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Tuesday, February 9, 2016
Fallout 4 Pic of the Week
Sunday, February 7, 2016
Doomsday Survival Series - City Living (Part Three)
(This is part three of three of Doomsday Survival Series - City Living.)
Shelter
Yes, the third leg of this stool of survival is shelter. As alluded to previously, plans to stay bound to your barely defensible suburban single family home (or worse, an apartment) aren't the best available. You don't want to be the guy that thought his 'castle' was really a castle. Plan on upgrading.
Saturday, February 6, 2016
Doomsday Survival Series - City Living (Part Two)
(This is part two of three of Doomsday Survival Series - City Living.)
Clean drinking water is no laughing matter. In a harsh environment, you're unlikely to survive more than a few days without it. Clean water in an urban environment will be worth more than all the gold buried in your backyard. While yes, you can take your neighbors' water (see suggestions about tribute in Part 1), if you take too much they'll die and therefore stop contributing to your food supply. You can otherwise use a variety of methods to get clean drinking water.
Water
Clean drinking water is no laughing matter. In a harsh environment, you're unlikely to survive more than a few days without it. Clean water in an urban environment will be worth more than all the gold buried in your backyard. While yes, you can take your neighbors' water (see suggestions about tribute in Part 1), if you take too much they'll die and therefore stop contributing to your food supply. You can otherwise use a variety of methods to get clean drinking water.
Friday, February 5, 2016
Doomsday Survival Series - City Living (Part One)
(This is part one of three of Doomsday Survival Series - City Living.)
Disclaimer - This strategy assumes your city wasn't completely decimated by nuclear explosion, zombie invasion, rise of the robot overlords, etc. and assumes your city is otherwise still habitable.
Let's face it. Most of us won't be lucky enough on doomsday to live outside of a major population center (hence the phrase...major population center). Indeed, most of us won't even have the luxury of living on the outskirts of major cities in carefully cultivated suburbs. Alas, we're also not very likely to have the good fortune of knowing a close friend or relative just outside of town ready with gear and horses to assist in our escape. Yes, it's true. We'll need to know how to survive within the city limits...at least for awhile.
Disclaimer - This strategy assumes your city wasn't completely decimated by nuclear explosion, zombie invasion, rise of the robot overlords, etc. and assumes your city is otherwise still habitable.
Let's face it. Most of us won't be lucky enough on doomsday to live outside of a major population center (hence the phrase...major population center). Indeed, most of us won't even have the luxury of living on the outskirts of major cities in carefully cultivated suburbs. Alas, we're also not very likely to have the good fortune of knowing a close friend or relative just outside of town ready with gear and horses to assist in our escape. Yes, it's true. We'll need to know how to survive within the city limits...at least for awhile.
Thursday, February 4, 2016
Doomsday Survival Series - Doomsday Parties!
Editor's Note: This was written a couple of years ago and inspired by one of the more dismal prepper strategies on the Doomsday Preppers show.
Maybe you don't feel like you quite have that survivalist mentality. Maybe you're just not too keen on trying to survive in a nuclear wasteland (or its equivalent - a world without alcohol). Whatever your reasons, the Doomsday Party 'survival' strategy may be just the strategy you've been searching for.
Maybe you don't feel like you quite have that survivalist mentality. Maybe you're just not too keen on trying to survive in a nuclear wasteland (or its equivalent - a world without alcohol). Whatever your reasons, the Doomsday Party 'survival' strategy may be just the strategy you've been searching for.
Wednesday, February 3, 2016
Welcome Doomsday Seekers!
Why do modern cultures have such a strong love affair with doomsday predictions?
Whether it's Mayan calendars, zombies, or robot overlords, we can't seem to let go of an intense fascination with the end of the world.
Whether it's Mayan calendars, zombies, or robot overlords, we can't seem to let go of an intense fascination with the end of the world.