SHTF- you are at work and........

stabman said:
go home and get wasted.
Sober up and read.
Wait till all the fools who ran out with their b.o.b. Die, then go resupply from their stuff.;)
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:d :d :d

(Pesky smarticons! :( Well it was very funny!)
 
These are always fun threads...both just to discuss the "what if's" and enjoy the comic relief.

I think some have experienced these situations in localized events, having even a modicum of planning and preparation would really help reduce the stress levels. I’m in a non-essential position on a military base. If it truly is a significant EMP event or some Mayan-prophesized solar flare knocking out the western hemisphere, I do have some simple plans.

The wife and son are only five miles from home (wife teaches at the middle school and son is in the 8th grade). They’ve already biked the distance twice and can easily walk the back-roads to the house. The daughter is attending the local university and lives with her biological dad. That plan will be difficult if she really needs to bug back to our house which is about 35-40 miles. I’ve talked to her about it, but those 18-year old, “independent”, know-it-all, “adults” will have to figure this one out for themselves; recommended plans still need personal efforts.

Work is easy; power goes out, I go home. If the truck is truly disabled, I’ll either have my folding mountain bike ready to roll or I’ll walk the 20 miles to the home on a back road, the parallel dirt roads or the railroad tracks.

Winter would be more comfortable than summer, but I really think I would enjoy the “down-time” and get a little R&R (rest and recuperation). I have a 12 acre pond full of bream and bass; plenty of deer in/around the yard…sounds like a vacation! :D

ROCK6
 
I am a college professor. It would be Bedlam....


However, I could live off the vending machines for years. That stuff NEVER goes bad...


TF
 
I have 12,000 gallons of water in the back yard- I'm going to need help defending it!;)
 
555 said:
I've been sitting in this bunker since Y2K, is it over yet? :D

I turned on the TV briefly the other night and saw Clinton giving a speech, I guess he's still President. :D
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^^^^ LOL ^^^^
I was thinking about saying something like this.


Depends on what made the power go off. EMP? I have a long walk home.
 
Emergency Stuck-At-Work-On-The-Mayan-Apocalypse Plan:

1. Eat my coworkers.
2. Walk across the field, climb in a 747, and fly to Tierra del Fuego.
3. Relax!
 
The really funny part is the bank would still try to collect. ... the Postman...

Reading "One Second After" had a significant effect on my life and planning. I spent time in Black Mountain NC and the book really hits home.
 
I'm good to go.. thanks to the fine folks at Alpha/Rubicon. Self reliance and readiness takes away so much worries.
 
I would head for a nearest critical care area of the hospital I work in . To help make sure everything needed is on generator circuits, use my radio to relay stuff to emergency control, etc. Wife would hunker down in the basement .
Some Jobs you have to look after other people besides yourself
 
I remember very well, many years ago when I was a kid, my brother and I attended a small country elementary school, a two story brick and limestone building with its own gymnasium and cafeteria in the basement, (The cooks were middle aged mothers of class mates and it was homey country cooking), maybe 100-150 students. The school was only about 1-1-1/2 miles from where we lived, but if you took the school bus home, it was a hour plus ride. Cuban missle crisis was on, Dad was building a fall-out shelter in the basement, and we had a pile of civil defense literature; I guess Dad has sent away for it. My parents set me and my brother down and very sternly told us that if "anything happened" and we were being evacuated on the school buses, NOT to go, don't get on the buses, disobey, fight and kick, break away, run away and come stright home on foot. They explained how we would have to cross the four lane highway, but we could do it, we knew to look both ways and then climb the fences and cut across the farms; reminded us that we knew old Mr. Shepard that had the farm that backed up to our subdivision and that it would be alright. This made a very big impression on me that I have never forgotten; we were only little kids. My Dad was an odd bird but he was in WWII and saw & did SH**t and had a sort of deep-down toughness and menace to him that rarely showed.
 
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sodak said:
Use my tools at work to safely egress (flashlight, prybar (if necessary), dust masks, rubber door stops), walk to my truck, grab my GHB (Maxpedition Condor) and start walking home. That's if I'm at work. If I'm working from home, I walk downstairs, get a beer, and see what happens.

BTW, the Mayans have already debunked the 2012 end of world scenario based on their calendar, if that's what you are referring to.
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getting home will be hell for me but fortunatly i'm well prepared for the long walk . home for me would be kinda like rock6 described . light a fire and relax with a book not to mention looking at my work uniform and laughing hysterically.
 
SHTF very day at work:D. Taught my kids everything I could, and the rest of my family members would either be SOL or headin to my place. I'd walk home but I'd wait til dark to avoid the panic stricken.
 
No reason to speculate since the power does go out at work regularly. Here's what generally happens:

Everyone sits around in the dark for a while.
Boss sends us home, or people just leave on their own.
Once home, I eat a sandwich.

Dec 21 is right around the corner!
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Oh crap, I haven't even started Christmas shopping. :grumpy:
 
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