What would you do if everyone just dissapeared?

[Glaucus]

But non of that matters you are one person.

It doesn't matter if planes take out a million buildings or shipping kills 1/100th of the sea.
it is not going to affect one person trying to survive.

So what if roads are blocked, again you are one person, with an endless supply of construction equipment to move cars if you want. Or even tanks and just drive over the things. Or just use cross country style motorbikes.

flood defences, again who cares if half of London floods, you are one last survivor just don't set up shop in that part. Most flooding that disrupts modern life would have no effect on a lone survivor. A few inches of water ontop of the ground is not going to affect you.

Again who cares if even half the people leave baths running. You don't need 600 million houses. You are ONE person.

And that's assuming it happened at rush hour. if it happened early mourning there would be no roads blocked.

 

[peetee]

Do you know how many airports there are, every major city has at least one, also there are military, emergency, civil light aircraft.
When a plane falls from 30000ft, it can go almost anywhere, the radial area is immense. Either way, what about cars, lorries, buses etc, every major road would be a disaster area. Shipping would cause major ecological damage eventually. Just all the people running baths would cause flooding of property etc.

I work in aviation, I spend a lot of time looking at radar screens and its safe to say that a hell of a lot of the UK would be blissfully unaware of planes dropping out the skies.
Light aircraft are light.. they wouldnt create too much mess if they fell out of the sky.
Military aircraft have exercise areas, its not like you look up at the sky and see loads of aircraft is it?
Obviously citys and large towns would be a general no-go area, unless popping along for some looting of supermarkets.. but really, most of the country would be untouched by 'disaster'

 

[Gaidin109]

I work in aviation, I spend a lot of time looking at radar screens and its safe to say that a hell of a lot of the UK would be blissfully unaware of planes dropping out the skies.
Light aircraft are light.. they wouldnt create too much mess if they fell out of the sky.
Military aircraft have exercise areas, its not like you look up at the sky and see loads of aircraft is it?
Obviously citys and large towns would be a general no-go area, unless popping along for some looting of supermarkets.. but really, most of the country would be untouched by 'disaster'

Which is what I have been saying all along, cities are not conjusive to survival, neither are Airports.

As for the comment by acidhell2, if you happen to be the last person alive, living in a city, or near your best chance of survival airport, then all those things do matter.

 

[Glaucus]

your not even trying now, just going blah blah blah your wrong with no opinion.

 

[Tefal]

Anyone know any out of town depot/warehouses?

They seem ideal to set up in.


Get rid of anything useless inside then bring in all your canned good + army rations. plenty of space to park a fuel tanker inside + build yourself a little house/hut/tent so you don't have to heat the whole place up


then try and find yourself a gas generator or to and fill the place with gas bottles etc

 

[Glaucus]

Anyone know any out of town depot/warehouses?

They seem ideal to set up in.


Get rid of anything useless inside then bring in all your canned good + army rations. plenty of space to park a fuel tanker inside + build yourself a little house/hut/tent so you don't have to heat the whole place up


then try and find yourself a gas generator or to and fill the place with gas bottles etc

yep loads around the place. And exactly the sort of thing I'm talking about. especially outskirts of Bristol/WSM/Chippenham. Obviously you would have to have a scout around and make sure things are good and haven't been blown up by Gaidin109 plain massacre that somehow has taken out every single building in any populated place.

 

[peetee]

Which is what I have been saying all along, cities are not conjusive to survival, neither are Airports.

As for the comment by acidhell2, if you happen to be the last person alive, living in a city, or near your best chance of survival airport, then all those things do matter.

I dont think the OP meant the short term survival, people are talking about lasting for the few hours after it all goes pete tong. Assumption you have survived the crashing cars, planes etc.
Military Airbases would probably be fine, they are not massively busy, and its all about what time it all goes wrong really. Most military and a lot of civilian barely do a thing on a night time.
Newquay would be a relatively safe bet for a civilian airport.

Anyone know any out of town depot/warehouses?

They seem ideal to set up in.


Get rid of anything useless inside then bring in all your canned good + army rations. plenty of space to park a fuel tanker inside + build yourself a little house/hut/tent so you don't have to heat the whole place up


then try and find yourself a gas generator or to and fill the place with gas bottles etc

Easier just setting up in a military base really... generators, fuel, rations, plenty of space! If you really want a tent too..

 

[Laney88]

Hmm mess about with everything i can that i could never do when there were people around. Then probs go off to live in the wild like a cave man once ive used all the energy up lol.

 

[Dugganator]

I would suddenly become the best person at everything regardless of skill by default lol. Best looking, most money blah blah blah. But 10 seconds later I would realise I’m on my own I would then cry and run around in a state of confusion looking for porn and beer to keep me sane for 10 minutes.

I guess for the first couple of years you could have a laugh and do all the things you ever wanted to do but the risk of hurting yourself without anyone to help you could be too much to take to many risks. Plus you’re on your own so likely to go insane and have a friend called Wilson whos a freaking football.

 

[Gaidin109]

your not even trying now, just going blah blah blah your wrong with no opinion.

And you are so shortsighted you'd be dead within the hour. After trying to shift cars with your JCB, after you have raided a library to find out how to operate one of course, then located one and so on...... when all you needed was to walk around it, or find a dirtbike.

I still maintain that a smallholding, properly stocked and with propane generators for power, LPG powered Landrover and a dirtbike or two. Properly greased and stored supplies for the vehicles and weapons you would need, just a shotgun, hunting rifle and a small sidearm. A Bow would be a good addition to your arsenal as well. Tinned food, seeds for growing, a proper latrine, access to fresh water. Clothing, emergency rations, medical supplies, mainly broad spectrum antibiotics and standard painkillers along with the usual gauze, splints etc. Chemical disinfectants. Some easy to handle livestock, a Goat, Pig and a Dog for company. A shortwave radio setup, just in case you are not alone.

Once all that is sorted, Then come all the luxuries, like PC's and TV's etc.

So I have a perfectly valid opinion actually, one that doesnt require some seriously dangerous manual labour from dawn till dusk.

 

[Glaucus]

And you are so shortsighted you'd be dead within the hour. After trying to shift cars with your JCB, after you have raided a library to find out how to operate one of course, then located one and so on...... when all you needed was to walk around it, or find a dirtbike.
xuries, like PC's and TV's etc.

So I have a perfectly valid opinion actually, one that doesnt require some seriously dangerous manual labour from dawn till dusk.

except I have already used machines. And even if you haven't they are simple to use and pose no risk.

So you would do computers and other stuff, so why are you disagreeing with me. As I said many many times you have 50 odd years you can achieve a lot.

seriously dangerous manual labour - because manual labour is so dangerous.

and yes you can find a dirt bilke very easily and is a good form of transport.

 

[Gaygle]

Furiously masturbate in the middle of a shopping centre.

Fully LOL'd

 

[Gaidin109]

except I have already used machines. And even if you haven't they are simple to use and pose no risk.

So you would do computers and other stuff, so why are you disagreeing with me. As I said many many times you have 50 odd years you can achieve a lot.

seriously dangerous manual labour - because manual labour is so dangerous.

and yes you can find a dirt bilke very easily and is a good form of transport.

Fine, but its still un-neccessary, heavy manual labour, such as moving abandoned vehicles, full of flammable liquids and such-like is dangerous, so dont bother, just a small sprain could lead to all kinds of problems down the road. Its not the stuff you can see, but the stuff you cant that will kill or maim you.

Take the damage caused by just 2 planes hitting NY in 2001, without massive intervention by the emergency services, it would have been apocalyptic. Imagine canary wharf, on fire coming down, how far would this fire spread, to the next cityblock and then that one comes down as so on, and so on. Even small insignificant things will escalate without human intervention, best to stay the hell away. Remote is good, in this situation.

I'm not disagreeing with you per se, just your choice of location for optimal survival. I think that cities and any kind of urbanised area is best avoided with the exception of recovery of essiential supplies that cannot be obtained else-where, also as you get older you will become less able, so start small and perfect the living accommodation and supply system, trying to maintain a 40 year old hanger/warehouse when your are in your 60's or 70's would be virtually impossible.

 

[Glaucus]

Fine, but its still un-neccessary, heavy manual labour, such as moving abandoned vehicles, full of flammable liquids and such-like is dangerous, so dont bother, just a small sprain could lead to all kinds of problems down the road. Its not the stuff you can see, but the stuff you cant that will kill or maim you.
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No it is not dangerous. you move fathomable stuff around every day and how often does it explode. This is not the movies, a fuel tank in a car is ridiculously hard to explode. You have to both crush it at high speed and have a decent form of ignition. Even then it's a fireball not an explosion.

Yes it is pointless from a purely survival point of view. But this isn't really a survival situation. You have decades of time to kill with unlimited resources at your disposal, from food, water and accommodation.

A sprain and other small injuries would not kill you, as you have plenty of food rations to eat and drink while you have limited mobility. small injuries kill due to infection which you have a supply of antibiotics and from lack of movement to source food. Which is not a problem in such a scenario.

 

[Gaidin109]

No it is not dangerous. you move fathomable stuff around every day and how often does it explode. This is not the movies, a fuel tank in a car is ridiculously hard to explode. You have to both crush it at high speed and have a decent form of ignition. Even then it's a fireball not an explosion.

Yes it is pointless from a purely survival point of view. But this isn't really a survival situation. You have decades of time to kill with unlimited resources at your disposal, from food, water and accommodation.

A sprain and other small injuries would not kill you, as you have plenty of food rations to eat and drink while you have limited mobility. small injuries kill due to infection which you have a supply of antibiotics and from lack of movement to source food. Which is not a problem in such a scenario.

I agree in a normal situation, but the scenario isnt normal. The fuel tanks could easily be ruptured, a spark from the JCB scapping the road as you push the cars out of the way and BOOM, remember some of these vehicles were in motion when their drivers disappeared, some would have caught fire and burnt out already, some would have crashed into buildings, Petrol stations, all manner of things.
All I am saying is that taking any kind of unneccessary risk is foolhardy. There are no medical professionals to help you. You cant splint and reset a broken arm/wrist/leg whatever properly alone. Even innocuous sprains and minor things will become problematical as you get older. You have a serious sprain while working up a ladder, enough so that you cannot walk far enough to get your supplies, Dead is what you would be. What seems risk-free or small risk now, could have serious consequenses in this scenario.

Alone in a world such as the scenario prescribes is all about survival situations, every day would be a survival situation.

 

[Glaucus]

I agree in a normal situation, but the scenario isnt normal. The fuel tanks could easily be ruptured, a spark from the JCB scapping the road as you push the cars out of the way and BOOM

That does not happen in real life, tanks do not go boom. Also tanks do not rust away in two hours, even several years they would be fine.

It's only survival if you make it a survival situation. there is enough food, water and shelter to last a lifetime. It certainly is not a typical survival situation.

A hanger or warehouse will need no maintenance to stay standing in one lifetime.

 

["andy"]

i really dont know

id want to do everything that ive always wanted to do. but then if i was on my own maybe those things wouldnt be appealing anymore ? maybe id just go insane or become manically depressed

 

[Gaidin109]

That does not happen in real life, tanks do not go boom. Also tanks do not rust away in two hours, even several years they would be fine.

It's only survival if you make it a survival situation. there is enough food, water and shelter to last a lifetime. It certainly is not a typical survival situation.

We are not talking about real life, where the police and fire sevice clean up fuel spills at crash sites etc...

Crashed vehicles with ruptured Petrol tanks would quite easily go BOOM, You seem to think that all the vehicles were parked up, or came to rest nice and slowly when their drivers disappeared. I wsnt talking about rusting hulks, the fuel would have evaporated or run off long before the tanks rusted out.

Anyway it was just an example of what unseen risks there are in such a situation. Dont underestimate the risks of what seem everyday situations in that scenario.

Most modern warehouses, even Supermarkets and such Buildings have a short term lifespan, easy and cheap to construct, after 40 years of little or no maintenance its going to be a problem. The most you are going to get out of a warehouse with little or no maintenance is 40 years, probably less. Some only have a lifespan of 10-20 yrs. Even with proper maintenance the max is 50 yrs. You would have to take into consideration how long it has been erected etc..

http://www.chinasuppliers.globalsources.com/china-suppliers/Steel-Structure-Warehouse.htm.

All I'm saying is you would have to take some considerable care in your choice of accomodation, and a warehouse seems to be problematical in the long term.

 

[Glaucus]

Crashed vehicles with ruptured Petrol tanks would quite easily go BOOM, .

they do not.

petrol also evaporates.

 

[machinauk]

Prob read the back end of Girlfriend in a Coma for ideas, then find a nice big house to live in, blow stuff up, steal things I like and try not to get eaten by wild dogs.