Hate Wears a 36C (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} malice_bd) wrote,@ 2009-05-11 15:06:00 |
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Survey kinda thing.
I'm just curious how people will reply to this, cuz I've thought about it a bit too much but someone else always comes up with something I missed.
So, let's say the end of the world happens. Society is thrown into complete chaos. Your home is destroyed/looted/whatever, and all you have is one hiker's backpack full of gear (one of the big ones like this) and whatever weapons you can wear or strap to it or carry. Assuming that somehow you had planned for this occurrence and packed your bag with everything you could both think of and could reasonably carry, what does your pack contain? What are you wearing? What weapons do you take with you? Again, this is all that you can reasonably carry on your person...no secret caches and no video game-type inventory management!
Assume that a tent/bedroll/equivalent can be rolled up atop your pack, though you may specify which type you choose to carry. Also keep in mind that you can rely on nothing from modern civilization (e.g. clean water, sanitation, or food sources) and that everyone else is in the same situation as you.
And last - where do you go now?
-AK-47
-A handgun (Jackson recommends a Glock 21 for reliability and stopping power). With a silencer.
-A machete.
-2 boot knives (one serrated, one double-edged)
Clothing:
-Military bivouac bedroll
-Probably my knee high steeltoe Grinders boots
-Winter weight BDUs (top and bottom) & BDU winter jacket
-thermal underwear
-a couple of tank tops
-spare socks and underwear
-Kevlar-lined gloves (to keep from getting my hands cut with something possibly infectious while scavenging)
-Military-issue rain poncho
-A couple of handkerchiefs
-Some kind of warm cap
Food & Water:
-Water filtration bottle (filters larger particles)
-Water purification tablets
-1 medium cooking pot for cooking and boiling drinking water
-Spork!
-Freeze-dried chicken (almost no weight to it, tons of protein, can carry a lot of it)
-Powdered Gainer's Fuel or equivalent powdered drink mix. Very high calorie and nutrition content in a very compact form. It'd be fucking disgusting mixed with water, but cest la vie.
-Candy bars. Yes. High calorie, high fat (which I may not get from other sources), sugar that I will likewise lack.
Medical/Health:
-A few bottles of multivitamins
-Hand sanitizer
-Oral antibiotics (a week or two of a couple broad-spectrum standards, and a few that are more exotic/specific)
-Painkillers (NSAID & some of the heavy stuff just in case)
-Basic Band-Aids and butterfly closures
-Antibiotic ointment
-Alcohol wipes
-The type of needle and thread used to do stitches, in individually sterilized, sealed packs
-Gauze & surgical tape
-Moist wipes
-Pack of disposable filter masks a la SARS
-Bar soap
Misc:
-Waterproof matches
-Lighter
-Compass & local map
-500ft of lightweight cord/rope
And also a couple of cyanide tabs cuz fuck all if they're taking me alive.
Not entirely sure I could fit/carry all that, but most of it is small stuff so, maybe. At least for the short-term. There are definite advantages to living somewhere temperate like the SF area...no real insect problems, no tropical type diseases, no extreme cold weather and uncommon genuinely hot weather. I'd probably head down to Pacifica, behind where I grew up as a kid. I know where there's a freshwater stream that flows into the ocean, super well hidden, and I know all the area like the back of my hand. Plus there is a small bunker down there I'd like to take over.
I'm just curious how people will reply to this, cuz I've thought about it a bit too much but someone else always comes up with something I missed.
So, let's say the end of the world happens. Society is thrown into complete chaos. Your home is destroyed/looted/whatever, and all you have is one hiker's backpack full of gear (one of the big ones like this) and whatever weapons you can wear or strap to it or carry. Assuming that somehow you had planned for this occurrence and packed your bag with everything you could both think of and could reasonably carry, what does your pack contain? What are you wearing? What weapons do you take with you? Again, this is all that you can reasonably carry on your person...no secret caches and no video game-type inventory management!
Assume that a tent/bedroll/equivalent can be rolled up atop your pack, though you may specify which type you choose to carry. Also keep in mind that you can rely on nothing from modern civilization (e.g. clean water, sanitation, or food sources) and that everyone else is in the same situation as you.
And last - where do you go now?
Edit: added my list:
Weapons:-AK-47
-A handgun (Jackson recommends a Glock 21 for reliability and stopping power). With a silencer.
-A machete.
-2 boot knives (one serrated, one double-edged)
Clothing:
-Military bivouac bedroll
-Probably my knee high steeltoe Grinders boots
-Winter weight BDUs (top and bottom) & BDU winter jacket
-thermal underwear
-a couple of tank tops
-spare socks and underwear
-Kevlar-lined gloves (to keep from getting my hands cut with something possibly infectious while scavenging)
-Military-issue rain poncho
-A couple of handkerchiefs
-Some kind of warm cap
Food & Water:
-Water filtration bottle (filters larger particles)
-Water purification tablets
-1 medium cooking pot for cooking and boiling drinking water
-Spork!
-Freeze-dried chicken (almost no weight to it, tons of protein, can carry a lot of it)
-Powdered Gainer's Fuel or equivalent powdered drink mix. Very high calorie and nutrition content in a very compact form. It'd be fucking disgusting mixed with water, but cest la vie.
-Candy bars. Yes. High calorie, high fat (which I may not get from other sources), sugar that I will likewise lack.
Medical/Health:
-A few bottles of multivitamins
-Hand sanitizer
-Oral antibiotics (a week or two of a couple broad-spectrum standards, and a few that are more exotic/specific)
-Painkillers (NSAID & some of the heavy stuff just in case)
-Basic Band-Aids and butterfly closures
-Antibiotic ointment
-Alcohol wipes
-The type of needle and thread used to do stitches, in individually sterilized, sealed packs
-Gauze & surgical tape
-Moist wipes
-Pack of disposable filter masks a la SARS
-Bar soap
Misc:
-Waterproof matches
-Lighter
-Compass & local map
-500ft of lightweight cord/rope
And also a couple of cyanide tabs cuz fuck all if they're taking me alive.
Not entirely sure I could fit/carry all that, but most of it is small stuff so, maybe. At least for the short-term. There are definite advantages to living somewhere temperate like the SF area...no real insect problems, no tropical type diseases, no extreme cold weather and uncommon genuinely hot weather. I'd probably head down to Pacifica, behind where I grew up as a kid. I know where there's a freshwater stream that flows into the ocean, super well hidden, and I know all the area like the back of my hand. Plus there is a small bunker down there I'd like to take over.
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