I could manage, since I was born on Patriots Day, I would become one.A world changing major event has taken place. ALL industrialization has ceased. All communications, travel, commerical food production, factories, gobermint, Law enforcement, military etc is finished.
In other words, we have landed back in the 1700's. Now, here is the real question for you. How well preppared to continue on with life in this regard ? Do you have garden seeds, and the knowledge to produce your own food. Do you have anything in any large quanity to barter or trade with ? Do you have adquate water and water treatment supplies ? Basic first aid supplies along with the knowledge to use the correctly ? Forget tv, movies and the fiction books. Lets get real here. Think and then think some more
How well are you pareparred for this ?
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Right, there are so many Doomsday scenarios that we don't know which'll hit us first..
I drew up this list, can anybody tell me if i've missed any out?
1- Chernobyl-type nuclear plant accident, but on a much bigger scale, poisoning an area as big as the USA or the whole of Europe and half of Asia.
2- World War 3 exchange of nuclear weapons poisoning virtually the entire planet.
3- A plague wiping out most humans on earth after accidental release from a bio research lab, or a deliberate release by terrorists to wipe out the population of a specific country.
4- EC Event (Economic Collapse) triggering total breakdown of law and order resulting in looting gangs etc.
5- EM pulse (from a solar flare or nuclear bomb) blows out the electricity grid and electronics, it'll be bad but hopefully the govt will have contingency plans to get relief food and medicine convoys up and running.
6- Mega-earthquake bigger than anything the earth has experienced before, demolishing a whole bunch of cities.
7- Mega-tsunami triggered by gigantic quake at sea, wiping out coastal areas for a hundred miles or more inland.
8- Runaway volcano that carries on spewing out dust and ash for many months, throwing a grey wind-carried shroud around the planet blocking out sunlight and triggering subzero temperature drops.
9- Massive meteor strike wiping out millions with blast and tsunami, and kicking up enough dust to black out the sun for years like what wiped out the dinosaurs..
On the other hand, once you've got over the terrible shock of losing everybody, maybe you'll want to look after the little old lady down the street who somehow survived, and help a few orphaned kids who are running around, and do what you can for the ill and injured people in the neighbourhood. If you were dead you wouldn't be able to help them.
You might even feel you've been spared precisely so you can help people..
"Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?" And I said, "Here am I. Send me!"- Isaiah 6:8
Great, Jim. You just made me tear up. Jerk!
I am in no way prepared to make it on my own. Period. Not if the event is one that shuts everything down for a long time. On the other hand, I am not alone in my way of thinking and there is a group of us who intend on pulling together.
You are going to have to pull together with like-minded people. I don't care what Hollywood might suggest, you will not make it by yourself.
I am in no way prepared to make it on my own. Period. Not if the event is one that shuts everything down for a long time. On the other hand, I am not alone in my way of thinking and there is a group of us who intend on pulling together.
You are going to have to pull together with like-minded people. I don't care what Hollywood might suggest, you will not make it by yourself.
Yes there's strength in groups, but the key phrase is "like-minded people", because I'm sure none of us would want to shack up with pains-in-the-derrieres, no matter how expert they were in their chosen fields.
This clip from 'Survivors 1975' explores the theme where a young agricultural whizzkid named Mark joins a group, but despite his expertise, they decide they don't want him because he's boring, arrogant, insulting and badly affects the morale of the group.
They don't actually have the heart to kick him out, but he senses he's not wanted so he packs his bags and goes..
Well, I hear the US national debt has gone from 10 trillion to 16 trill under Obama, so that can't have helped US morale one bit..
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