Good point about evolution taking it's course, I guess the baddies would have a rare old time playing with eachother until their numbers were depleted.
I guess my plan is as much about getting out of the way and laying low as anything else. Personally, I'm not sure I could cope with being hidden away in a boarded up room always listening for noises outside the door.
You mention collecting drinking water - that's probably your biggest problem to deal with. Can you carry enough often enough? What about getting a bore hole drilled now just in case?
You can easily provision a small boat for several months (in fact it's common practice) and water makers/coastal streams are common enough to refill an onboard tank. However, as you point out, the weather is my big problem, one reason why my plan involves a boat that can be beached or hidden away up a shallow estuary.
I am not convinced that weapons are a way forward. Accounts of pirate attacks off the coast of Somalia, where these things are really happening, suggest that being armed and attempting to fight out of a situation doesn't have a success rate much different to more passive strategies. I suggest, in the interests of the thread, we agree that not being found is the best defence and leave the "ordinance" or lack thereof as a moot point.
Swagman - of course we're overreacting, but as you admit it's something everybody probably thinks about at one time or another. I think the fear of people thinking we're "survival nuts" stems from the bad press "survivalism" received following incidents like Hungerford. But it doesn't take a big stretch of the imagination to see bird flu or a fuel crisis or a natural disaster creating a situation where part of your worst case scenario plan wouldn't be of use.
Scoops
I guess my plan is as much about getting out of the way and laying low as anything else. Personally, I'm not sure I could cope with being hidden away in a boarded up room always listening for noises outside the door.
You mention collecting drinking water - that's probably your biggest problem to deal with. Can you carry enough often enough? What about getting a bore hole drilled now just in case?
You can easily provision a small boat for several months (in fact it's common practice) and water makers/coastal streams are common enough to refill an onboard tank. However, as you point out, the weather is my big problem, one reason why my plan involves a boat that can be beached or hidden away up a shallow estuary.
I am not convinced that weapons are a way forward. Accounts of pirate attacks off the coast of Somalia, where these things are really happening, suggest that being armed and attempting to fight out of a situation doesn't have a success rate much different to more passive strategies. I suggest, in the interests of the thread, we agree that not being found is the best defence and leave the "ordinance" or lack thereof as a moot point.
Swagman - of course we're overreacting, but as you admit it's something everybody probably thinks about at one time or another. I think the fear of people thinking we're "survival nuts" stems from the bad press "survivalism" received following incidents like Hungerford. But it doesn't take a big stretch of the imagination to see bird flu or a fuel crisis or a natural disaster creating a situation where part of your worst case scenario plan wouldn't be of use.
Scoops