I'm working on a short story about a small group of people who band together after a post apocolyptic event and was wondering what are some of the things you'd really need to have to survive. I know you need food, shelter, water but what other essentials would you need to survive in your opinion?
Any Survivalists or Armed Forces people
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alsea1
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You would need firearms and ammo in order to protect yourself and what meager supplies you have.
There will be groups of people that would kill you for a piece of gum in this situation.
There will be groups of people that would kill you for a piece of gum in this situation.
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alsea1
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No.
What I am saying is if this situation came about it would be a good plan to be prepared to protect yourself from those that would have no problem taking from you the very things that you depend on to survive.
Most of us are good people and are happy to help others. However some people are not very nice and have no issues with smacking you down for whatever reason.
Its in history books. Look how human beings have treated each other thru out history.
Look how some of the people behaved during the Katrina storm.
Your question was what essentials would a small group of people need if a major break down in civilization hit.
If your band of people are not armed then its going to be a short story.
What I am saying is if this situation came about it would be a good plan to be prepared to protect yourself from those that would have no problem taking from you the very things that you depend on to survive.
Most of us are good people and are happy to help others. However some people are not very nice and have no issues with smacking you down for whatever reason.
Its in history books. Look how human beings have treated each other thru out history.
Look how some of the people behaved during the Katrina storm.
Your question was what essentials would a small group of people need if a major break down in civilization hit.
If your band of people are not armed then its going to be a short story.
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alsea1
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cool
Looking forward to seeing it when your done.
Looking forward to seeing it when your done.
Stubbornhillfarm
Ridin' The Range
I would think a source of communication would be invaluable. What I mean by that is back in WWII if I am not mistaken, in England, they had a secret group of people that passed messages around in various ways so that they were not detected. Leaving messages here, instructions there. You know...a tin pie pan hangin on the garden gate means danger-stay away. If things come crashing down there won't be cell phones, computers and tv.
Canadiannee
Chillin' with the herd
A good source of research material into the subject of survivalists is on youtube... just type in "SHTF" or "Preppers" and you'll find a wealth of material in how people are preparing themselves for economic and natural disasters... there's quite a number of videos detailing what items should be carried in a bug out bag, items to store in hidden caches, as well as videos on bearing arms in this type of situation. I do believe there's one video by an army nurse (Patriot Nurse or something like that) outlining which social groups would be hit the hardest and wouldn't survive in an SHTF devastation.
Hope this helps!
Hope this helps!
that's*satyrical
Loving the herd life
Or waterproof matches/flint to cremate. Also would need those items for building fires for cooking/warmth.Bossroo said:
