zxappeal All American 26824 Posts user info edit post |
Major catastrophe leaves large urban areas without power, functioning utility infrastructures for an undetermined period of time...months, years.
How would you handle it? What would you do? 10/11/2010 12:29:58 PM |
poopface All American 29367 Posts user info edit post |
rape all i wanted 10/11/2010 12:30:29 PM |
Mr. Joshua Swimfanfan 43948 Posts user info edit post |
10/11/2010 12:31:24 PM |
BigHitSunday Dick Danger 51059 Posts user info edit post |
http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/colony/ 10/11/2010 12:31:40 PM |
indy All American 3624 Posts user info edit post |
Buy guns. 10/11/2010 12:33:04 PM |
rtc407 All American 6217 Posts user info edit post |
Buy Use guns.
10/11/2010 12:34:36 PM |
iheartkisses All American 3791 Posts user info edit post |
Loot, pillage and plunder 10/11/2010 12:36:13 PM |
H8R wear sumthin tight 60155 Posts user info edit post |
I'd probably work on fixing the power problem since I'm an engineer and all 10/11/2010 12:38:47 PM |
Doss2k All American 18474 Posts user info edit post |
Claim I couldnt pay my bills because my computer no longer works and therefore catch up on sleep and maybe do some fishing or something.. if terrorists really wanted to do major psychological damage this would be the way to go.. how many people wouldnt know how to function without electricity? I know I would have a rough time with it 10/11/2010 12:38:52 PM |
Wolfmarsh What? 5975 Posts user info edit post |
I've prepared for this day for a long, long time. 10/11/2010 12:41:06 PM |
ambrosia1231 eeeeeeeeeevil 76471 Posts user info edit post |
Depends. Are we in Georgia, and is it nighttime? 10/11/2010 12:41:25 PM |
indy All American 3624 Posts user info edit post |
[Edited on October 11, 2010 at 1:04 PM. Reason : ]
10/11/2010 1:04:00 PM |
zxappeal All American 26824 Posts user info edit post |
Though back in the day Kristy McNichol was hot...this is not about a shitty movie made before 9/10 of TWWers were born. 10/11/2010 1:04:13 PM |
nastoute All American 31058 Posts user info edit post |
call and hang out with my gun nut friend 10/11/2010 1:12:07 PM |
se7entythree YOSHIYOSHI 17377 Posts user info edit post |
pack up all of backpacking & camping gear (water filter, freeze dried food, tents, etc), find as many containers to fill up on gas with, grab lots of tools (shovel, hammer, screwdriver, pulaski, hand saws, etc), get all the guns & pets, and head out to my parents' house in the country. if looting was already going on, i'd probably try to steal some petfood & canned goods.
[Edited on October 11, 2010 at 1:21 PM. Reason : and batteries] 10/11/2010 1:21:01 PM |
ClassicMixup All American 3877 Posts user info edit post |
^gonna use those manual gas pumps at Exxon lol? 10/11/2010 1:29:35 PM |
Skack All American 31140 Posts user info edit post |
I'd probably try to get to my spot at Lake Gaston. 90 miles from Raleigh or Richmond, so there shouldn't be too much competition out there. Tons of deer, fish and mussels to eat. No shortage of hydrilla to eat as a veggie. Tons of unattended boats I can siphon gas out of. Islands and woods I can set up camp on if it came down to it. I could probably get there with my ATV and a 5 gallon gas can. 10/11/2010 1:34:44 PM |
se7entythree YOSHIYOSHI 17377 Posts user info edit post |
^^no, i'm gonna use the ones at amoco. i didn't think about that. okay, i'll steal gas. 10/11/2010 1:37:45 PM |
Snewf All American 63348 Posts user info edit post |
take inventory of all of my stuff
I keep a BOB with some bottled water, batteries and a first aid kit.
Now that I'm in the South I should add a weapon and update my maps. 10/11/2010 1:47:49 PM |
spöokyjon ℵ 18617 Posts user info edit post |
I'd probably bitch about it on TWW. 10/11/2010 1:56:33 PM |
saps852 New Recruit 80068 Posts user info edit post |
went three weeks without power after hurricane hugo
so I imagine something close to that but for a longer period of time 10/11/2010 1:59:49 PM |
zxappeal All American 26824 Posts user info edit post |
Well, sure...but what about food, perishables? Do you have a good solution for those for when the distribution infrastructure breaks down and mass-processed foodstuffs become scarce? 10/11/2010 2:01:26 PM |
Jeepin4x4 #Pack9 35774 Posts user info edit post |
light my lantern 10/11/2010 2:03:16 PM |
saps852 New Recruit 80068 Posts user info edit post |
garden and chickens 10/11/2010 2:03:36 PM |
bmel l3md 11149 Posts user info edit post |
I'd go back home where my family farms 10/11/2010 2:03:49 PM |
Shaggy All American 17820 Posts user info edit post |
chill out 10/11/2010 2:05:32 PM |
zxappeal All American 26824 Posts user info edit post |
Now...stop and think about just how many people would be FUCKED if this were to happen.
Sure, we'd all be kinda fucked...but there are overwhelming numbers of people who would just be plain FUCKED. 10/11/2010 2:08:14 PM |
Smath74 All American 93278 Posts user info edit post |
I'd invest in solar panel companies.
And secure guns. Lots of guns. 10/11/2010 2:08:41 PM |
bonerjamz 04 All American 3217 Posts user info edit post |
ibt apocolyptic beer of choice flaming 10/11/2010 2:26:50 PM |
Nighthawk All American 19619 Posts user info edit post |
Go to my aunt and uncles farm a few minutes outside SN. They've got a big ass farm with chickens and hogs, so we'd eat good for a while. Plus we've got guns, a big ass generator, etc. It would suck for a lot of people, but I'd just farm and fish.
As for people being fucked, I think a small town like where I live would be even more fucked than a place like Raleigh. So many people in my town are on some form of government assistance (whether old or on welfare), and aren't prepared to even take care of themselves, that they would have no fucking clue what to do. In a situation like that, I think it would go to looting VERY fast, so I'd be picking up the grandparents and openly carry whenever I was in town.
Shit like this is why when I move to the Triangle, I plan to find a place with a little land outside of town, so I can have my own garden and have some chickens and shit like that without having neighbors/HOAs crying and bitching. 10/11/2010 2:33:59 PM |
Snewf All American 63348 Posts user info edit post |
I used to think about this a fair bit when I lived in Brooklyn
if the power went off and wasn't coming back on I would HAVE to get out of the city I didn't have a car but those wouldn't be very helpful anyway because the roads would be congested
I did have a bike and a large backpack, though and I keep stores of batteries and several flashlights
wish I had a Ruger 10/22 10/11/2010 2:37:46 PM |
indy All American 3624 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "garden and chickens" |
This.
Also, I'd consider cannibalism.
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marko Tom Joad 72824 Posts user info edit post |
lol puny human guns aren't gonna save you from
BUBONIC PLAGUE II: BIGGER AND BLACKER 10/11/2010 2:47:21 PM |
Skack All American 31140 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "I'd invest in solar panel companies. " |
I'm sure you'd do a lot of investing with no power and no phone.
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Spontaneous All American 27372 Posts user info edit post |
Two women simultaneously. 10/11/2010 2:51:08 PM |
gunzz IS NÚMERO UNO 68205 Posts user info edit post |
i'd like to think i would thrive:
eagle scout
i've taken 2 wilderness survival classes. i can identify some regional edibles
been primitive camping several times, even in the winter, with no tent - make your own survival shelter type deals
was a trained EMT for five years
hunter / fisherman although i've never trapped ... i think i could learn.
if it was the end of the world type scenario i would try to get my closet friends together and my family and tack as much stuff as we could to the mountains to stay a friends for as long as we could and then just make do. 10/11/2010 2:51:45 PM |
LeonIsPro All American 5021 Posts user info edit post |
Play Live Fallout.
10/11/2010 2:56:14 PM |
se7entythree YOSHIYOSHI 17377 Posts user info edit post |
oh! my brother can catch or shoot anything that moves, so he could probably feed us pretty well. i hate fish but i guess i could learn to like it if it's the only thing available. there's a large pond & creek behind my parents' house. lots of deer & ducks too.
and mom's pretty good at gardening...we'd have to buy/steal some seeds for stuff
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AndyMac All American 31922 Posts user info edit post |
I don't live in a large urban area. So I'm good. 10/11/2010 4:08:09 PM |
Str8BacardiL ************ 41752 Posts user info edit post |
Eat all the perishablese 10/11/2010 4:15:05 PM |
Slave Famous Become Wrath 34079 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "i would try to get my closet friends together " |
I always knew you were gay
Now I have proof10/11/2010 4:18:16 PM |
sparky Garage Mod 12301 Posts user info edit post |
go for an extended camping trip 10/11/2010 4:20:41 PM |
BJCaudill21 Not an alcoholic 8015 Posts user info edit post |
get drunk 10/11/2010 5:53:47 PM |
iheartkisses All American 3791 Posts user info edit post |
Read by candle light 10/11/2010 5:54:21 PM |
Smath74 All American 93278 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "I'm sure you'd do a lot of investing with no power and no phone." |
but I'd have power once I got my hands on my solar panel.10/11/2010 6:01:22 PM |
sawahash All American 35321 Posts user info edit post |
Well I would get drunk and loot first off.
I would do my best to find a water filter...if I couldn't I would make one, plenty of sand around here and just need to burn some wood for charcol to make a filter for all the salt water.
Then I'd fish.
Even though the winters are pretty cold here as long as I had a shelter and plenty of warm clothes I think I could survive.
There isn't really a lack of water or food on an island. Good food too. Yummy fish. 10/11/2010 6:08:47 PM |
Str8BacardiL ************ 41752 Posts user info edit post |
:random looter pic: 10/11/2010 8:24:52 PM |
PackPrincess All American 10557 Posts user info edit post |
10/11/2010 8:27:06 PM |
Wolfmarsh What? 5975 Posts user info edit post |
I have enough MREs to get me, my wife, and my kids through a couple weeks comfortably.
But I am not above looting a grocery store if it means feeding my family. 10/11/2010 8:27:23 PM |
EMCE balls deep 89740 Posts user info edit post |
Well, from watching the few episodes of The Colony that I have, I'm convinced that my best chance would be to.... roam around, looking for other people's set ups, raid them, kill them, and then live off of their ish until it no longer suited me. 10/11/2010 8:27:38 PM |