Are you prepared?

[Meekly_Anna]

Stay calm.
Make a plan, work the plan.
And that's it.
Don't Overplan. That's why the small rucksack. Prepare it, check it every three months.
Have a small cupboard with emergency supplies like food and candles and water. Everyone should have that.
But don't get crazy about it.

 

[domroger]

Same.

I think the government probably has half decent plans for cities and large towns, but when it comes to tiny villages I doubt they'd be around.
On the plus side, there aren't going to be any riots and looting here either. Population 500, and most of them over 70.

I resent your remark about the over 70's,I'll have you know I wield a mean walking stick.

 

[PatientObserver]

Hello SpiderMan...I was a first responder type when hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans. It was a mess. Lots of people had the impression that the government had materials immediately available to meet everyday needs. That is not true. The shelter areas were mostly underwater and the super dome arrangement was a hotbed of crime and depravity. New Orleans isn't that big in terms of metro areas...about 350,000...add in the surrounding areas and you get upwards of 1,000,000 people. Just in terms of water (and assuming 1 gallon per person per day) where would the government store that much potable water? Much less rotate the storage...you can start to see the problem with just water for every day the crisis exists...in New Orleans case the Army Core of Engineers didn't get the last of the water pumped out of the city until sometime in October...like 40 days after the storm had passed. Anyway, I could go on but you are your own best first responder in almost any type of emergency.

 

[Meekly_Anna]

I have some time on my hands right now, so here are a few reasons why there won't be a zombie apocalypse.
Firstly, zombies are dead by definition. Therefore no growth, no healing.
Zombies are not particularly skilful, so they will break bones. We do it all the time and often don't realise it. It's called greenwood fracture. It heals on its own, but not with zombies, where the fracture gets bigger and bigger (I'll spare you the fracture mechanics details) until the bone is through.
Zombies don't eat, or only eat brains. Brains are rich in energy (that's why ferrets only eat brains), but that's not enough. They will digest themselves.
Zombies are dead. Predators will eat them within a few days. And I'm not talking about mammals, I'm talking about blowflies. Their larvae will eat them completely.

And now something else for the Americans.
You don't shoot zombies. That's inefficient.
You build an extruder pump and attract them with noise. You use a wiper to transport them into the feed hopper and the pump processes them into pulp and transports them away. Then you dry it and burn the rest. Problem solved.
Amateurs.

 

[dolf]

I am a member of our fire brigade, so I have a little insight.
We have enough generator power to supply a large part of the city. All the clinics and the city's computer centre have their own generators and are independent when needed.
We have several fire stations spread across the city. Each has a small amount of emergency supplies, but these are only for the fire brigade. Next to our fire station is one of the warehouses for emergencies. There is a small amount of food and a lot of other supplies, such as camp beds, iodine tablets, wheelchairs and other medical supplies, pumps, generators and other things that are needed.
Food is initially provided by retailers, then there are several food warehouses in our state that can supply the entire population with basic foodstuffs for six weeks.
This happens behind the scenes. It will be similar for you.

What I recommend you have at home is a small rucksack with a set of clothes, copies of your IDs and title deeds, durable food for two days, a crank radio or similar that you can use to charge your phones, a lighter, a pocket knife and some cooking utensils.
The rucksack should weigh a maximum of six kilos.
If you live outside, get a bicycle. This also works without petrol.

A zombie apocalypse will not happen. For very simple biological reasons.

I love that the US military once used zombie apocalypse as a planning exercise. It's one way to make training more entertaining.


There's a big urban/rural divide here, I suspect.
During the recent power outage in Spain, urban life ground to a halt and stranded people were on camp beds in organised centres. Trains stopped, cashless transactions were impossible, and home cooking became a challenge. The lack of aircon can't have been fun.
Meanwhile, high up in the mountains, my father reported that life was almost unaffected. Everyone has cool houses built on, of, and sometimes into rock. The water trickles down from the peak through moorish irrigation. Everyone has a wood burning stove. People know each other well enough to continue trading on credit.

 

[Meekly_Anna]

That's why I have two wood stoves (for hiking), an alcohol stove (for canoeing) and a petrol stove when I'm on s longer trip with my motorbike.

 

[HisArpy]

Anyone who lives in an Earthquake prone area and doesn't prepare, is an idiot.

Anything you do to prepare for an Earthquake works in a societal meltdown too.

 

[dolf]

I love that so many people are envisioning a full on disaster movie.
I was thinking about the inconvenience of being snowed/flooded in, a brief outage of power, a cyber attack, or another pandemic panic buy situation.
Y'all are making me feel like a fluffy optimist

 

[AnomalyLady]

I love that so many people are envisioning a full on disaster movie.
I was thinking about the inconvenience of being snowed/flooded in, a brief outage of power, a cyber attack, or another pandemic panic buy situation.
Y'all are making me feel like a fluffy optimist

I think when people say prepping, others just jump to zombie apocalypse. Esp after Covid.

 

[73Seahawks]

Chronic worry or anxiety doesn’t prevent disasters; it just saps your energy and well-being in the meantime. Having a solid emergency plan, basic supplies, and some awareness of your local risks is far more effective than endlessly worrying. Preparedness brings peace of mind; worry only multiplies fear. Nature will do what it does, but your life is happening now. Be smart and ready, but don’t burn up your well-being with fear.

Considering that Trump's a lame duck and will NEVER face the voters ever again.

 

[RoryN]

I think when people say prepping, others just jump to zombie apocalypse. Esp after Covid.

^^^
This.

COVID answered the question of how humanity will deal with apocalyptic events.

There were two possibilities: sensibility + related action, or a Mad Max movie wherein everyone immediately welds spikes onto their cars and takes off to the desert in search of human flesh.

It's going to be closer to the latter - a lot closer than we may have previously thought.

 

[Lance_Castro]

^^^


It's going to be closer to the latter - a lot closer than we may have previously thought.

Everyone knows the flesh eating zombies will be around your trailer park.

 

[Chernosoth]

Hello SpiderMan...I was a first responder type when hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans. It was a mess. Lots of people had the impression that the government had materials immediately available to meet everyday needs. That is not true. The shelter areas were mostly underwater and the super dome arrangement was a hotbed of crime and depravity. New Orleans isn't that big in terms of metro areas...about 350,000...add in the surrounding areas and you get upwards of 1,000,000 people. Just in terms of water (and assuming 1 gallon per person per day) where would the government store that much potable water? Much less rotate the storage...you can start to see the problem with just water for every day the crisis exists...in New Orleans case the Army Core of Engineers didn't get the last of the water pumped out of the city until sometime in October...like 40 days after the storm had passed. Anyway, I could go on but you are your own best first responder in almost any type of emergency.

I remember a Katrina anecdote:
After a prepper watched the news and checked his preps, he walked outside and saw a neighbor watering her lawn.

 

[Saint_Ann]

When I was 19 or so, I would have had a fighting chance at survival. Wooded farm. Fresh water. Fishing pond. White tails. I could run all day, shoot and fish and camp. Middle of no fucking where.

Now I'm old and slow. No fallback position. Too many mouthes to feed.

 

[HisArpy]

When I was 19 or so, I would have had a fighting chance at survival. Wooded farm. Fresh water. Fishing pond. White tails. I could run all day, shoot and fish and camp. Middle of no fucking where.

Now I'm old and slow. No fallback position. Too many mouthes to feed.

Those were the days...

 

[Rightguide]

Considering that Trump's a lame duck and will NEVER face the voters ever again.

^^^
Digressive non sequitur

 

[Rockymtnman]

Depends on what goes down. Nukes - can’t be prepared for that really. Cyber attack - yeah, cash on hand, I have a tank with 100 gallons of gas on property, canned food, etc for a month ish. Zombies - plenty of ammo, defensible location, food and gas. The purge, same as zombie apocalypse. Epidemic- I think it depends on what we’re facing, Covid wasn’t much more than an inconvenience for me or my family, never actually saw too much panic buying other than toilet paper, something truly bad like Ebola, etc. I think we could be ok for a couple months. We have animals that we can eat too if necessary.

It’s not disease, or weather or cyber attacks you need to worry about. It’s the other bipeds roaming about.

 

[AnomalyLady]

Depends on what goes down. Nukes - can’t be prepared for that really. Cyber attack - yeah, cash on hand, I have a tank with 100 gallons of gas on property, canned food, etc for a month ish. Zombies - plenty of ammo, defensible location, food and gas. The purge, same as zombie apocalypse. Epidemic- I think it depends on what we’re facing, Covid wasn’t much more than an inconvenience for me or my family, never actually saw too much panic buying other than toilet paper, something truly bad like Ebola, etc. I think we could be ok for a couple months. We have animals that we can eat too if necessary.

It’s not disease, or weather or cyber attacks you need to worry about. It’s the other bipeds roaming about.

What animals?

 

[coati]

It’s not disease, or weather or cyber attacks you need to worry about. It’s the other bipeds roaming about.

Oh c'mon. There's no need to worry about kangaroos in most parts of the world.

 

[Rockymtnman]

What animals?

Couple head of cattle, pig, chickens. No dogs will be eaten. I promise

 

[AnomalyLady]

Couple heads of cattle, pig, chickens. No dogs will be eaten. I promise

Ok, thank you! lol

 

[Rockymtnman]

Oh c'mon. There's no need to worry about kangaroos in most parts of the world.

You never know. They’re some shifty sons of bitches!

 

[Rockymtnman]

Ok, thank you! lol

can’t guarantee cats though!

 

[AnomalyLady]

You never know. They’re some shifty sons of bitches!

Ok roos I can get behind. No dogs, promise??

 

[AnomalyLady]

can’t guarantee cats though!

I was about to say no cats too omg