Your 'Left Behind' Survival Strategy
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First off, Imma read everything I can online--the internet won't be shut off just yet I don't think--about salting meat/canning and preserving foods like the did in the old days. Then, I'mma get an ax and call my dog in. Much as I love her, I'll need meat even more. Put my newly-learned preserving techniques to good use. Then I'd raid the local grocery and conveniance stores to get as much ice, bottled water/other drinks and food as I can. The ice will hopefully keep the perishable stuff cold that much longer. All available sinks, bathing tubs and large pots and pans get filled with as much clean water as they can hold. I'd also stock up on things like wet wipes, a hammer and nails, some wood if I can get and somehow carry it to try and keep the larger roving critters out. The smaller critters--squirrels especially--I start trying to feed, wanting to lure them closer to restock my meat supply. Nonessential unvarnished furniture get chopped for firewood; booksand magazines also burned. I put on as much warm clothes as I can and hope I don't A. become injured and require medical treatment or B. lose hope and just kill myself.
I figure to last a couple of weeks at least.
I figure to last a couple of weeks at least.
Well, I depend on the internet for directions to everything, so I'd probably print out directions to anywhere that seems useful first-- like I know there's a gun shop in my area, so I'd find out where it is, and probably had there first to stock up on guns and ammo. On my way home, I'd break into a supermarket and steal non-perishable food items and firewood. My house has a fireplace so I don't have to worry much about heat, and I know where the cookbook section is in the library, so I can probably figure out how to cook without modern amenities. And for entertainment, there are two libraries within walking distance.
I'd probably get savaged by an animal, or go insane from loneliness, but I think I can survive other than that.
I'd probably get savaged by an animal, or go insane from loneliness, but I think I can survive other than that.
Probably just hike to a convenience store or grocery store and just survive on nonperishable foods assuming they didn't disappear with the people. If I get bored I could always ransack the nearest library or bookstore. Doesn't seem to hard, actually.
Question. If you were a women, and you got to a sperm bank in time, couldn't you just syringe some sperm into you? As gross as it sounds, it would be the easiest way right?MultiMasky said:
Make a night of it, put on some sexy music, light some candles and turn the lights down...
I would train cats to do my bidding. And rule the world.
I'd go live in a Wal*Mart with a home depot next door. Between the two I'd have everything I could possibly need. Guns, Chainsaws, Food, shelter, the ability to build shelter, tacky clothes, generators.
Though I don't know what I'd do once gasoline starts going bad, as I certainly don't know how to make more.
Though I don't know what I'd do once gasoline starts going bad, as I certainly don't know how to make more.
But then you'd either have to keep doing that every nine months for the rest of your life (or until your uterus drops out) or get incestual with it and keep getting knocked up THAT way every nine months for the rest of your life. And even then you wind up with a small group of inbreds.nicole1207 said:
Come to think of it, holing up inside a Wallmart supercenter might not be a bad choice. it's really got everything you need, even basic medical supplies.
I'd find a small farm somewhere near a forest that would also need a greenhouse. I'd kill the majoirty of the live stock and cleanly dispose of the bodies keeping just enough to avoid to much inbreeding, build up some fences to keep the wild animals out. The forest provides wood for heat and cooking. I'd probably keep cows around just for milk, a cow has a lot of meat on it that would go to waste feeding just me and my dogs (I'd gather a few dogs, mixed enough for breeding without getting inbred) those are for defence and company. I'd have to learn alot of new skills but humanity managed it for generations without books to teach them how. After a whilst the basics would become second nature and then maybe I can worry about learning to make booze or taking trips into town to find long lasting bottles.
Something like that'll probably be closer to reality, so I'll roll with that. I would wait where I am right now for all the crashing and such to blow over, then raid the convenience store on campus.gof22 said:
Next, I would look up two things: Supermarkets and pawn shops. I would then head to one of each and kit myself out with survival gear, a rifle, a sidearm, and as much food and water as I can carry comfortably.
Lastly, I would just travel. I mean, why not? I would be (to me) the last person on Earth until I ran into someone else, so there ain't a purpose in just sitting around.
Well it's not so much that everything hang motionless or anything like that, it's just that the people in contol of everything just dissapear. The ensuing chaos is likely what wakes you in the first place. As far as the reason as to why everyone is gone, well, that's part of the problem. Maybe it's aliens, maybe it's biblical, maybe it's fringe science and somehow that infinitely small but non-zero chance of people's atoms winking at of existence happened to everyone but you, or maybe you just got shunted off to some odd alternate universe where everyone else is gone and everything else is still the same.Khell_Sennet said:
As for the nuclear reactors, well, I always thought that without somebody at the helm they would just eventually enter into a meltdown phase. Maybe not really explode, but still vent massive amounts of radiation into the atmosphere. If that's not the case then nevermind that bit.
