Apocalypse Happened would you?

Selekt0r said:
You do realise that even without the obvious looting which would happen in such circumstances your average supermarket would be empty within 48 hours if it did not get its daily deliveries. So, if deliveries had stopped and and people were looting them they would probably be empty within 4-6 hours of the apocalypse.

Even the massive supermarket supply warehouses which are dotted around the country only hold a few days supply of most non-perishable foods (e.g. tins/packets etc). They have gone to great lengths to reduce the cost of stock in their supply chain.

I don't think it would be very long at all until things turned nasty :(
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Like I said, I'm basing it on what kind of Apocalypse we are talking about.

If we were talking about some kind of event that happened which kept the majority of the world alive, then I can fully see why you would get widespread looting and fighting.

However, if we are talking more along the lines of small pockets of people, where there is hardly anyone around, I don't see why people would necessarily want to kill one another when for the meantime, there would be enough food in places such as supermarkets to go around.

Images that come to my head are films/books like 'The Road' where you've got people trying to scavenge cans of food, it's only as that's got less and less that people have turned to killing or eating one another.

Or '28 Days Later' where there were zombies. There were few people, but plenty of food to go around, I see no reason why people wouldn't work together and it's only when food becomes scarce that problems arise.

Or 'Threads' the BBC Cold War film looking at a Nuclear strike on Sheffield. It was only after years and years off lack of sunlight and the ability go grow food that people really turned to prehistoric times and started killing each other.

I think there's an element of needing to survive, but to start outright killing people for no real reason is making you less and less a human being.

Also, I'd argue that when not behind your keyboard, if you really were in a situation where you held up a supermarket full of looters, would you honestly really shoot them all, baring in mind they are all just in need of food like you.
 
Impose my will quickly on the local survivors and become leader of a greater nation! Then, once some small settlements have popped up, I'll go from dictator and my nation will become a democracy.

People will want order and I shall give it to them!
 
Well assuming it happens in a months time and I'm in newzealand... would probably just stay put. House isn't on mains water so has large water tanks and is far enough away from 'civilisation' that would think it unlikely we would see much trouble. Probably try and trade up from a powerful air rifle to something with some real stopping power... but could pretty much survive out there with nothing more than the land around the house.
 
If 90% are dead....


hmm, definitely getting my self to some barracks or armed police centers/cars. Got a well at home so waters sorted. Food would be a bitch, but there is plenty of land so the weapons can be used to detract people from trying to claim their own land :D.

Then its generator time. Petrol stations are a must. My area is under populated so I should be able to secure a petrol station or to.
 
ac1d1ty said:
If 90% are dead....


hmm, definitely getting my self to some barracks or armed police centers/cars. Got a well at home so waters sorted. Food would be a bitch, but there is plenty of land so the weapons can be used to detract people from trying to claim their own land :D.

Then its generator time. Petrol stations are a must. My area is under populated so I should be able to secure a petrol station or to.
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what about all the rotting corpses?
 
water would not be a problem, there is loads of water in the UK and as long as you boil it, it will be fine.

1) basic equipment, flint, axe, saw, fishing net/rods and the like
2) head out away from populated areas, preferably very remote and wooded with a decent river.
 
Tefal said:
what about all the rotting corpses?
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What about them? They are more than welcome to rot away. Certainly won't be near them where I am planning to go.


Would definitely need to pick up some uni girls though.... I know around 100 girls from first year of uni...that makes around 10 surviving. Just need to show them that I could protect them :cool:

:D
 
I already know my location, I will be hiding out in Elizabeth Castle off the south coast. Surrounded by water when the tide is up, accessible by land when it's down. Gives more safety for sleeping at night.

First priority will be water then food and weapons. Source of heating and securing any weaknesses in my base of operation. Protocols and rosters arranged with my group then communication infrastructure next (If any mediums remain intact). Beyond this would be planning and building for sustainability. My location is fit for this as it provides endless water supply for purification and fishing opportunity.

Sorted :D
 
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One thing most people seem to forget is medical supplies. You'd also have to be very careful to not get injured otherwise something simple could turn life threatening if not treated correctly. This assumes the apocalypse wipes out the majority of people of course.
 
I honestly don't know what I'd do; probably just take it one day at a time and see what happens.
Chances are I'd offer assistance in a group of people using whatever skills I have, in exchange for food/water/shelter.
 
ac1d1ty said:
What about them? They are more than welcome to rot away. Certainly won't be near them where I am planning to go.


Would definitely need to pick up some uni girls though.... I know around 100 girls from first year of uni...that makes around 10 surviving. Just need to show them that I could protect them :cool:

:D
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until me and Feek abseil down the side of your house and steal them in an armed raid. ¬_¬
 
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