Graham376
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A light hearted look at survival by Expedition Evans
Surviving Apocalypse on a Boat?
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Dave 71
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Doesn't look particularly light hearted! I hope the anchor is well set, I think the wind is about to pick up.
RunAgroundHard
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I defer to Kevin Costner and Waterworld for all my maritime post apocalyptic survival knowledge.
xyachtdave
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Sounds great, bugger off on boat and let the world fall to pieces while you’re sipping a cold one at anchor somewhere.
Unfortunately the reality will be a visit from large angry scaffolders on their jet skis, you’ll be getting chucked overboard, they’ll take your stuff and giggle while you drown.
Sorry to break it to you, the sort of people that should be in prison will do well during the breakdown of society and anyone with an ounce of kindness and decency won’t last 5 minutes!
Unfortunately the reality will be a visit from large angry scaffolders on their jet skis, you’ll be getting chucked overboard, they’ll take your stuff and giggle while you drown.
Sorry to break it to you, the sort of people that should be in prison will do well during the breakdown of society and anyone with an ounce of kindness and decency won’t last 5 minutes!
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Mark-1
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That is the downside of "prepping" isn't it. The guy with all the baked bean tins becomes a bit of a target.
Stemar
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Just one of the reasons why I reckon ground zero is the place to be.
Chiara’s slave
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So do we. His choice of boat is admirable.
capnsensible
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Get a proper boat and stop it happening.
Baggywrinkle
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How do you manage the breathing under water bit? As I recall that was pretty central to his survival.
Wansworth
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But what sort of anchour did he have
Baggywrinkle
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A veritable gold-mine of resources. Just find the air intake, pump in the carbon monoxide and wait.
Unfortunately, @xyachtdave is right, it will be survival of the nastiest.
ylop
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I have a US colleague who is a prepper for when armageddon comes (note the when not if - he has absolutely no doubt it will happen in his lifetime - so next 40 yrs!). Recons he has enough for him and his family to survive for 1 month without leaving their bunker, and 12 months without leaving sight of his property provided rain water is drinkable, animals / vegetation edible! He has an arsenal that makes even most Americans think he's gun mad. Why? Because he believes he's the best equipped in the neighbourhood and they'll all try to get his food/water/etc....
Poignard
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Graham376
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For me as well, better to go out instantly than face what's left. We're less prepared to survive now than 60 years ago when we used to have the civil defense exercises.
Stemar
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We're also 60 years older - not to mention that a significant number of us wouldn't last long without getting prescriptions filled.
Wansworth
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Backin the1960s asa school project I visited the local police station to ask about what we should do…..if Irecall they had instructions in a large manilla envelope so no need to worry,Sonny!
Minerva
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And that’s all very well and good, but cast your mind back a couple of years and these same ‘prepper’ enthusiasts were the ones whining that they couldn’t get a haircut during lockdowns.
winch2
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I'll pay good money for the co-ords for grnd zero. Its the only real place to be... sides, without me eyedrops Im a goner anyway.
AntarcticPilot
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I remember those - dad was a volunteer in the Civil Defence, and my brother and I sometimes acted as casualties in their exercises. Dad was a first aider. That would have been in the 50s and 60s.
But it was all security theatre, really, as it assumed a very limited and mainly conventional strike with little fallout. "When the wind blows" by Raymond Briggs gives a much more realistic (and very bleak!) view of the likely aftermath of a nuclear war.
Sandy
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Nevil Shute's book On The Beach was a chilling read.
