Your 'Left Behind' Survival Strategy

[Cowabungaa]

1: Shock.
2: Utter grief for loosing the few, well one actually, person I care about and how I could never start my new life and become happy.
3: Kill myself.

That "Life After People" special or whatever it was called, that was pretty friggin' interesting when it came down to all that stuff like this. It detailed how long the world could go with power after everyone on the planet disappeared, how long buildings would stand, how long our current food supplies would.. there's a list of it here;

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_After_People

So yeah.. unless you had the skills to start farming right off the bat on someone elses plantation\ability to hunt and cook meat properly\etc.. you'd be good for a few days and then boom. Supplies of frozen food would go, as would your ability to cook longer lasting foods due to the power being gone, etc... and then once again it would all depend on where you were.

I must see that now, it sounds awesome, I love films/documentaries like that. When watching or reading about apocalyptic events, and usually how humanity trumps over them (boooriiiing), I enjoy reading about the aftermath and long term effects the most. Sadly, 99% of the time they just leave it at "and all is well" or "and all is fucked" and end the movie/book there.

 

[Chrissyluky]

one word. WILSONNNNNNNNN! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-zaO-hUYag

 

[WildManBill]

I would probably start looking for someone else. To be honest, after failing to find anyone within a very many miles, I would then end up stealing... well... taking everything that wasn't nailed down (I'd come back for that stuff later). First for survival/possable defence, then comfort, and then some form of mass media broadcasting to see if I could contact anyone who may also be left behind. Then I would definatly try to find them.

 

[veloper]

An interesting scenario.
So all the people suddenly, mysteriously dissapeared in one moment.

The roads will be a mess, because many the cars will go of the roads and the cars on cruise control will do even more damage.
Planes will be worse. Still, lot's of places will be unmarked.

Nothing interesting will happen at the nuclear powerplants. Those will shut themselves down and neatly too. Computers.

A single person left behind could prolly live comfortably till age or disability makes scavenging impossible.

Acquiring a pet, like a dog, would be a good idea if you want to stay sane.
You would want to camp in a places with a diesel generator.
It could be a good idea to pick up some books about butchering and hunting.

This doesn't sound so bad really. You get to race super cars, break into military bases and drink really expensive wines.

 

[Nmil-ek]

I have a backup generator I'd probably be good for a few weeks atleast may aswell make the most of it then go loot everything worthhile.

 

[Axeli]

I don't know if there'd be much point if you were literally the last person on Earth.