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If I remember you were supposed to take the interior doors off their hinges and lay them at an angle against the wall. To form a "tent" like structure.... Then cover the doors in pillows or something?
Reason for asking?
My hope for a zombie apocalypse is not as high as it was. Hence my zombie survival plan isn't as relevant. Thinking more of a Mad Max scenario now but with a much more fuel efficient car with air bags etc. (Recommendations?)
That said, hiding behind a door and pillows doesn't really instil me with confidence come the Armageddon. Even one of Kim's rockets could breach that defence I reckon.
Not like I will be sleeping comfortably either as all the ruddy pillows will be outside the "door tent"...
As always, any help on surviving the apocalypse appreciated.
I don't think there's any escape from radiation unless you have an up to date fallout shelter.
Better to hope you go swiftly through smoke inhalation or blast damage!
http://molecreek.info/natures-wonders/mole-creek-caves/
Move here, apparently one of the safest places due to location and other factors
And if you haven't read this recently, do so. Sobering stuff....
Raymond Briggs' When the Wind Blows.
Get some cheap pillows from Asda? Either use them outside the shelter or to rest your worried head on. No point spending much.
Stick your head between your legs and kiss your arse goodbye is still the official advice.
You need to at the exact right distance from the centre of the blast to develop super powers from the radiation.
My hope for a zombie apocalypse is not as high as it was.
Have you been in UK town recently.
For a UK "bigger picture", have a read up on Operation Square Leg.
I think the number of long term survivors was estimated to be about 10% of the population.
It was (and is) considered by some war planners to have way underestimated the number of UK targets, so the 10% figure may be "optimistic".
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Unless everyone else joins in [url= https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Korea_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction ]Wiki [/url]says NK has 13-60 nukes.
I think we're unlikely to get them all.
I think we're unlikely to get them all.
Or any considering NK's limited missile range.
Russia on the other hand could drop their new 100 megaton nuke on us and then it would be game over for old blighty.
Plenty of updated advice out there. It's just been released through non-official channels.
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No point going over 50MT as above that all you tend to do is lift a chunk of atmosphere up rather than the blast spread any further outwards.
I think a lot of the Cold War advice was just there to give the impression it was possible to survive WW3.
Better to get vapourised in the initial blast than spend weeks slowly dying from the fall-out.
Saying that a mate of mine manages a nest of massive subterranean bunkers he Dad bought from the MOD at the end of the Cold War, they were built to house troops in the event of a strike, but they store stuff for museums now... I better make sure I’ve got his number.
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Nibru is heading our way tomorrow, why bother thinking about the apocalypse...
Given that I've got some nuclear subs parked about 15 miles from me i suspect I may be taken out early so forward planning isn't worth worrying about
Protect and survive was the thing when I was young. Used to scare the pants of me when they tested the sirens....
The real tragedy is that the only people who would survive an out all nuclear war are the politicians tucked up in their bunkers.
Them and Keith Richards.
Wasn't there some advice on painting things white?
Don't forget to close the curtains.
the only people who would survive an out all nuclear war are the politicians tucked up in their bunkers.
Do you think we could just fake one then forget the all clear for a decade or two?
Vault-tec....good old Fallout 3, such a great game! 🙂
Raymond Briggs' When the Wind Blows.
A beautifully written book. I love his stuff and cherish my collection, especially my Fungus the Bogeyman Plop-up book. 🙂
If your Grandmother or any other member of your family should die from contamination put them outside of the shelter, but remember to tag them first for identification purposes.
I saw a documentary a few years ago that showed you could survive by getting inside a fridge. It looked like it was from the 50's so probably had lead or something in it.
But people die in fridges - it's dangerous. Haven't you seen the public service films?
If I remember you were supposed to take the interior doors off their hinges and lay them at an angle against the wall. To form a "tent" like structure.... Then cover the doors in pillows or something?
You can do that if you like. Won't make much difference, though.
If you live very close to a high value military target, or a population centre then you're probably best served by sitting on the roof, with whatever mind-altering substances you can find.
If I survive I'm definitely going looting afterwards. Get me a big assed TV to play Fallout on...
If you live very close to a high value military target,
I can pretty much see a target (Menwith Hill Airbase) so my demise will be pretty swift. I'll get a good view of the impact though so it'll be a case of 'wow, that's cool, look at th...'
If you live very close to a high value military target, or a population centre then you're probably best served by sitting on the roof, with whatever mind-altering substances you can find.
Yup. Living about five miles from RAF Fairford, which I'm sure is on Vladdy P's first strike list, I expect to die an instant and painless death.
Stop, droll & roll? or is that lava?
Stop, [b]droll [/b]& roll? or is that lava?
I'm not sure, in either case, that witty repartee should be a priority
Obviously meant drop but drool should be its replacement, rather comical now i read it back
On a side note, i live 7 minutes away from a cold war bunker. Think i'll camp out there.
I want to continue my Fallout 4 now.
I can see one of the main early warning sites from my bedroom window, if I stand on a chair, so I’m ****ed.
If you do manage to procure a bunker, you'll be besieged by starving radioactive survivors until your food and water runs out.
Cheery stuff, eh?
I've played enough fallout 3/4/new vegas and learned how to deal with radioactive survivors.
Really need to play through them again now.
I've played enough fallout 3/4/new vegas and learned how to deal with radioactive survivors.
Fatboy.
I have a proper concrete shelter in my cellar. Unfortunately it contains iodine tablets instead of an air filtration system. And several bikes, broken furniture, old clothes...
Fatboy.
Never did like it, lack of ammunition I think. Was more of a melee fighter on the fall out games, one punch man.
colonel wax - MemberI saw a documentary a few years ago that showed you could survive by getting inside a fridge. It looked like it was from the 50's so probably had lead or something in it.
That's how Indiana Jones did it!
Overheard a woman yesterday describing how her mate has started digging a huge hole in her garden for a nuclear bomb shelter.
The mind boggles
Living about 2 miles from GCHQ I don't think it's even worth thinking about. 😯
The internet will still work though yeah?
I imagine John you'd pleasantly* surprised by your survival chances.
Even if they're running sbirs (or more mundane early warning and tracking) from up there it would likely be a "conventional" (non launched low yield - easier to get a bin lorry up there than a cruise missile, let alone a multi stage rocket- to disable rather than needing to destroy) preemptive strike to minimise defensive capability and tracking of icbms which would then launch on primaries. nukes would be hitting command and control, launch sites and infrastructure which are useful in the aftermath (major train lines/junctions/depots, airfields, motorways etc). In a post nuclear world a listening and tracking station hasn't much to do, it's usefulness being largely outlived (and arguably mission failed)
(though of course anyone launching at the UK has a big enough arsenal and range to be fairly free in their target designation without too much concern over value, or has smuggled one in so would go for a major pop. centre for maximum retweets)
Never did like it, lack of ammunition I think. Was more of a melee fighter on the fall out games, one punch man.
Good for taking out hordes or a last minute all else is lost, I choose to snipe.
Overheard a woman yesterday describing how her mate has started digging a huge hole in her garden for a nuclear bomb shelter
Clearly been watching Colin Furze doing his mental projects. Bit of inspiration
Coke and hookers, quickly.
Be quite intresting in the few minutes before the internet goes off, to see whos asking about tyres/lights/neighbour problems/plumbing or other stuff.
As they probably be so imersed in the above stuff not to listen to the news.
Then bang no more responces.
Save scrolling endlessly in the evenings over Pron eh..
What wheel size for shredding the post apocalyptic gnar trails? Armageddon makes the trails come alive! Wasn't duck and cover the advice in the old public service broadcasts?
Try to be the last to post on STW..... Knowing my luck, I would get cut off mid typ...............
Some great propaganda and insights into the Atomic Age..
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Uranium rush is making me chuckle for some reason. I always liked this from Robocop
Ooh and this one too
Just waiting for "Blue Peter" to "make and show" a nuclear fallout shelter for Action man/Sindy and Barbie, other action man type dolls are available.
Also who will be posting their latest Strava score before the first bomb lands, eg a ride before armegeddon.
Not sure where this thread was going to head really but as the op, being flippant about a subject most of us thought was pretty damned unlikely anytime soon.... Rather than 6 months into a new presidency, I suppose it could have gone anywhere!
Glad to see some humour even on a subject like this from you guys though! What else can you do? 🙂
Surprised no one has brought up a nuclear winter scenario yet?
If there was a nuclear war have no need to worry, i live near GCHQ.
Now would be good to trade mark "Radio Active" for a product as its a name that will be on the front page of every paper for a few weeks or even just a day or two.
The old films about what to do in the event of nuke war are hilarious in their naivety. Also bunker lovers could you imagine emerging from yr bunker to the devastation? I'd rather go in the first blast thanks - wd hate to think of my children trying to survive in that. I think all out nuke war unlikely due to mad. Personally I think trump and Kim should get in the ring and slug it out. Pay per view.
Personally I think trump and Kim should get in the ring and slug it out. Pay per view.
As Frankie suggested with the last bunch of nutters
I can see Catterick Garrison across the valley....dont think i'll be making any plans....
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I live within a ten-mile radius of Portsmouth. I'm guessing I won't have to worry too much about the zombie apocalypse aftermath.
Unless the Isle of Wight is as impervious to fallout as it is to triffids.
I'm stockpiling OEM Schwalbe tyres. If I survive the blast, I need some hard wearing tyres to get me through the nuclear winter. They're rubber is so hard, it should see me through a few rides. Glentress will be empty.....