Your list made me laugh. I think you should focus more on hunkering down. The go bag is good but what will you do with no car, canned food and a life time supply of batteries? I’m crying.
1. You need weapons in this scenario
2. A can opener
3. A life straw to filter water
4. Ways to make fire flint/lighters
5. Vodka, can be used as antiseptic and for drinking when you are running around in the wild.
You should definitely go camping once before this.
Ha! This is true. Campers will rule after doomsday. However, I have a plan: steal a boat and fight people along the Amsterdam canals. Cars will get nowhere here. Vodka, we have (I'm drinking a Bloody Mary now), but weapons, flint and life straws are going on the list. Thanks so much for the comment – loved it!
It tells you something that I bought my partner the SAS Survival Guide for his birthday. Tiny book that ideally fits in your flak jacket, I guess. But ironically I’d need it to come with a magnifying glass to be able to read it!
Trying to think of the film I recently saw that depicts the panic/don’t panic dilemma really well. Ah yep, White Noise. A family has to decide how seriously to take news of an ‘airborne toxic event’ when a chemical goods train crashes near their home.
Okay, wow, yes – I'm going to watch that immediately! Thanks so much for the recommendation. I find the whole thing fascinating: you don't want to be early to panic, but obviously not too late. Meanwhile, you're just buying torches and hoping for the best... Survival guides all round, I say!
Bahhaah! I just snort-laughed my way through your post, thank you. I can do you one better than calling my mum and dad in 1992, I can also call my past self on three different mobile numbers. I might need to free up some brain space by clearing out the pointless stuff and go buy a first aid kit, an AM/FM radio, a couple of torches and maybe withdraw some cash. I still have some Ikea vanilla tealight candles left, so that's covered. But to be fair, I currently live in Baku, so I think I might end up getting taken out in The First Wave anyway. Problem solved.
😂 Problem solved indeed 😅 I bet your Ikea candles will survive, though. They're going to outlive us all. Thanks so much for the comment! Really glad you enjoyed the piece. Also, thank you for reminding me that cash is also on the list! We have to have cash. The bootleg liquor kings are not going to accept cards. (Tbf, they'll only accept cash for a limited time until we're all bartering seeds.)
My tin foil hat did light up when they evacuated people from the space station, whilst simultaneously calling back diplomats and embassy staff from various places around the Middle East. Since the Netherlands is mostly a flat floodplain, you should look at some mesh network devices like a LillyGo T-Deck plus. It's an open source radio messaging thing that requires people to setup personal stations, https://meshmap.net/ The people that have nodes for that are the kind of people to have diesel generators or solar stations to keep them running. That pocket SAS Survival handbook someone mentioned I also recommend. It's a slippery slope, should we start digging bunkers and planning routes to get south of the equator if there's a nuclear exchange...potassium iodide tablets... where does it end?
Right! I'm going to look into this mesh network shiz immediately. Thanks, Richard! I've never heard of half this stuff. I feel like I need to educate myself without immediately turning the spare room into an anti-radiation bunker. BUT MAYBE I SHOULD? MAYBE I SHOULD BUY ALL OF AMSTERDAM'S TIN FOIL?
Yes! Exactly this. I think we're all looking for the rational midpoint in our response at all times. It's particularly interesting in The Netherlands where "don't make a fuss" is the default mode. A very famous saying is: “Doe maar normaal, dan doe je al gek genoeg" = "Just act normal, that's crazy enough". You never know where the tipping point is or when we'll reach it. Thanks so much for the comment – really glad it struck a chord!
Your list made me laugh. I think you should focus more on hunkering down. The go bag is good but what will you do with no car, canned food and a life time supply of batteries? I’m crying.
1. You need weapons in this scenario
2. A can opener
3. A life straw to filter water
4. Ways to make fire flint/lighters
5. Vodka, can be used as antiseptic and for drinking when you are running around in the wild.
You should definitely go camping once before this.
Ha! This is true. Campers will rule after doomsday. However, I have a plan: steal a boat and fight people along the Amsterdam canals. Cars will get nowhere here. Vodka, we have (I'm drinking a Bloody Mary now), but weapons, flint and life straws are going on the list. Thanks so much for the comment – loved it!
Oh wow, you are advanced. I underestimated your capabilities.
It tells you something that I bought my partner the SAS Survival Guide for his birthday. Tiny book that ideally fits in your flak jacket, I guess. But ironically I’d need it to come with a magnifying glass to be able to read it!
Trying to think of the film I recently saw that depicts the panic/don’t panic dilemma really well. Ah yep, White Noise. A family has to decide how seriously to take news of an ‘airborne toxic event’ when a chemical goods train crashes near their home.
Okay, wow, yes – I'm going to watch that immediately! Thanks so much for the recommendation. I find the whole thing fascinating: you don't want to be early to panic, but obviously not too late. Meanwhile, you're just buying torches and hoping for the best... Survival guides all round, I say!
Bahhaah! I just snort-laughed my way through your post, thank you. I can do you one better than calling my mum and dad in 1992, I can also call my past self on three different mobile numbers. I might need to free up some brain space by clearing out the pointless stuff and go buy a first aid kit, an AM/FM radio, a couple of torches and maybe withdraw some cash. I still have some Ikea vanilla tealight candles left, so that's covered. But to be fair, I currently live in Baku, so I think I might end up getting taken out in The First Wave anyway. Problem solved.
😂 Problem solved indeed 😅 I bet your Ikea candles will survive, though. They're going to outlive us all. Thanks so much for the comment! Really glad you enjoyed the piece. Also, thank you for reminding me that cash is also on the list! We have to have cash. The bootleg liquor kings are not going to accept cards. (Tbf, they'll only accept cash for a limited time until we're all bartering seeds.)
My tin foil hat did light up when they evacuated people from the space station, whilst simultaneously calling back diplomats and embassy staff from various places around the Middle East. Since the Netherlands is mostly a flat floodplain, you should look at some mesh network devices like a LillyGo T-Deck plus. It's an open source radio messaging thing that requires people to setup personal stations, https://meshmap.net/ The people that have nodes for that are the kind of people to have diesel generators or solar stations to keep them running. That pocket SAS Survival handbook someone mentioned I also recommend. It's a slippery slope, should we start digging bunkers and planning routes to get south of the equator if there's a nuclear exchange...potassium iodide tablets... where does it end?
Right! I'm going to look into this mesh network shiz immediately. Thanks, Richard! I've never heard of half this stuff. I feel like I need to educate myself without immediately turning the spare room into an anti-radiation bunker. BUT MAYBE I SHOULD? MAYBE I SHOULD BUY ALL OF AMSTERDAM'S TIN FOIL?
Yes! Exactly this. I think we're all looking for the rational midpoint in our response at all times. It's particularly interesting in The Netherlands where "don't make a fuss" is the default mode. A very famous saying is: “Doe maar normaal, dan doe je al gek genoeg" = "Just act normal, that's crazy enough". You never know where the tipping point is or when we'll reach it. Thanks so much for the comment – really glad it struck a chord!