Doomsday Preppers

oulton said:
My family also includes my misses.
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I was meaning it in a general way,
if you bring the whole family (cousins and all)
there's gonna be some lonely teenagers etc.
few years down the line.....
Have to develop a complex interbreeding program to prevent abnormalities.


or invite your neighbors to your clan
 
The preppers who go to the lengths of having arsenals, bunkers, months of food and the like are...special, on the TV series I saw, they didn't appear to be the sharpest knives in the drawer, one of them shot his own thumb off while teaching his kids how to shoot. I'd recommend watching the series as it's hilarious.

Despite the above there's nothing wrong with having a few days supply of food rations, portable cooker, extra blankets, water filter, torches etc. in the event of temporary flooding, power cuts or anything else that can happen in the UK, seems a good idea to me. It'll keep you warm and fed while the power comes back on or to get evacuated from your flooded area.
 
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oulton said:
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.
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There would probably only be conscription if the war goes on long enough, but they will certainly be recruiting heavilly with decent incentives.

The best way to survive a war is usually to win the damned thing.
 
Adsta said:
Then along comes a crazy mental starving person with a gun and bam ! you just lost everything.
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An axe and a knife are two of the most essential survival tools you can have. They aren't carried for self-defence purposes, but building shelters, cutting wood for a fire and so forth.

As for the OP's question: I am currently ill-prepared, but I am considering getting a few bits and pieces. I am not expecting the collapse of civilization, but most of the basic 'prepper' stuff can be used whilst camping or hiking anyway. And in the event of a long-term power outage, having the ability to cook a hit meal would be worth its weight in gold!
 
MooMoo444 said:
I thought this was going to be a topic about some super new spicy pepper.
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Doomsday Peppers? lol :D

I'd probably try and make it to the Isle of Wight or some other island that would be less dangerous and built up than mainland UK. As for supplies, I'd probably try and find a hunting shop that sells high powered air rifles, crossbows, knives and hopeful a sporting/ farming shotgun. I'd also bring a bag of medical supplies, half a dozen bottles of vodka (loads of uses), fire starting kit, pans for boiling water, sleeping bag, sheet of tarp and as much tinned food as I could carry/ travel with....and a spare pair of pants of course. :p
 
Don't forgot a tin foil hat!

No doomsday preppers kit is complete without one. The better quality foil the better I say - Waitrose or M&S, the Lidl/Aldi stuff can be seen by zee germans you see.
 
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No, as you would have to be bat crazy to think like that.
However got the equipment needed to do it, from camping/hiking etc. Got tents, stoves, rucksacks, rations, axes, knifes, fishing rods, etc.
The hardest bit would be deciding where to go which would depend on the disaster. But river and woodlands with low humane presence would be best and got a motorbike TI get there, which would avoid traffic jams/etc.

Just need a crossbow and or bow. First one is much easier to use and accuracy is easy.
 
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I've already got a stash of bottle caps hoarded away for apocalypse day.
 
I always have a good laught at the 'American' version of everyday carries on youtube by seeing how many guns they can carry at once.

I do have a bug out bag in my car, and a survival kit too; comes for being an ex boy scout but if the end of the world does come; your find me held out at the nearest costco.. they have EVERY thing there!
 
Since the flooding here at the start of the year I've kept something closer to an overnight bag packed, some of my neighbours had to leave their houses with 15 minutes notice and a bit further away some were cut off for days to month - but not being the end of the world they had friend, family and/or emergency services to fall back on.

The main features being battery packs, solar panels, tablets, 3/4g modem, etc. - everything needed to stay connected to OcUK forums.

EDIT: While I'm no expert I have some experience/training and to be blunt most preppers will be dead quite quickly in a real SHTF situation due to a mixture of underestimating exposure and lugging around a billion kg of kit much of which they don't even remember what is in there or know how to use it.
 
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oulton said:
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
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"Hello Sir, I work for the local constabulary, there have been reports of some abductions taking place in the area and I was wondering if I could have a look around your property.....oh.....well this is interesting."

Something, something, something, and then death row.
 
oulton said:
I would personally try to drive out into the woods and find a log cabin to bug out in.
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Of course you would, given the sheer huge size of the UK and it's vast, vast forested areas and plethora of abandoned log cabins this is a clear winning strategy.
 
oulton said:
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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Main core to have IMO though I don't consider them optional or debatable:

Good knife
Source of fire
Poncho (waterproof)
Space blanket (pref. a good one not 99p job)
Lifestraw or Sawyer filtration system
SAS survival guide

Anything else is fluff IMO if you don't have those.
 
[TW]Fox;26958360 said:
Of course you would, given the sheer huge size of the UK and it's vast, vast forested areas and plethora of abandoned log cabins this is a clear winning strategy.
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Maybe he happens to know where one is. :p
 
oulton said:
Odd choice of location, the place he stayed at seems miles away from forest, not surprising that he died of hypothermia.
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There isnt much wild forrest in the Scottish Higlands.
The farmed pine forrests are not a good idea for finding food either, not much survives under the darkness of the canopy.
 
Bear Gryls Boxed set and a solar charging case for the iPad.

If you have been "in the wild" for more than 20mins and haven't drunk your own urine yet, certain death is soon to follow.
 
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