Message from @pratel

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2018-08-23 06:07:57 UTC  

Here is a little sample of what I am working on...

2018-08-23 06:08:39 UTC  

Finding Suitable People for Community:
Step 1: Once Group is Formed, Start Asking People Their Expertise
Step 2: Decide Which People Do Which Jobs Within Group
Step 3: Form Groups To Explore Surrounding Area For Weaponry
Step 4: Search for Older Model Vehicles Without Electronics In Them To Use
Step 5: Siphon Gas from Local Gas Stations and Store Them in Gas Canisters
Step 6: Use Vehicles to Haul Your Supplies in Caravan While Guarded
Step 7: Raid Local Stores, Homes, Hospitals, and Pharmacies for Supplies
Step 8: Stock Up on Gun Powder Found

2018-08-23 06:09:09 UTC  

4 is actually really hard. My car is over 20 years old and is still completely electronic.

2018-08-23 06:09:17 UTC  

I know it is pretty hard.

2018-08-23 06:09:21 UTC  

But it is something that needs to be done.

2018-08-23 06:09:24 UTC  

gasoline has a 1 year expiration date

2018-08-23 06:09:28 UTC  

5 is not much better imo.

2018-08-23 06:09:28 UTC  

womp womp

2018-08-23 06:09:33 UTC  

Electronics become fried and makes car unusable in aftermath of fallout.

2018-08-23 06:09:41 UTC  

This all happens after 2 weeks.

2018-08-23 06:09:57 UTC  

It is mostly done within one year hopefully.

2018-08-23 06:10:11 UTC  

My issue with disaster prep is that people tend to focus on the "do I run or do I sit question"

2018-08-23 06:10:26 UTC  

The biggest factors are things like why there was a nuclear attack in the 1st place.

2018-08-23 06:10:45 UTC  

Because that's going to dictate what kind of aid (or destruction) is going to follow.

2018-08-23 06:11:20 UTC  

Was the attack mutual and the world burning? Or are Chinese tanks rolling down main street passing out MREs and making sure everyone knows they've been conquered?

2018-08-23 06:11:38 UTC  

In that case the real question is if you die fighting or accept your new masters.

2018-08-23 06:11:58 UTC  

Alternatively, if the world is burning, the first real goal is to find somewhere not irriated.

2018-08-23 06:12:00 UTC  

Look at Hurricane Katrina.

2018-08-23 06:12:02 UTC  

Subtract the water.

2018-08-23 06:12:08 UTC  

That's what most of doomsday will look like.

2018-08-23 06:12:21 UTC  

So the thing about Katrina is that *most* people escaped.

2018-08-23 06:12:33 UTC  

How does this make me wrong.

2018-08-23 06:12:44 UTC  

The people who decided to sit got all the press. But most people on the coast know when to run.

2018-08-23 06:13:03 UTC  

From a disaster prep standpoint, it's a very different situation.

2018-08-23 06:13:45 UTC  

Really, for disaster prep, the real questions are things like self sufficiency, a set of supplies that can be deployed essentially anywhere and an understanding of what assets you would have.

2018-08-23 06:13:54 UTC  

And places to go or run in multiple potential scenarios.

2018-08-23 06:14:27 UTC  

Areas that are Irratated is due to the top soil being radiated.

2018-08-23 06:14:33 UTC  

Obviously, if this is Fallout level destruction, you'd pillage and scavenge when possible for supplies.

2018-08-23 06:14:36 UTC  

That can be cleared away overtime, just need to take your time.

2018-08-23 06:14:44 UTC  

It's also in the air though.

2018-08-23 06:14:53 UTC  

Odds are you've got exposure as it is.

2018-08-23 06:15:16 UTC  

The cities remaining would almost certainly fall under martial law.

2018-08-23 06:16:19 UTC  

Personally, I think it makes more sense to memorize the entirety of the Boy Scout Handbook and live in the woods with only a rope, tarp, knife and some canned food than to try and figure out where to find really old cars when you don't even know what kinds of places would be around.

2018-08-23 06:17:02 UTC  

And stockpile essential goods: utility knives, firearms, nonperishable food and water, filter systems and cooking utensils.

2018-08-23 06:17:17 UTC  

The Air itself isn't contaminated, it is the particles and dust that is.

2018-08-23 06:17:21 UTC  

Maybe some general purpose hand tools and a generator too.

2018-08-23 06:17:35 UTC  

That is why we are able to filtrate the air.

2018-08-23 06:17:37 UTC  

OK. But the dust and particles got kicked into the upper atmosphere and are in suspension.

2018-08-23 06:17:49 UTC  

That is why it is best to wait till dust settles first.

2018-08-23 06:17:53 UTC  

filtration only really works if you're in a bunker or something.

2018-08-23 06:17:57 UTC  

If you don't want to wait, use radiation gear.