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With all the recent global instability, it seems like a large scale war is not entirely unlikely. Have you thought about what may happen in the event of a large global conflict?

If this were to happen, and society collapsed, this would probably lead to food and energy shortages. Of course this is the worst case scenario, and most probably will not happen, but its worth having a plan in mind just in case. :D

Many so called doomsday experts would have you believe that in this case it would be best to locate to an area of wilderness. I have slowly but surely built up a kit containing:

Axe
Becker KA-BAR BK2 Survival Knife
Wiehrauch HW98 with Nikon Prostaff scope for hunting small game
Rope
BackPack
First Aid Kit
Rechargeable FlashLight/Standard AA Flashlight
Lots of AA Batteries
Fire Starter

If it all kicked off I would personally try to drive out into the woods and find a log cabin to bug out in.
 
oulton said:
Axe
Becker KA-BAR BK2 Survival Knife

If it all kicked off I would personally try to drive out into the woods and find a log cabin to bug out in.
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Then along comes a crazy mental starving person with a gun and bam ! you just lost everything.
 
Main thing you would have to worry about is the rag-tag gangs of fellow survivors who would be killing you for all your nice gear.

Lone Wolf types have no chance unless you can get to an extremely secluded and hard to reach spot (which would make survival more difficult, of course). Or somewhere easily defensible (unlikely to be straightforward)
 
A large scale war is in no way likely.

So i don't give this any thought.

HOWEVER, in the event of something happening, history has proven time and time again that there is safety in numbers, so buggering off on your own, is a terrible idea.
 
oulton said:
With all the recent global instability, it seems like a large scale war is not entirely unlikely. Have you thought about what may happen in the event of a large global conflict?

If this were to happen, and society collapsed, this would probably lead to food and energy shortages. Of course this is the worst case scenario, and most probably will not happen, but its worth having a plan in mind just in case. :D

Many so called doomsday experts would have you believe that in this case it would be best to locate to an area of wilderness. I have slowly but surely built up a kit containing:

Axe
Becker KA-BAR BK2 Survival Knife
Wiehrauch HW98 with Nikon Prostaff scope for hunting small game
Rope
BackPack
First Aid Kit
Rechargeable FlashLight/Standard AA Flashlight
Lots of AA Batteries
Fire Starter

If it all kicked off I would personally try to drive out into the woods and find a log cabin to bug out in.
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There isn't really any "real" wilderness in the UK - so unless you live in a rather less densely populated country then, good luck with that ;)
 
Skidder said:
I have some vintage printed pornography and a can of mulligatawny soup underneath my bed.
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LOL! :D:D:D

Main thing you would have to worry about is the rag-tag gangs of fellow survivors who would be killing you for all your nice gear.

Lone Wolf types have no chance unless you can get to an extremely secluded and hard to reach spot (which would make survival more difficult, of course). Or somewhere easily defensible (unlikely to be straightforward)
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I live in Scandinavia, so the mass hordes of chavs trying to top me for my shiny things would be less of a problem. If I could get out of the city and to a log cabin. I should mention we would be a family unit. Would probably try to get all our family together to form a clan (they are spread out in europe at the moment). My father in law has a 9mm handgun as its required for his job, and my cousin is married to a police commander so we could probably get some weapon supplies if we could meet up.

Some more things I will purchase:

Fishing rod, reel, hooks, floats etc
Solar charger
Analogue radio
water purification hand pump
 
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In the event of a large global conflict I'd probably just sign up to serve. I'm in Cyber Security already, so it'll just be the same stuff, different office.

You don't seem to be prepping for WWIII though, but the zombie aplocolypse.
 
I've got camping and hunting gear already, I can survive in the wilderness easily if need be.

Mind you I'd probably just sit at home drinking tea for a bit first, couple of digestives, nice brew. Then head off and find a cave or something after lunch.

Why rush eh?
 
GiraffePencils said:
forming a family clan?
years alone, cold winters, up in the mountains.
a side ways glance at your cousin.
no non-family members around....
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My family also includes my misses.

In the event of a large global conflict I'd probably just sign up to serve. I'm in Cyber Security already, so it'll just be the same stuff, different office.

You don't seem to be prepping for WWIII though, but the zombie aplocolypse.
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Do you think there would be conscription? I imagine if WW3 kicked off it would be more like the mega rich off to some secret island bunkers and the rest of us would be left to it.
 
jsmoke said:
No tent, sleeping bag, waterproofs, washing stuff....?

There was a survivalist guy who tried to survive in the Scottish Highlands, he was experienced, they found his dead starved body in some wild hut.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ge-man-dead-remote-Scottish-mountain-hut.html
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Odd choice of location, the place he stayed at seems miles away from forest, not surprising that he died of hypothermia.

I have a tent etc but I was thinking more of either finding a log cabin or building a big shelter ray mears style.
 
Why would society collapse during a war? It didn't after two brutal world wars, it wouldn't in the event of a third one, even if WMD's are used.

Assuming some kind of freak event would trigger something resembling a collapse, going to a cabin in the middle of nowhere would be a very bad idea. You can't find enough squirrels/rabbits to hunt and feed a family and if hunger doesn't wipe you out, scurvy surely will.

The only way for an individual and their family to increase their chances of survival is to find a bigger group and become useful in it by applying known skills or getting involved in politics (leadership). Even the strongest, fittest, most intelligent humans are weak and vulnerable on their own, we evolved to survive in groups.
 
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