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Nothing about avoiding population centers? My reaction to nuclear attack would be to hightail it into the woods. Take some supplies, wait it out, and try not to
by wanderer_ 5y ago
Nothing about avoiding population centers? My reaction to nuclear attack would be to hightail it into the woods. Take some supplies, wait it out, and try not to be a burden to emergency services.
As for fallout and the like, I would just have to hope. Being far from potential targets and away from major jet streams (or whatever I'm not a meteorologist) would be my way to go.
- tshaddox 5y agoHow are you going to survive in the woods? In many places and times of year this would be very difficult for all but the most intensely prepared or experienced people. And is it even good advice?
- lazide 5y agoAlso, fallout generally goes from what was bombed (cities) to what was nearby (forests and not cities).
- wanderer_ 5y agoI see. Well, it looks like I would probably just end up dead then :)
- wanderer_ 5y agoI am rather experienced. Eagle scout, that sort of thing. Maybe I should have been more clear: That wasn't advice, just what I think I would do.
- kmonsen 5y agoI was a ranger in the army, during survival exercise they said the techniques we learned would only apply to surviving during a war. For all other purposes seek civilization as humans are almost unable to survive in the wild anymore. It is very hard to spend less calories trying to get food than what the food you find contains. I think you are wildly overthinking your ability to survive in the wild. Of course I know nothing about you, so you might be the one in a million that can do it.
- wanderer_ 5y agoWell, I wouldn't be going anywhere with no supplies at all. Considering that just one cooler's worth of food can last me at least a week but almost certainly longer, I wouldn't be really 'roughing it'. I could take a fishing pole, I suppose, but that would really just be amusement and the occasional snack - not a viable source of food. Probably the one of most useful survival skills I learned in my days as a scout was how to survive off of the shitty food one's patrol cook prepared :)
- kmonsen 5y agoI can be a week anywhere, in the survival exercise mentioned we went almost two weeks without food. I also try to fast over weekends these days. The problem is not next few weeks but the rest of our lives. What would you eat next year?
- asdff 5y agoIt's one thing to be able to go camping. Long term survival is going to be a lot more challenging, and you won't be the only person taking to the woods looking for resources.
- toast0 5y agoIf you want to live in the woods, fine, but you probably want to wait, inside (in a basement or building interior), for a few days so the shorter halflife stuff in the fallout can decay significantly. Plus you'll want to wait and see where everyone else is going, so you can avoid traffic.