In case of apocalypse
 

break leg.

But seriously, what would you do?

Let's say this is the scenario:
You're drinking your tea/beer at home, everything is nice, when the lights fuck out. Let's say a random black-out, nothing out of the ordinary.

Then there's the sound of some random plane flying overhead, but this time, the sound doesn't fade to hell as they usually do, instead, the jet engines sound clearer and louder, to finally crash about 2 clicks away from you.

Shit start blowing up in the distance, and finally, a huge mushroom cloud, close enough to be seen, but far enough to not pose any threat to your direct surrounding.

What's your reaction? What would be the first objective, goal, though or whatever?

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If at all possible, in the form of some last-ditch recruiting or whatever; I'd like to sign up for the military were things ever to get that far.

I figure if I'm going to die, I'd at least like to have an okay K/D ratio.

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My hometown is nestled more or less between two nuclear power plants. Though they're not terribly close (one is about 20km away, the other is 35km), it's still a little unsettling to think what could happen if one, or all ten reactors, go kaboom...

Outside of nuclear catastrophe, I guess I could bunker down and wait for everyone else to tire themselves out before making my move. There's usually enough food in my house to cover me for a few days, enough time to wait to raid the houses of neighbours who fled for food and other resources (maybe they've left some tasty pets behind). If all else fails, go berserker...

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I'd kill myself.

Honestly, would you really want to live after all that shit? Having to fight day to day, being paranoid about everyone else, and never knowing if there's every going to be a way out.

Pretty clear cut, IMO.

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Get as far away as possible to avoid nuclear fallout. Even if you say it's safe, I wouldn't know that.

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I don't think it's clear cut, the human brain is pretty stubborn, it wants to survive no matter how depressed you might feel (well there is a breaking point =p), it's an instinct hard-wired into almost all of us. We've endured nuclear catastrophes before.

Think of how many dark times humans have been through, granted none of them are nuclear; but we've endured the dark ages, the crusades, the ice age, plagues, famine, natural disasters, etc. I really doubt nuclear fallout would be the thing that makes most humans want to kill themselves, even with all the horrible mutations that would occur. =p

Anyway, I'd have a sleepover with RGC.

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More food for me, to be honest.

I've always thought that assuming soil isn't contaminated, my region would potentially be one of the most survivable in all the world. If you've got two hands and some time you won't have a shortage of food living in the American midwest. There are a surprising amount of people here who have a very in depth knowledge about our wind power systems, so it wouldn't be a long shot that they could be functional and even maintained in the event of some catastrophe on a global or national level, depending on what kind of catastrophe that is.

I honestly wouldn't doubt that the quality of life in my region would improve, since the land would inevitably be more evenly divided and already could (And does) support the United States, let alone the region.

Of course if it was some kind of apocalypse that harmed the nature of the climate in the way of a large scale nuclear war, or some kind of terrestrial or extra-terrestrial climate change; then it would probably be better just to go out with guns blazing since you wouldn't survive very long anyway.

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I haven't :p

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Let's remedy that. Which continent would you like to be tested on?

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Don't be silly, I-.....Here's fine =p

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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.

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

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.

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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?

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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.

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

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-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.

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

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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.