Rules for post-apocalyptic times
Feb 11, 2019 5:13:36 GMT 10
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Rules for post-apocalyptic times
Ol' Remus's Most Excellent Rules For Survival, with a condensed description of each. Here are the three biggies.
Rule 1 - Stay away from crowds. Crowds are the simplest form of conspiracy. They may not have bad intentions, but no crowd has good intentions. For instance, crowds will 'redistribute' your supplies and call their intentions good. Joining a crowd limits your options, its motives are volatile, they're targets for even larger crowds, and what happens to the crowd happens to you.
Rule 2 - Food first. Adequate shelter and a campfire can be improvised and improvements made later. Food can't be improvised, and if imprudently deferred, physical and mental debilitation will follow. Hunger is not merely increased appetite, there's no "toughing it out", it's an exit ramp from life. All planning must first answer the problem of food.
Rule 3 - Good enough and plenty of it. Examples. Durable clothing appropriate to the climate with duplicates in depth. A manageable battery of effective and reliable firearms with a copious supply of ammo and deep reserves. Simple hand tools, basic materials, spare parts and small items in quantity. Double or triple backups for otherwise irreplaceable gear. Avoid anything with batteries or keypads if an alternative is available.
There won't be a conflict between Rule 1 and another rule because Rule 1 is inviolable. There are more rules. They're more fun to talk about.
Notice I don't mention water. Here in the eastern hills there's a run in every wrinkle and a river in every valley. There are creeks, ponds, weeps and springs in the hills themselves. It rains regularly. Water is more often a nuisance than a problem. The need for purification remains, however.
Rules for post-apocalyptic times
Ol' Remus's Most Excellent Rules For Survival, with a condensed description of each. Here are the three biggies.
Rule 1 - Stay away from crowds. Crowds are the simplest form of conspiracy. They may not have bad intentions, but no crowd has good intentions. For instance, crowds will 'redistribute' your supplies and call their intentions good. Joining a crowd limits your options, its motives are volatile, they're targets for even larger crowds, and what happens to the crowd happens to you.
Rule 2 - Food first. Adequate shelter and a campfire can be improvised and improvements made later. Food can't be improvised, and if imprudently deferred, physical and mental debilitation will follow. Hunger is not merely increased appetite, there's no "toughing it out", it's an exit ramp from life. All planning must first answer the problem of food.
Rule 3 - Good enough and plenty of it. Examples. Durable clothing appropriate to the climate with duplicates in depth. A manageable battery of effective and reliable firearms with a copious supply of ammo and deep reserves. Simple hand tools, basic materials, spare parts and small items in quantity. Double or triple backups for otherwise irreplaceable gear. Avoid anything with batteries or keypads if an alternative is available.
There won't be a conflict between Rule 1 and another rule because Rule 1 is inviolable. There are more rules. They're more fun to talk about.
Notice I don't mention water. Here in the eastern hills there's a run in every wrinkle and a river in every valley. There are creeks, ponds, weeps and springs in the hills themselves. It rains regularly. Water is more often a nuisance than a problem. The need for purification remains, however.
