"After Armageddon" on the History Channel

[KK4AMI]

Kind of a what to do after a worldwide pandemic 1:30 hour training film. I thought it was pretty realistic. Lessons learned;

1. Don't live in a big city
2. Don't expect to drive your SUV full of supplies everywhere
3. Stay away from main roads
4. Don't drag a wife in denial and a teenage son addicted to his electronic toys around
5. Learn how to make your own antibiotics. Because sure as shootin' Mother Nature will screw you no matter how trained you are at survival.
6. Stay away from Cities and small towns. Find an open piece of land with running water and farming potential.
7. Amateur radio will be the only form of national and/or worldwide communication
8. Having a gun could not hurt because much of the population will turn predatory
9. Camouflage your residence to look like its been looted already

[WX7P]

Kind of a what to do after a worldwide pandemic 1:30 hour training film. I thought it was pretty realistic. Lessons learned;

1. Don't live in a big city
2. Don't expect to drive your SUV full of supplies everywhere
3. Stay away from main roads
4. Don't drag a wife in denial and a teenage son addicted to his electronic toys around
5. Learn how to make your own antibiotics. Because sure as shootin' Mother Nature will screw you no matter how trained you are at survival.
6. Stay away from Cities and small towns. Find an open piece of land with running water and farming potential.
7. Amateur radio will be the only form of national and/or worldwide communication
8. Having a gun could not hurt because much of the population will turn predatory
9. Camouflage your residence to look like its been looted already

Wow, Mike.

Sounds like some of the Militia types that live in rural Idaho...

[KK4AMI]

Wow, Mike.

Sounds like some of the Militia types that live in rural Idaho...

I'd consider Idaho if I could bring my fly rod and live near one of those trout streams :)

[WX7P]

I'd consider Idaho if I could bring my fly rod and live near one of those trout streams :)

It's COLD there in the winter. Not like NOVA, bone chilling COLD.

[PA5COR]

Meh
I already meet most conditions for prepping, but i don't really believe we need to go the "The sky is falling" road...

[KK4AMI]

Meh
I already meet most conditions for prepping, but i don't really believe we need to go the "The sky is falling" road...

It is just a mental exercise. It also is an interesting study of Human Behavior. This show was put together by experts that studied peoples actions during natural disasters, wars and disease outbreaks. Then they made a prediction about what would happen in a world wide disease outbreak or pandemic. When it gets down to survival, it seems most people lose all signs of "civilized" behavior.

[KC2UGV]

It is just a mental exercise. It also is an interesting study of Human Behavior. This show was put together by experts that studied peoples actions during natural disasters, wars and disease outbreaks. Then they made a prediction about what would happen in a world wide disease outbreak or pandemic. When it gets down to survival, it seems most people lose all signs of "civilized" behavior.

Possibly, at first. However, humans, being the social animals we are, tend to cluster into organized societies.

[KK4AMI]

Possibly, at first. However, humans, being the social animals we are, tend to cluster into organized societies.

Very true, however, the TV show pointed out that it would start as small villages for protection, farming, etc. They would only allow people in that were useful.

[W3WN]

Very true, however, the TV show pointed out that it would start as small villages for protection, farming, etc. They would only allow people in that were useful.

Ever read Lucifer's Hammer?

[K7SGJ]

It is just a mental exercise. It also is an interesting study of Human Behavior. This show was put together by experts that studied peoples actions during natural disasters, wars and disease outbreaks. Then they made a prediction about what would happen in a world wide disease outbreak or pandemic. When it gets down to survival, it seems most people lose all signs of "civilized" behavior.

You mean like the political forum?