar

If a zombie apocalypse happened, and you had a choice between saving you living, or sacrificing a child that was mortally injured, COULD YOU CANCAN? HUH?


Lmao you guys TIPS !!! I NEED TIPS!!!

Things like

Where to get clean water

Gas canisters

Flash lights

Compasses


Rain harvester. Water, you can sterilize almost all water with fire.

You can make charcoal by slow burning wood. You don't need a compass, if you know star constellations. 😄


That's actually pretty dope ...do you know how to navigate using the stars?

A compass would barely be any help to me...i can barely read it 😢


I use to know how to, learned it in girl scouts. If I can find Orion's belt, I usually can figure out which way is North though.
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I'm really impressed this...its rare thing to know in today's world
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Posted by Cancan26

Posted by nikkistar

If a zombie apocalypse happened, and you had a choice between saving you living, or sacrificing a child that was mortally injured, COULD YOU CANCAN? HUH?


Lmao you guys TIPS !!! I NEED TIPS!!!

Things like

Where to get clean water

Gas canisters

Flash lights

Compasses


Flashlight is an automatic failure.

Eyes adjust to darkness.

Gas canister. Improvise.

You do not need a compass just the survival aspect of defence and movement.

Clean water is something you should actively source in the day and when planning your movement.

If a light needs to be used it must be tinted red. It is less seen at distance.



Former British Soldier.


What would you use to defend yourself !!! What should be the weapon of choice?


Remewable sources and things built sturdy enough.

Baseball bat, thick metal pole.

Guns make more noise than is worth while. Huge attraction. Silencers are not silent in reality.
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Baseball bat it is ...i already have one...i kind of would want a crowbar to...a blunt object that doubles as a tool
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My idea of a successful apocalypse is good wine and good sex.

adrenaline will be crazy

if its a nuclear attack tho, we'll that's not really a fun way to go...like you cant' have sex whilst you're inhaling gas that makes you die

you're going to have to first find a bunker with zero air coming in




Gas mask....we need gas masks

What else could help us survive a nuclear attack ?
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Posted by nikkistar

Posted by Cancan26

Posted by nikkistar

If a zombie apocalypse happened, and you had a choice between saving you living, or sacrificing a child that was mortally injured, COULD YOU CANCAN? HUH?


Lmao you guys TIPS !!! I NEED TIPS!!!

Things like

Where to get clean water

Gas canisters

Flash lights

Compasses


Rain harvester. Water, you can sterilize almost all water with fire.

You can make charcoal by slow burning wood. You don't need a compass, if you know star constellations. 😄


That's actually pretty dope ...do you know how to navigate using the stars?

A compass would barely be any help to me...i can barely read it 😢


I use to know how to, learned it in girl scouts. If I can find Orion's belt, I usually can figure out which way is North though.


I'm really impressed this...its rare thing to know in today's world
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I got a bunch of useless knowledge that most people don't need. lol

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My idea of a successful apocalypse is good wine and good sex.

adrenaline will be crazy

if its a nuclear attack tho, we'll that's not really a fun way to go...like you cant' have sex whilst you're inhaling gas that makes you die

you're going to have to first find a bunker with zero air coming in




Gas mask....we need gas masks

What else could help us survive a nuclear attack ?


This too hard, i think valhalla is easier
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😢 I don't think there would be a way to get out of nuclear attack ...if you werent disintegrated by the blast ...i think we might have radiation sickness 😢
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😢 I don't think there would be a way to get out of nuclear attack ...if you werent disintegrated by the blast ...i think we might have radiation sickness 😢


Not necessarily. Radiation travels with the wind, so if you don't get hit by the blast, travel away from the blast area and as much as possible against the wind.
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Ok!!! You given me some real hope!!!! 😄
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Posted by Black-Mamba

Food-I make friends that know how to grow organic foods on farms. I also am pretty close to plenty of Grocery Shops i need to LOOT

Water-I have purifiers and again LOOT

Heat-I have 30 Throws from Macy's annual Christmas sales

Camping-I know ppl with camping gear

Toilet-I have 6 months supply of wipes

Flashlights-I'll steal the super uber expensive one's from my job if a disaster happens

Compass? Am i going to get some dick? Why the fuk do i need a compass

anyways im African and if you ever go to rural parts of Africa you'll need all these items so i know what the deal is until a snake tries to bite my asss




Truthfully I thought about looting stores too...my top pick would be walmart

I can get jugs of water

I can get Medicine and steal from the pharmacy

I would also have access knives, guns, ammo and tents


rookie mistake

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How come? 😕
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One possible disaster people should at least be aware of too, is an EMP that wipes out all electronics and makes them useless. The EMP could be a manufactured bomb dropped over an area or an EMP can possibly happen from large solar flares, supposedly. We are so fucked if this happens so much of what we use and do nowadays is dependent on technology lol. Cars, financial transactions, no internet, and so on and so forth. There's probably electronics involved to some degree in tons of basic things that I'm not thinking of that would be made useless. I think batteries, like duracell AA batteries will still function if this happens but I'm not sure. So flashlights are good to have for any disaster too. Also old school paper maps would probably be good to have. They're light and don't take up space too


Let's talk about hand radios? Would this help in this scenario or nah?
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SHTF

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Yo. Unless you got them tips you SHTF and as far as the boyfriend

Unless he is from the country and knows how to hunt or fish .... He gotta go ....i know i said tips but I didn't mean dick...


Shtf

shit hit the fan
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*blushing*

Oh.

Sorry.

Slinks away

Comes back.

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😢 I don't think there would be a way to get out of nuclear attack ...if you werent disintegrated by the blast ...i think we might have radiation sickness 😢


Not necessarily. Radiation travels with the wind, so if you don't get hit by the blast, travel away from the blast area and as much as possible against the wind.


Unlikely.

If one nuclear warhead is launched, all will be (hence apocalypse).

You will literally not be able to escape radiation. The atmosphere will be full of it.
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Aaaaannnnddd hope is gone lol 😢
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Honestly, I would never go into any heavily populated area to look for supplies of any sort. That's just asking for trouble. I would more than likely just go look for supplies in areas that are populated with only a few people to begin with. lol


Stay in the country and rural areas ?? Got it!
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Most of the general public will go to big box stores right off the bat, because they won't know any better. lol
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😢 I don't think there would be a way to get out of nuclear attack ...if you werent disintegrated by the blast ...i think we might have radiation sickness 😢


Not necessarily. Radiation travels with the wind, so if you don't get hit by the blast, travel away from the blast area and as much as possible against the wind.


Unlikely.

If one nuclear warhead is launched, all will be (hence apocalypse).

You will literally not be able to escape radiation. The atmosphere will be full of it.
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lol....okay. That only comes into play with Russia, everyone else has considerably smaller amounts.

If Kim, as the most vocal possessor of such weapons launched this scenario would be completely plausible, as he doesn't have enough to trigger a full launch from the US.
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One possible disaster people should at least be aware of too, is an EMP that wipes out all electronics and makes them useless. The EMP could be a manufactured bomb dropped over an area or an EMP can possibly happen from large solar flares, supposedly. We are so fucked if this happens so much of what we use and do nowadays is dependent on technology lol. Cars, financial transactions, no internet, and so on and so forth. There's probably electronics involved to some degree in tons of basic things that I'm not thinking of that would be made useless. I think batteries, like duracell AA batteries will still function if this happens but I'm not sure. So flashlights are good to have for any disaster too. Also old school paper maps would probably be good to have. They're light and don't take up space too


Let's talk about hand radios? Would this help in this scenario or nah?


Hmm, I'm thinking that while the batteries would be fine the rest of the radio would be probably fried and useless, and wouldn't work. I'm not an expert on this stuff though, I just know that in general it wouldn't be good lol. A hand radio would be good to have on hand in general though in case of an emergency
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😢 😢 you think it would be worth it to buy one
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SHTF

all cancer women keep an emergency boyfriend


Yo. Unless you got them tips you SHTF and as far as the boyfriend

Unless he is from the country and knows how to hunt or fish .... He gotta go ....i know i said tips but I didn't mean dick...


Shtf

shit hit the fan


*blushing*

Oh.

Sorry.

Slinks away

Comes back.

Forgive me Virgo 🤗




You cant apologize to a Virgo with hugs & kisses

A face full of good pussy is the only way to settle this

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Yikes 😕 😆 you still my boo though
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Posted by ValleysofNeptune

One possible disaster people should at least be aware of too, is an EMP that wipes out all electronics and makes them useless. The EMP could be a manufactured bomb dropped over an area or an EMP can possibly happen from large solar flares, supposedly. We are so fucked if this happens so much of what we use and do nowadays is dependent on technology lol. Cars, financial transactions, no internet, and so on and so forth. There's probably electronics involved to some degree in tons of basic things that I'm not thinking of that would be made useless. I think batteries, like duracell AA batteries will still function if this happens but I'm not sure. So flashlights are good to have for any disaster too. Also old school paper maps would probably be good to have. They're light and don't take up space too


Let's talk about hand radios? Would this help in this scenario or nah?


Hmm, I'm thinking that while the batteries would be fine the rest of the radio would be probably fried and useless, and wouldn't work. I'm not an expert on this stuff though, I just know that in general it wouldn't be good lol. A hand radio would be good to have on hand in general though in case of an emergency


Electronics not turned on during the EMP wave would be fine.

Someone did an analysis of a weaponized EMP strike and found most consumer electronics would probably be fine even if turned on. To get a pulse strong enough to fry electronics over a continental scale would require numerous nuclear devices. At that point, it would be more effective to just use the nukes to target hard targets since the retaliatory strike is going to blow you into atoms anyways.




Well that's good to know lol

However it is possible an EMP device could be used by a government on its own people or by a group of terrorists not officially part of a government

But yeah, I'm not saying it's likely to happen or anything, especially after hearing this. But I think we should still keep in mind what we would do if a lot of our electronics didn't work anymore
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There's a fiction book on this called "One Second After"

Https://www.amazon.com/Second-After-John-Matherson-Novel/dp/0765327252

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If it's an apocalypse in the true sense of the word, long term you're probably screwed.

Nothing wrong with prepping, though.

Depends on what you're expecting.


Anything and everything!!! All tips welcome 😄 😄
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If you do the Mormon thing, one years supply of food and water.

You can improvise catch basins for water, but you might have to purify it.

If you're in a pinch on that end, you can make a solar still.
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I'll need to find the article I read. The gist was using a nuke for an EMP attack was a massive gamble for any nation to try since the effects are only hypothetical and extrapolated from controlled tests. A rogue nation like Pakistan or NK would rather play it "safe" and target the Pacific Fleet or even DC if they can sneak it in a la that Jack Ryan movie with Ben Affleck. A superpower like Russia or China knows the theory of MAD and wouldn't waste time on trying an EMP attack when they know just 1 or 2 of our Trident subs will turn their country into a molten hell hole and a continental EMP attack wouldn't neutralize those.

Now...EMP from solar or extrasolar sources are a different story. We KNOW those can cause disruption, so protecting against those SHOULD be a priority which would in turn also prevent a hypothetical nuke attack.


On the bolded part, if you have a country gripped by an ideology that say promises glory by flying planes into an enemy, or considers the "other" as subhuman and inferior, the insanity might overcome the natural instinct of self preservation. Similar argument would apply to non-state actors.

A couple of interesting tidbits:

"The Starfish Prime electromagnetic pulse also made those effects known to the public by causing electrical damage in Hawaii, about 1,445 kilometres (898 mi) away from the detonation point, knocking out about 300 streetlights,[6] setting off numerous burglar alarms and damaging a telephone company microwave link.[7] The EMP damage to the microwave link shut down telephone calls from Kauai to the other Hawaiian islands." (Yes, it's from Wikipedia)

Solar storms (just grabbed the first non Wikipedia site):

https://modernsurvivalblog.com/solar-cycle/solar-superstorm-1859-it-can-happen-again/

And then there's the terrorist trees:

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/blackout-hits-northeast-united-states. ( I remember that one.)
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