In case of apocalypse

[D3matt]

With modern nuclear explosives, if you can see it, it poses a threat to you. Though nobody has actually tested one on a realistic target, it's not unreasonable to consider a 30-mile radius of complete devastation, and a considerable radius around that exposed to dangerous levels of radiation.

That said, if I saw a mushroom cloud I'd probably find the most likable girl I can and hunker down until the end. If I'm fucked anyway, I'd rather be happy about it.

[Silberio]

^ That. I thought I'd see more last/apocalypse-fuck

But your answers seem really interesting. I get Adrian's point though... It'd be kind of hard to deal with possible anarchy and radiation or whatever threat, but I'd be highly curious of how the world would look like after a few years, if I even manage to survive that long.

I think I'd scavenge like hell, and find a suitable place to be safe at night. Maybe try to contact some friends and try to make an impromptu outpost by scavenging military surplus shops and grocery stores for supplies.

Stockholm would be fairly easy to survive in since there are lots of green areas (which I suppose would provide a little cleaner air in case of the event being a nuclear detonation), which are close to the center where you could find supplies... Given they're free from either military or some kind of hostile group. In the first case, maybe I'd try to even join the military, as Fortune said.

[Octovon]

Originally Posted by Einherjar Silberio

Stockholm would be fairly easy to survive in since there are lots of green areas (which I suppose would provide a little cleaner air in case of the event being a nuclear detonation), which are close to the center where you could find supplies... Given they're free from either military or some kind of hostile group. In the first case, maybe I'd try to even join the military, as Fortune said.

What about winter? If we forget about nuclear/radiation issues for a minute, one of the more difficult aspects of this scenario would probably be getting through winter without power or regular food supply (I suppose that would be of greater issue at least after the first winter when supplies have dwindled). What I mean is, scavenging for supplies will, over time, become less and less profitable and at some point one will have to start hunting or foraging for enough food and stockpiling it to get through winter.

Where I live, we are somewhat 'sheltered' during winter by Lake Ontario, which likes to dump a lot of the snow we'd get on the north shore onto upper New York state, but it's still cold enough to pose a significant threat in a survival situation. How would Stockholm fare in a winter survival scenario?

[Nemmerle]

Nuclear disaster? Pffff. I'm not sure that's actually something that we can deal with. Ground water, radiation etc. And in the event of a general war you could expect biological and chemical weapons to be unleashed as well.

Humans can inflict enough damage to make survival a not workable.

I suppose in the short to mid term future you'd be looking at crops, animals and control of the major sources of water and arable land as your primary concerns - assuming the environment wasn't totally messed up of course. Life would get pretty interesting. I'd pretty much immediately start trying to organise survivors. I'm pretty good at organising people - they may not always like it, me not being the most personable of persons, but I get shit done.

You'd want to get out of the cities pretty quickly, if you were in one. Without the infrastructure that we're used to - running water, sewage treatment, food deliveries etc - those places are death traps.

[FileTrekker]

I don't think I could do anything more than this;

[Roaming East]

-Assuming communications are still up id immediately call my section supervisors to initiate section level recall procedures.
-go home, get my deployment bags ready, and again, communications standing, start checking of recall procedure.
-report to station and await further instructions.

If comms ARE down, first thing i'd do is get home, gather the family and our emergency kit, load up the CX-9 and have them go on base to stay with some friends of mine. Id put my own gear in the Tacoma, pick up my SS and report directly to my station and await recall procedure.

[Commissar MercZ]

I'd probably get killed in the first week, so I'll let the good times roll.

[Asheekay]

I live in the countryside and there is no big/strategic city nearby, so I don't think anyone would like to send a deathbomb to this neighborhood. However, in the event of an emergency, I will:
Immediately get underground. There are no bunkers in the buildings, but laying prone for 30 minutes in a thick-walled building should keep me from the deadly radiation burst.

After 30 minutes, I would get up and pack my bag with a couple of dresses, all the cash I have in house alongwith my cellphone, laptop and debit cards.

I would then get my mother (if she has survived) with me in a car and go far far away. The direction would be away from the explosion and any big cities which might be a future target. My first preference would be to get checked for radiation and grab whatever medication I can (if the government structure is still intact).

In case of a general war/pandemic, my reaction would be different.