I know a lot about the details of what is required to survive a nuclear war, which is a cross between “good luck”, “just the same basic common sense and preparation as any other natural disaster” and a few specifics for nuclear.
I’ve spent the day (like many before) trying to find other people who have a genuine knowledge of the problems of surviving a nuclear war and/or have useful skills and an interest and a pragmatic outlook … ideally within travel distance of me in Scotland. I have TOTALLY failed to find anyone that I would genuinely want to talk to.
There are some people with common sense. Yes! But they are the shops selling “prepper” equipment to “preppers”. They have the common sense to tap into and help create this “fear” market and at least some are making money by selling hot air “prepping” with little to no real real idea of what would be needed in a nuclear war. But at least they have enough common sense to turn it into a business!
Otherwise, zilch.
The problem is this: I am trying to prepare a sensible response plan (not a Zombie Apocalypse plan), that is ready to bring out if it is time to start preparing. I don’t want to add to the panic, there isn’t any point making money in a real nuclear disaster, so that is not high on my agenda. I certainly don’t want to direct people to spent pointless money on pointless gadgets, none of which they would actually use. I just want a sensible thought out plan and a response based on the best science (hopefully).
I am becoming increasingly frustrated.
So, I think the reason I’m writing this, is in the hope that I suddenly have an idea about who to contact, or what to search for to finally be able to track down other people like me. Because by now, I’m sick to death of seeing the same sites, especially some forums which I left because I thought it stupid to stay whilst being censored for saying that it is possible to survive a nuclear war. What is the point in a “prepper” site that censors posts for saying war can be survived?
You are either preparing to live … or you are preparing to die.
What is the point preparing to die? They clearly don’t genuinely believe in the idea of surviving so what are they preparing for? Nothing as far as I can tell. There is something seriously wrong with the so called “prepper” sites I’m found, they seem to deliberately dissuade people from the small practical steps that can make a difference.
Why can’t I find any serious person looking at how to improve chances of surviving a nuclear war?
Options:
- Start a forum … no point! The old altruistic internet has been shut down by US big Corpse.
- Run a course … no point unless I am in contact with people with a genuine interest
- Wait till people have a genuine interest … at which point, I will not have a genuine interest in helping others, because I will be too busy helping my own family.
- Try to contact people who ought to be interested … but who? The big problem is that I’d be effectively becoming a “consultant”, but approaching the subject seriously, can’t be done without money. But there is no money for serious consideration of how to prepare. It’s a catch 22 … there is no money available … and there will be no money available. All we have is a load of crazy “Zombie apocalypse preppers” who seem to be spending their money on crossbows to kill the Zombies (I thought Zombies couldn’t die twice?)
Realism
No one is going to start doing serious preparation until AFTER they need to prepare. And, given the rapid developing phase of a nuclear war, serious preparation is going to take longer than they will have when they realise they need to prepare.
The only realistic approach is the head in the sands attitude that most people have: let’s hope nothing happens.
Plan
I am just going to have to work on this on my own. At worst, I have something for those people I know … better … I am just waste my time. Maybe if we headed to nuclear war, it might get some use, but if government etc., have no interest now, they are going to have zero interest in the face of an actual nuclear war.
