Stay Informed

All the planning and preparation will get you nowhere if you aren’t ahead of the game. In order to survive the falling society, you’ll need to be out from underneath it. That means get out of the city.

If you are already out in the country huddling in your bomb-shelter, then good, wait there. If you are in a office cube reading blogs all damn day then you better stay informed on current events so you’ll have a head start down the elevator.

Imagine when it all goes down. May it be a Nuke, a virus, an economic disaster or the elderly revolution, there will be a massive traffic jam on every out-bound road in every American city. If your sitting in that, then you’re pretty much screwed.

The key is too get out before the rush. Read the newspaper, watch the stars for asteroids and of course check this blog frequently for warnings. Be smart about what you read and have the foresight to see if it will effect you. If some Duke named Ferdinand gets assassinated in Europe, it may not seem like a big deal, but you never know if it may cause a world war…It’s happened before.

So, if you see warning signs head home grab your stuff, your family and head to your safe location.

Escape from Brisbane, Australia

Tyalgum

Hey, Sean Murphy here,

I may be a little out of your geographical area of expertise, but I was wondering what suggestions you have for more. I live in the city of Brisbane, on the east coast of Australia. I’m in the suburbs on the northern side of the city. The city itself is one of the most spread out around so it extends quite a way in each direction and there are quite a few small towns nearby. Transport wise, my family has two cars and 5 members. Hope that’s enough, let me know, cheers.

Good news Sean, everything is going to be OK. Australia is one of the better spots to avoid any major cataclysm. Aside from the rising tides from global warming, your main fear should be tsunamis. In your Apocalypse survival gear I’d include 5 life-jackets just in case. Don’t let your kids talk you into ‘floaties.’ Otherwise, it doesn’t appear that you’ll need to worry about a nuclear fallout or a nasty pandemic. Your island and location protects you from a lot of the worst the world can throw at you…

Handling Cannibalism

Cannibalism is disgusting and “ethically questionable” at best. However the potential of having to deal with either your own temptations or the cannibalistic tendencies of the remnants of humanity is pretty much inevitable. Once the apocalypse strips away all our “normal” food sources, people will get desperate. Starving to death takes a long time so there will be plenty of time to talk your self into it. If you wait until you are put in that position to decide your stance on cannibalism you may make a mistake you will really, really regret. So it is of utmost importance to think it through carefully now, so when you are already reeling with post traumatic stress syndrome from what ever calamity wiped out society, you do not have to struggle with this complex ethical dilemma on an empty stomach…. (Grotesquely Continued)