This is Serious...What Would You Do?

[CrazyCawi]

What would you do if right now your TV flipped to the emergency broadcast channel to inform you Martial law is in force and dooms day has begun or we were under attack?....honestly what would you do?

Think about it..... Would you sit there and blockade yourself, go to loved ones...try to go somewhere specific...what would you do?

The wife and I were watching the Walking dead, and afterwards we saw a Dooms Day Show, It prompted me to ask her the same question of What would she do if that exact moment Dooms Day, An EMP, or Us being under attack started to happen.....

You dont have to name specific locations or anything if you already do have a plan.....but shit....this is a scary thought if you think of it in a realistic manner how fast things can progress.

We figured to quick get as much warm clothing on as we could, get on the bike, and ride as fast as we could to her parents house. They live out in bumb fuck egypt with a lot of food, generator, and storage that we could utilize. Problem is, its 40 miles from us. We dont own any pistols or rifles to protect ourselves but her father does. This prompted me to think of needing to get a permit to purchase, and get a pistol. So then we started thinking of how we could stay safe in our apartment, but we would be to susceptible because we have a huge deck with a glass patio which is easily scaled onto and broken into. We have a walgreens a block away....So my thoughts were to A) get our gun and ammo, go to walgreens to get some of the major antibiotics, and to flee to a safe remote location like her parents, but cautiously. Then we started to think: What if national guard has the roads blockaded, or traffic runs rampant......or what if it happens in the dead of winter with -10* windchill factor and a few feet of snow with no plows out to plow.....some scary shit.....
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[24KMACH]

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[0150r]

If something like that happens, you should have some time before hell breaks loose. It takes time to activate the Guard and people would be rational for a bit of time. They would be focused on what they need to get done before the chaos hit.

 

[MichaelInVenice]

Can I ask you a few questions?

- Do you know what you'd do if you woke up in the middle of the night and the place was on fire?
- Do you know what you'd do if a major storm knocked out the power for several days and made the roads impassable?
- What if the same storm tore off your roof or otherwise damaged the place yo live in?
- What if that same storm meant you couldn't get or buy food, or anything else? (And assume that no power = no atm or credit cards, so you better have cash!)
- Do you know what you'd do if some sort of supply interruption cut off fuel supply to your area for 7-10 days?

If you lived in a different area, I'd be asking about earthquakes, tsunami, flooding, hurricanes, etc.

The point being: Worry about what you can plan for. You can't plan for some sort of Hollywood-inspired nightmare scenario, because I can guarantee you only one thing and that is that whatever nightmare you imagined is probably not going to be what actually happens, if such a thing actually happens in your lifetime at all. I get asked about this all the time. Even have had some idiots ask me what they should do in case of a zombie attack. Seriously, they came over to the emergency planning booth at our neighborhood street fair and really wanted a serious answer to that.

But the things I mentioned happen to people all the time. Especially, the "wake up and the place is on fire" one. You two do have two ways out and you've discussed them in advance right?

Worry about those. Got a week of minimal food and water? Got a camp stove and some fuel? Duct tape and plastic sheeting to seal off your place and/or build temporary shelter? Something warm to sleep in if you're sleeping in your car? A small emergency kit IN the car in case that's all you've got left? Ever let the gas drop below half? Got $100 sitting around so you'll be able to buy supplies if the ATM networks are down? These are all pretty damn basic.

If the Chinese and Russians pop up some morning, announce "sorry, we were just kidding about that whole avoiding war thing" and launch the missiles, I'm not likely to get out from where I am, so I haven't bothered worrying about it.

 

[CrazyCawi]

Can I ask you a few questions?

- Do you know what you'd do if you woke up in the middle of the night and the place was on fire?
- Do you know what you'd do if a major storm knocked out the power for several days and made the roads impassable?
- What if the same storm tore off your roof or otherwise damaged the place yo live in?
- What if that same storm meant you couldn't get or buy food, or anything else? (And assume that no power = no atm or credit cards, so you better have cash!)
- Do you know what you'd do if some sort of supply interruption cut off fuel supply to your area for 7-10 days?

These are right along the lines of disaster...any form of it....not just what I mentioned.....


These thoughts hadnt occured to my 24 year old brain until today unfortunately....thats why I popped on here to ask.....

 

[MichaelInVenice]

These are right along the lines of disaster...any form of it....not just what I mentioned.....


These thoughts hadnt occured to my 24 year old brain until today unfortunately....thats why I popped on here to ask.....

And the answer is the same. Plan for what you can plan for. Planning for some sort of unknown, unforseeable, vauge event that will happen for reasons you can't forsee and will play out in a manner you can't predict because you saw something like it in some movie is just a waste of time.

What will I do? Give me the details of what I'm planning for, and I'll tell you. For most things, I'd stay put until I have a better plan.

 

[arse]

I always keep a shit ton of water, non perishables and my mossberg 500 with about 400 rounds. Never let gas get below half, silver is at parents house 20 min away.

I Need more ammo. And an ak47

 

[Chevyfazer]

And the answer is the same. Plan for what you can plan for. Planning for some sort of unknown, unforseeable, vauge event that will happen for reasons you can't forsee and will play out in a manner you can't predict because you saw something like it in some movie is just a waste of time.

What will I do? Give me the details of what I'm planning for, and I'll tell you. For most things, I'd stay put until I have a better plan.

If you stick to the idea of "planning what you can plan for" your likely to get something unexpected come up. Just look at everybody in the northeast, nobody planned for that and they were told well ahead of time that it could get real bad. Plus most plans can be adapted to fit any situation. Just like the CDC gave out zombie preparedness advice, they know that's not going to happen but it got people thinking about emergency preparedness.

My idea on all of this stuff is really pretty simple, plan for the worst hope for the best. I'm not ashamed to admit at all that I have a "bug out bag" but If I mention that to people they instant think I'm some sort of conspiracy theorist which couldn't be farther from the truth. I seriously doubt anything crazy will happen in the coming years or months but with all the bs you hear and see I figured why not, better to have it and not need it than need t and not have it.

 

[danieljardim]

"Can I ask you a few questions?

- Do you know what you'd do if you woke up in the middle of the night and the place was on fire?
- Do you know what you'd do if a major storm knocked out the power for several days and made the roads impassable?
- What if the same storm tore off your roof or otherwise damaged the place yo live in?
- What if that same storm meant you couldn't get or buy food, or anything else? (And assume that no power = no atm or credit cards, so you better have cash!)
- Do you know what you'd do if some sort of supply interruption cut off fuel supply to your area for 7-10 days?"

SOUNDS LIKE HURRICANE SANDY

 

[roundhouse]

i think after something like that it will be relatively peaceful for a few days or even weeks until food and water shortages create desperate people.

i would not be prepared with more than 1-2 weeks of food and water depending.

a month ago i took an outdoor survival class with "randall adventure training" which i recommend highly

i have an ar15 and several other guns. 1000 rounds of 5.56 and 500-9mm and 2000- .22.

i train Muay Thai boxing and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (even if i am not very good against trained fighters i should get the best of an untrained guy) I took an SDO tactical flashlight course saturday which was a blast.

my son is a shooter and a martial artist. we are in fantastic cardio shape

but i have not really thought about stocking up on food. maybe i should

 

[SpawnXX]

I would turn to my fiance, hold her close and tell her I loved her and do everything I could to keep her safe and get her with family and loved ones. Make sure my family is safe and then accept the inevitable. As a type 1 diabetic I have accepted that if the world as we know it (mainly medical industry) comes crashing down.. it would only be a matter of days or weeks before I'd die. I've nearly died twice from diabetic related issues. The latest was from a Dr. putting steroids in my I.V. during a surgery that caused my bloodsugars to rise uncontrollably and my insulin to be ineffective. I spent a week in the hospital and 8 months in physical therapy due to the damages to my nervous system from it. I suppose if it ever happens in my life time I will do my best to help my loved ones before I expire... it's all you can do. :thumbup:

 

[dart1963]

I keep about a week or two supplies as well, have a generator (but can only store a couple days of gas), have propane stoves, about 20gallons of water (though there is a creek down the road we could boil/filter if desperate.

Keep a small amount of cash, guns/ammo, plenty of blankets to keep us warm... if the roof ripped off our house... we'd be hurting, but we do plan for winter storms/summer lightening power outages. Had to go five days with no power/no exit once (we were snowed in and I do not have a four wheel drive vehicle).

The bigger question in my mind is, what would I do if my job's building shut down. Again, I only have enough savings to keep us going a couple weeks (outside dumping out retirement), so I'd be looking for a job fast.

The biggest thing I learned years ago... when put into an unknown situation, stay calm, think things through and we can do pretty amazing things.

 

[HotSauce]

You can't prepare for everything

IMO, I would lay low for a while; I've got a decent arsenal that I've built up over the years to protect the ones I love, and we always have enough non-perishable food and a healthy stock of bottled water at "home" (right now an apartment). It's hard to prepare for the unknown; I slowly add to my "Go Bag" every now and then when I find something worth putting in there, but if there was a chemical attack for example, all that would go to waste because I haven't spent any of my resources on acquiring suits and masks. My girlfriend and I live in IA, both our parents are in VA, my sisters and brother-in-law are in TX...there would be no easy way to get to any of them without time. Hell, even comms might go down after some time, then what do we do? I haven't invested in a sat phone either so contacting family would be that much more difficult.

You see the people on Doomsday Preppers (I think that's the name of the show) and it's easy to poke holes in all of their contigency plans. I think the best thing you can do is build up what you think is important to you, and hope that gets you by. I could talk for hours on this subject; it absolutely fascinates me, but I must get back to work....

I leave you on this last note, let's not forget that 3 days after the hurricane hit, someone pulled a gun at a gas station...you think it's bad now when someone down the street has power and you don't, I think a lot of us could be in a for a surprise if something bigger ever did happen.

Great discussion and topic!!!

 

[MiltonDorkenhoff]

Dude, I totally know what you mean. Every store I go in to, I look around and think "could I survive a zombie attack in here." I look to see if there is food and water, beer of course. Does it have lots of glass windows (bad), is it a couple of stories tall at least with a flat roof with access from inside and no obstructions surrounding the building (good for sniping), etc.

I've picked out a few places that would work and preprogrammed them in my GPS, you never know when you might need them.

 

[Marthy]

Dude, I totally know what you mean. Every store I go in to, I look around and think "could I survive a zombie attack in here." I look to see if there is food and water, beer of course. Does it have lots of glass windows (bad), is it a couple of stories tall at least with a flat roof with access from inside and no obstructions surrounding the building (good for sniping), etc.

I've picked out a few places that would work and preprogrammed them in my GPS, you never know when you might need them.

I think about the same thing every time I go to Dick Sporting Good. If $hit hit the fan I'll go there first! LOL

No weapon in my closet but did enough MM to get myself out of trouble. Bullet can last just so long IMO. Knowing how to kick some a$$ stay around longer. I have a good stack of battery, flashlite, usually stack on water for 1-2 weeks. More during Hurricane season. I've been thinking about getting a hand gun for a bit... maybe next year.

 

[bleedinblue]

I hate to make another gun comment, but all of this handgun talk is really starting to worry me about some of you.In a survival situation, they are almost equally as useless as they are handy.I just feel that as your only option, a carbine or shotgun would be far more flexible.While they lack in concealment, you can hunt, or even use it as a stand off weapon while empty.

You honestly don't even need to use ammo for a 12 guage pump to keep you out of a fight.The sound of the action cycling has the same effect as police sirens, 99% of home invaders will turn around just from hearing that, and if they don't youll be lucky to have the extra firepower.You can even load a less lethal bean bag as shot #1, with lethal rounds as a last resort.

I live in a relatively small community.In an emergency situation, I think id get together with my friends and cousins, and offer my/our help to the current sheriff.Its what the men in my community did during the civil war, when Morgans Raiders came through.

Im pretty prepared, to much to list actually lol.But I would really like to get a vest or 2 to keep around the house.It really doesn't matter if you can shoot, if you cant stop a bullet.Id be happy with simple soft body armor, its something at least and most home intruders id imagine would carry a small concealable weapon that it would be effective against.
https://www.uspalm.com/products/armor/armor/us-palm-defender-handgun.html

 

[MichaelInVenice]

If you stick to the idea of "planning what you can plan for" your likely to get something unexpected come up. Just look at everybody in the northeast, nobody planned for that and they were told well ahead of time that it could get real bad. Plus most plans can be adapted to fit any situation.

Most of them didn't plan for anything. If they had a decent "survive in place" or "escape and survive" plan, they would be in much better shape right now. I have one of each. The escape plan is the less likely one, because short of an impending natural disaster (Tsunami on the way), it's probably better to stay and evacuate later when the dust has cleared.

 

[danieljardim]

I think that everybody that is worried about a zombie :zombie: invasion needs to stop watch too much TV.

 

[JSP]

I think that everybody that is worried about a zombie :zombie: invasion needs to stop watch too much TV.

CDC - Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response: Zombies

Hey, if its on the CDC website..

 

[MichaelInVenice]

CDC - Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response: Zombies

Hey, if its on the CDC website..

Yes, but if you read it, they are really talking about pretty normal disaster preparedness. The kind of stuff the OP is saying he wasn't thinking about.

They are NOT talking about fighting off the military with your pop gun (or even much lower-level violent disturbances), high speed roadblock evasion, hiding out in the hills in a private fortress, holding out against invading enemy forces, surviving nuclear war, living on to rebuild society after it is totally destroyed by some unforeseen outside menace, or any of the other Hollywood fantasies.

I find it bizarre that people spend time worrying about all of the above fantasies while they don't have a fire extinguisher in the house or a month of living expenses in the bank. Deal with the real, tangible threats before you start worrying about protecting yourself from something you saw in a movie.

(And yeah, if thinking of it in terms of "zombies" rather than "major storm" helps you, then think of it that way.)