This is my own note to my future self.
Be in the right place
The key to surviving a nuclear war, is to not be in a nuclear war – so get out.
Know which way the wind is blowing
I put this early, because it is easily forgotten in the heat of the moment: you need to note which way the wind was blowing at the time of the nuclear blasts. That tells you where any fallout will land.
Don’t listen to the legacy media
There is no point trying to get warning of a nuclear exchange from the legacy media and PARTICULARLY the lying BBC. You have to learn how to deal with the information from the mainstream alternatives …. most of which are now censored. So, to get the key information, you have to learn what people are saying before it is altered by the censor bots. But, the government and BIG CORPSE are also on the mainstream alternatives feeding in its own lies. So, you need to find ways to reliably predict what is going to happen based on non-legacy media. One good starting position … is to take whatever the legacy media say, and assume it is a lie. Then work out how it is a lie trying to manipulate you … and you are getting to the truth.
The biggest killer is starvation & insanitary conditions after the blast
It is far too easy to focus in on the blast and radioactivity. But the reality is that most people caught in a nuclear war zone will survive the blasts and then die from starvation or diseases of poor sanitation after the blast. So, forget the blast and focus on being able to survive for about six months without any food, clean water, fuel, electric, transport, government, etc.
Blast Shelter – Don’t!!
There is very little point in a shelter from the blast. I would guess that you would need to continuously occupy an underground shelter for about a month solid to have a high chance of being protected by one. At best, people will only last at maximum about 1week in a very good shelter, and perhaps 3days in a DIY trench style shelter. And, then only for sleeping. So, the chance of being in the shelter for a blast is about 1//12 for a good shelter and 1/30 for a trench one.
A far better strategy, is to get away from where the blasts will happen. If you cannot do that, to know where there is a shelter or where to shelter, wherever you may be. So, rather than invest in one shelter you will almost certainly not be using, invest in knowing where to head for if you have warning.
Once everything else is ready … then start thinking about a blast shelter.
A House with a cellar…
The only good radioactivity shelter is one below ground. So, if you have the choice, pick a home with a cellar. If you don’t have an underground shelter, then you should aim to leave any fallout zone. BUT … You must occupy the best shelter available for the first few hours, then within 3-12 hours after the blast the best course of action is to rapidly head out of any fallout zone. If you have a below ground shelter, you should not stay where fallout is going to land, but if you do find yourself in a fallout zone and have to occupy the below ground shelter, aim to occupy it for about a weak and then make your way out.
A means to detect changes in extremely high levels of radioactivity
The key tool is a means to tell if you are heading into or out of a high radioactivity zone. This is the “compass” when navigating a post nuclear exchange environment. It should be able to discriminate between 90,100 & 110 rad/hour and still be discriminating at 1000rad/hour … a dose deadly within minutes. No commercial device can do that.
Travel
Being able to move with little notice and quickly is really important. But however I look at it, the conclusion I reach is that almost every road will be blocked at some point. So, expect to start by car, but then expect to complete the journey on foot. To do that you need a map and compass (not GPS, not a phone) You need a means to carry enough equipment to walk about 40km quickly by foot carrying huge quantities of water (10gallon of bottled clean water per person would be ideal … but impractical) winter clothing, sleeping bags and shelters for a family. That means a trolley.
Water
Just after a nuclear exchange, clean water will be more valuable than gold. It is needed not just for drinking, but also cooking and cleaning utensils and particularly washing radioactive dust from the body and clothing. All water sources will potentially be contaminated, and, without a way to measure radioactivity, there is no way to know which are safe to drink and which will kill. So, almost all water has to be considered capable of killing. The only good water, is that bottled before the exchange, and springs that come from deep underground.
Medical
The key to survival is having the means to cope with the insanitary conditions after a blast, when clean water and toilets may be unavailable. So, the best first aid kit is a bar of soap … or a few dozen. A means to boil and sterilise water. Then anti-biotics, and other basic medicines that fight infections and common illnesses.
Good food and vitamins.
Once you have those in hand, you may consider specialised first aid to cope with
- IR burns from the intense heat of the blast that is far hotter than the sun and will cause severe burns many many miles away.
- Trauma injuries (similar to a road traffic accident – so similar first aid kit) are going to be common closer to the blast.
- Medicines and hygiene items to cope with insanity conditions (I repeat, because it is the no.1 priority)
Also, medical training. In order to cope with the insanitary conditions. So, ideally a spell in a war zone evacuation camp – ideally where there is no government help.
Non-tech Entertainment
Arguably one of the biggest root causes of death after a nuclear exchange will be boredom, because boredom will cause most people who have good shelters to leave them. Boredom also demoralises people and that can lead to a bad downward cycle of depression and inability to act and cope, just when people need to be firing on all four cylinders to survive.
So, one of the keys to survival is having a means to entertain yourself and others in the absence of electricity and any comms. A mouth organ is the traditional music item of those without a home. I would prefer a guitar .. but it would almost certainly get broken or break strings that could not be replaced, A penny whistle or recorder is probably a better choice.
Obviously singing … learn some songs by heart, And story telling … learn the art and practice it. Mining, puppets, funny voices …
Map & Compass
There is no point having a radio, without having a map and compass to understand what the radio is saying. So, you need a whole UK paper map and a compass to be able to orientate it. You also need local OS maps for about 40km around, so you can navigate a route away from (blocked) roads out of a fallout zone.
Wind up radio
There is a possibility that a radio be useful. I do not put it more strongly than that, because a radio is only as useful as the idiot at the other end, and if that idiot is the BBC, it is full of extreme examples of brain dead idiots who lied about covid, the climate, Ukraine and will lie about a nuclear exchange. So, it may be safer not to listen to their lies after a nuclear exchange.
Because, they are not going to be broadcasting for your benefit, but for theirs. And, so, that means they will not be directing you to where you will be competing with them for food and other things. It is my expectation that they will herd people into vast death camps, with almost no food and where the insanity conditions kill. Or, they will be telling people to stay in high radioactivity zones knowing they will die their from that radioactivity. All, because they don’t want more people where they are.
If you don’t believe me … ask yourself who was in control and pushed the UK into the nuclear exchange? The people who are not being heard on the radio … or the ones who decided what to tell you on the radio? Then ask yourself: “are they really the good guys?”
The main early reason for a radio is to hear details of fallout zones. Or, to hear where the bombs fell and to know the weather forecast which gives the wind direction for the fallout zones. The other reason is to know the weather … because bad weather (cold and rain) is going to kill very many who otherwise would survive. But don’t even believe the weather forecast. During covid the forecast was changed to discourage people from going out. They will certainly do the same after a nuclear exchange.
Long term, a radio may have other uses, such as finding out who has taken over from the thugs who took the country into the war. But, unless there is a way to top up the battery like a wind up radio, it will be useless.
Camping Equipment
Anyone who has to leave their home due to fallout needs to be able to sleep rough, not just on the journey out, but when they get away, because expect all accommodation to be packed, filthy dirty and insanitary. You want the option to avoid it.
The key items to living without modern facilities are:
- Flint and steel
- Knife and axe
- Cooking pot
- Tarpaulin and tent + cord
- Sleeping bags,
- warm/wet weather clothing
- Good boots
- Insect nets
- Soap, toothbrush
- Medical
The one thing that may not be obvious is the tarpaulin. They are so cheap and small, that if a nuclear war approaches, you should have one with you all the time. Because a tarpaulin is the simplest way to make a shelter from the rain.
