there was once a tiny earthquake in chicago and when it happened i woke up and thought that someone crashed a car into my apartment building. didn't get up to investigate and fell back asleep.
I like the eQuake Alert add on for Firefox - it shakes the browser when there is a quake somewhere in the world and displays the location and magnitude. It is not always up to date with new Firefoxen, but it's a good reminder that quakes are pretty common.
next worry: radio active cloud from japan floats over the ocean and turns significant portions of the west coast population into flesh eating zombies. i have my emergency kit so i am ready!
Actually, that has me thinking -- did anyone include sleeping pills in their emergency kit? I did! Not because I will need them (I could have my eyes sewn open and be forced to drink ten cups of coffee in ten minutes, and still would zonk out if I wanted to), but because Matt will need them and chances are we will be together when the disaster strikes.
no way! You want to be alert for attacks! Although sleeping pills would be good for suicide.
Also knock on wood when you say that, about being together when it strikes. ULTIMATE BIGGEST FEAR OF ALL TIME = disaster striking when I am in L.A. and Gary is in Iowa or some shit. HOLY SHIT.
This brings up another issue: agreed-upon plans for a variety of situations. Like, if I am in L.A. and Gary is in Iowa, we should agree on how to find one another again. We should meet in Big Sur or something (want to get to where it's warm and you can grow food, but also would need to get out of Los Angeles IMMEDIATELY)
avalanche-style beepers that you can set to send/receive so you will know when you are close together? They only really work if you are like within 100 yards of each other though, probably not that helpful.
Are there other personal beacons that we could use? Imagine if there is no communication. Oh god, I have nightmares about it. Disaster striking, and then I am like, making my way back to our home on foot, but meanwhile Gary is making his way on foot to wherever I was, and neither of us know if this is happening or not, but you have to do SOMETHING, and you also don 't want to just wait for him, not knowing if he's just waiting for you....and then you MISS one another....it could take you the rest of your life, or NEVER, to find each other again. Plus not knowing if he's even alive. OH GOD.
I would rather be without anything in any of these lists than have this happen.
Damn, Shayla, this "Dies the Fire" shit is NO JOKE! So glad you recommended it but shit. It is giving me horrible nightmares. I would not survive such a situation--I have no skills! I need to learn how to garden or something, FAST. Also an advanced degree in archery and horses.
It's so hilarious how the ones who survive are either Marines or members of Societies for Creative Anachronisms. Who knew, all those years ago in college, that the crazy people screaming "AVAST YE SCURVY SWABS" and hurling duct-tape daggers at one another outside your conversational spanish class would be the ones to survive global apocalypse??
TW, start with fencing lessons and the elvish language from LOTR. Follow up with a good recipe for penicillin from bread mold, plus a knowledge of canning/preserving, and you should be SET in terms of protection.
The fact that only thugs, Marines, SCA folk and pagans survive makes a lot of sense to me....they (and we peeps who read a lot of sf + fantasy) are ready to adapt to CRAZY situations at the drop of a hat.
Have you ever thought about how you’d stay in touch with your loved ones if your city experienced a natural disaster or other emergency?
Safety Maps is a free online tool that helps you plan for this situation. You can use it to choose a safe meeting place, print a customized map that specifies where it is, and share this map with your loved ones.
I've decided on gardening, a CPR course, and an arcane knowledge of medieval feudal societies. These will be my protection and my safety pass after the Fall when I want to join a badass traveling warrior group. It's too late to go to veterinary school. I am also considering "free prostitute," something these books do NOT cover.
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"So, in short, anyone who thinks the #supermoon will actually do anything to Earth tonight is ..... A NOBBER :-)"
and linked to this nice explanation of the supermoon
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/03/18/kryptonite-for-the-supermoon/
could also have been the massive thunderstorm
and the three vodkas
next worry: radio active cloud from japan floats over the ocean and turns significant portions of the west coast population into flesh eating zombies. i have my emergency kit so i am ready!
EXTRA PAIR(S) OF GLASSES
Also knock on wood when you say that, about being together when it strikes. ULTIMATE BIGGEST FEAR OF ALL TIME = disaster striking when I am in L.A. and Gary is in Iowa or some shit. HOLY SHIT.
This brings up another issue: agreed-upon plans for a variety of situations. Like, if I am in L.A. and Gary is in Iowa, we should agree on how to find one another again. We should meet in Big Sur or something (want to get to where it's warm and you can grow food, but also would need to get out of Los Angeles IMMEDIATELY)
Are there other personal beacons that we could use? Imagine if there is no communication. Oh god, I have nightmares about it. Disaster striking, and then I am like, making my way back to our home on foot, but meanwhile Gary is making his way on foot to wherever I was, and neither of us know if this is happening or not, but you have to do SOMETHING, and you also don 't want to just wait for him, not knowing if he's just waiting for you....and then you MISS one another....it could take you the rest of your life, or NEVER, to find each other again. Plus not knowing if he's even alive. OH GOD.
I would rather be without anything in any of these lists than have this happen.
So glad you recommended it but shit. It is giving me horrible nightmares. I would not survive such a situation--I have no skills! I need to learn how to garden or something, FAST. Also an advanced degree in archery and horses.
It's so hilarious how the ones who survive are either Marines or members of Societies for Creative Anachronisms. Who knew, all those years ago in college, that the crazy people screaming "AVAST YE SCURVY SWABS" and hurling duct-tape daggers at one another outside your conversational spanish class would be the ones to survive global apocalypse??
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The fact that only thugs, Marines, SCA folk and pagans survive makes a lot of sense to me....they (and we peeps who read a lot of sf + fantasy) are ready to adapt to CRAZY situations at the drop of a hat.
http://www.good.is/post/cascadia-the-west-coast-fault-line-that-is-nine-months-pregnant
2. BEEF JERKY
3. CENTRUM SILVER
4. WOOL SOCKS
5. ???
6. PROFIT
earthquake doesn't burn bridges, he collapses them
I think I've got it under control!