Doomsday Seekers

Plans for a construction project, really?  The Fallout developers certainly have a collective sense of humor. The latest installment in the Fallout  franchise is riddled with teddy bears, curiously-positioned mannequins, and more obscure comedic references. I just found this funny because the guy is carrying on an otherwise-serious conversation while looking at engineering plans resembling a coloring book.

(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.

(This is part two of three of  Doomsday Survival Series - City Living.) 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.

(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.

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.

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.