August 20, 2009
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HYPOTHETICAL #15 or so…
Last week was the Perseid meteor shower… I love meteor showers BUT…
Every time one comes around I start thinking about apocalyptic events…
I know, I’m weird that way.
It all started when I was in Middle School and I read…
GREAT book.
I haven’t seen the movie, but I remember the book very well, obviously.
I think about what I would do if the world as we know it were to change tomorrow…
If technology were gone, no phones, no internet, no power…
If looting and vandalism were rampant and there was no trusting in your neighbor…
What would I do?
We have food storage in case of job loss or natural disaster, (or a zombie attack
)BUT
We have no contact plan…
How would I contact our extended family? How would I know if they survived? If they needed me?
I’ve never asked them, or made any plan for the obvious reasons I suppose..
Like I don’t want anyone to think I’m a nutcase!
Now that I am going through withdrawal and have no pictures to post I thought this would be a good time to reveal what a flake I am and to ask…
What did you have for breakfast?
I’M KIDDING!
If there was some sort of apocalyptic event tomorrow would you and your family be prepared? How would you prepare?
Would you feel comfortable discussing your zombie shelter with your family members? or do you think they would think your a nutcase?
Comments (28)
We would probably all die we are SO not prepared.. We dont even have band aids in the house.. Sigh. Thanks for that dose of reality.. Where’s my gun?
I am always the over-prepared one in my extended family. We had a Y2K stash and plan. How funny that sounds now! We had masses of duct tape and plastic sheeting and a (kind of lame) shelter-in-place plan after 9/11. (We lived in NY State, close to a nuclear power plant, had a 1 y.o. and a pregnant belly. I couldn’t help myself.) As part of that last plan, we bought all these military MREs (meals ready to eat). When we moved to our new home, we put them up in the garage and recently came across them. They’re all expired by now, but we thought it would be funny to host an “end of the world” party with the leftovers from all these things we planned for but never came to be. What’s next….swine flu, perhaps??? And I never even THOUGHT of zombies….great, something else to worry about!!!!!
I had green eggs and ham, but I have to admit I am terribly blase about the end of the world. This frustrates my more zombie oriented friends.
why do I always, always get sucked into your hypotheticals?
well, one..I would never call it a zombie shelter altho it sort of makes more sense now that I think about it.two, if we lost the internet, we’d all die of withdrawl.other than that, we’d probably outlast our neighbors for awhile.
(and I’m sorry, but I never heard of that book…and now you have compelled me to go find it. thanks.)
My family already thinks I’m a nut case. I am 50 miles from my children/granddaughter. I KNOW that my son can take care of his family, I just dread the long walk there!
I wish I had a Zombie shelter…with pillows and blankets and lots of root beer and potato chips and Lorne Doones and CHOCOLATE…yeah. and a portable CD player…and a stack of really good books YEAH. Bring it on! ha!
ya know, it is what it is, as they say. all i can say is bring it on and let’s see what happens. chocolate chip cookies would probably make it bearable, and maybe some vodka !
We gotta get your camera back to ya mornin glorie
…I have a plan though – I’m gonna go to the cave – there’s a lake in the back filled with the best water – so we would have somethin to mix with the whiskey…we don’t want to water down the tequila now do we? No – so I’ll need to put someone in charge of limes and salt…I don’t know the book either so I think I’ll hunt one up to read when the candles are lit…Don’t worry about a meteor hitting us – they’d send Will Smith or someone up to disable it in no time….I hope 
…ilym
Oh – I had ramen noodles for breakfast – no kiddin! Oh and my fam all know I’m nuts
Haha, I think my fam might commit me! Eek!
hmmm…LOL Cheryl sent me…awesome entry!
WELCOME TO MY WORLD! OMG WTF IS UP WITH THE ZOMBIE MANIA? LOL
I swear, every male in my life right now, from my husband to my best friend to a guy I used to work with is talking about preparing for the Zombie Apocolypse. I even have a friend who wants me to help him write a book about it! I swear I am one of the most prepared people for a natural disaster or Zombie apocolypse EVER! And since I’m married, related and friends with a lot of military, EMT and police officers… there is ironically a plan to *ehem* procure transportation to pick up family members in remote areas- after we stop at the strip club and pick up the girls of course… because the boys want to be able to start the human race over if the need arises!
so I hope this puts your crazy in perspective and you know there are crazier people out there than you!
We knew this apocalyptic event when the powerful Germans ( Nazi) envaded France in 1940. All of things were destroyed and we starved . Freedom had disappeared . No need to watch the sky the apocalypse is daily for some populations in the earth .
But don’ t worry too much , Ang .Live your present and happy time;
Love
Michel
I was totally prepared to give you a zany comment….until I read Michels. He’s so right and who better to address the subject? In any case – I WOULD miss my internet. I, too, would have to walk many miles to find my family. At least, now, I would know where to find Marsha. I’m glad I was following HER on this one, I learned something! It’s a long long way from here to Cave Spring but we’ll pick up all the rest of the fam on the way (and her cave plan is a good one). Peace
The Boy Scout Motto is
Be prepared.
Consider this, the greatest tool you have is behind your eyes and between your ears. Being prepared has less to do with what you have on hand, and more to do with knowing how to utilize that which you have. Example, many people, my wife included insist on having bottled water on hand, and I agree that is a good idea, but knowing how to collect and purify water is far more usefull, (I tell my wife, we have 40 gallons of potable drinking water in the basement… In the hot water tank)
As for the zombies a good sharp machette and the skill to use it, very usefull…
As for the contact plan… It depends on the nature of the event… outside of the infrastructure of established lines of communications, what else are ya gonna do? Perhaps one could send smoke signals or a carrier pigeon.
PS… it is nice to finally see some pictures!
@irisheyessmilin -
Strip clubs!!! Now why didn’t I think of that!
@fauquet - Yep.
@Aloysius_son - hello.
@Aloysius_son - Didn’t you see the pictures I put up yesterday?! They are really good… I like the photographer a lot!
@Aloysius_son - Uh… ok… do you/I realize you/I are/am talking to your/myself?
@Aloysius_son - Yep.
@angi1972 - He missed them… yesterday was a blur… I will have to take him back to yesterday and have a look.
I’ve made a very well-thought out decision to wing it in the event of an apocalyptic catastrophe.
@fauquet - You know Michel you are absolutely right, and for us to joke about such things is disrespectful of history and the world we live in today. We are privledged as Americans to have avoided such horrible circumstances, and I apologize if my comments were offensive. Perhaps it is in our consciousness because we have luckily avoided such things thus far… my grandmother talked about the Great Depression, but I know it was nothing compared to how Europe suffered during World War II. I hope none of our countries ever have to experience that again. But thank you for the reminder.
Oh, yeah, you’re definitely a nut case but don’t let that stop you from creating these highly entertaining blogs.
In answer to your question, Yes..
you’re crazier and dorkier than i am
that’s for sure
Hmmm.. we have plenty of candles!
I think we could live for about a week eating stuff from the cupboards. We could burn our furniture to stay warm or for cooking. After that, we’d be sunk!
I have circles up and a bunch of other pictures, too. Hope your camera gets back to you SOON!
@mercyless1 - Well that’s what you SAY… Sometimes I think it’s about EVEN! ;-b
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