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Batteries. *nod*

Guns, food and a yacht for starters. The order wll probably depend on immediate needs.

Let's say you were caught in a Katrina-esque disaster situation, in a city of your choosing. Where would you go, and what would you steal to survive? Where would you start? Clothes? Food? Finding a place for shelter?

Class soon, poll to come in several hours.

Walmart

Everything you could possible need in one place. Guns, ammo, food, clothing, batteries, and in it is a Super Walmart Gas.

Cat food. If I don't find a supply of cat food early on I dare not sleep.

I would probably be unable to resist looting recreational electronics. Of absolutely no survival value, to be sure, but damned if I wouldn't grab me a PSP or seven...

What the heck do you need doorstops for?

I'd loot the nearest police station as chaos would have surely driven them out. Once I got the weed I needed, I'd focus on getting food. :)

And my second stop for looting would be Dinaverg...

;)

Weapons.

No point acquiring goods in an anarchic no-man's land if you can't defend them.

My second stop, Ammo.

I would probably be unable to resist looting recreational electronics. Of absolutely no survival value, to be sure, but damned if I wouldn't grab me a PSP or seven...

This time warpy thing is really confusing me.

Batteries. *nod*
And my second stop for looting would be Dinaverg...

Weapons.

No point acquiring goods in an anarchic no-man's land if you can't defend them.

First of all non-perishable food, including as much bottled water as possible.

Then a couple of wind up torches.

This time warpy thing is really confusing me.

really out of hand in this thread

really out of hand in this thread

That seems to be largely my fault...

the museum of course when else would you get the chance to destroy priceless artifacts and still get some bitching clothes? (plus you could learn about history and stuff)

after that I'd loot the magnet factory and steal everyones cans :p

Well, I'm already well stocked on the bare essentials of survival so I thnk I'd loot something that few people would think to, but would be valuable bartering material to trade for other essentials of survival.

I'd loot an adult book and sex toy shop. *nod*

Well, I'm already well stocked on the bare essentials of survival so I thnk I'd loot something that few people would think to, but would be valuable bartering material to trade for other essentials of survival.

I'd loot an adult book and sex toy shop. *nod*

Hrmm, I figured we were all going to regress to imagination. :p

Assuming I'm going to be trapped for a while, rather than just grabbing a few of my neighbor's things while I leave town:
Guns first, chainsaws second. Then, I'd go for the food and money.
Stealing large consumer items (like TVs) is just stupid. Are you really going to expect people to believe that you just happen to have had several thousand dollars worth of barely used electronics lying around immediately before the storm broke?

the museum of course when else would you get the chance to destroy priceless artifacts and still get some bitching clothes? (plus you could learn about history and stuff)

after that I'd loot the magnet factory and steal everyones cans :p

Aluminum, biotch.

That seems to be largely my fault...

you are a evil person messing around with your powers mm , know it :p

Shoes. Gotta take care of your feet.

Hrmm, I figured we were all going to regress to imagination. :p

If people could rely on their imaginations, there wouldn't be so much porn.

Or on a darker note, there wouldn't be so much rape in poor war-ravaged african nations and/or UN refugee camps.

I wouldn't loot. I'd organize.

Start gathering people and pooling resources together.

I'll bring the porn. :)

Well, I'm already well stocked on the bare essentials of survival so I thnk I'd loot something that few people would think to, but would be valuable bartering material to trade for other essentials of survival.

I'd loot an adult book and sex toy shop. *nod*


Not so oddly enough, I already have full stockpiles on the porn and sex toys but need the essentials. Priorities you see. Perhaps we can team up.

Let's say you were caught in a Katrina-esque disaster situation, in a city of your choosing. Where would you go, and what would you steal to survive? Where would you start? Clothes? Food? Finding a place for shelter?

Class soon, poll to come in several hours.

I wouldn't loot. I'd organize.

Start gathering people and pooling resources together.

I'd loot the antique shop for a magic lamp, and then I would wish to be somewhere else :)

If people could rely on their imaginations, there wouldn't be so much porn.

Or on a darker note, there wouldn't be so much rape in poor war-ravaged african nations and/or UN refugee camps.

True, perhaps I's just lucky that way...

Anyhow, one way or another, you guys are gonna need those batteries. Count me in. Bring Bottle so we can stop doors from damaging the walls.

I'd use my guns to steal a boat, then food and water, then maybe some entertainment materials.

And if I had the time I'd find a bunch of poor orphans, kittens, and endangered Red Suited Teller's huddled together in the water and run them down with my newly acquired yatch. Then I'd eat a baby and rob some elderly people. Then I'd dance and dance and piss on some graves because I'm an ebil capitalist and that's what capitalists do.

Guns, ammo, a plasma TV, Food, more ammo, various things that don't belong to me, an airplane, a couple of cars, and some ammo.

As far as the guns go, I'd probably set up a couple of machine gns on tirpods. However, they do have a tendency to heat up, so I'd have to get ones that can be set to burst fire.

i say loot this and ammo and fuel for it
http://www.australian-armour.com/10LH-n8.jpg

... oh hell no. PSP's can be communication devices. the wireless capabilities are built right in. as communication is restored, they can be used to give information to people coming in.


...didn't everyone buy cell phones for that?

i'd loot loads of guns, then a combat jacket and some sunglasses so i look really badass. then tloot tons of food and bottled water. the guns are in case less well armed looters have already taken it.

True, perhaps I's just lucky that way...

Anyhow, one way or another, you guys are gonna need those batteries. Count me in. Bring Bottle so we can stop doors from damaging the walls.

... oh hell no. PSP's can be communication devices. the wireless capabilities are built right in. as communication is restored, they can be used to give information to people coming in.

You did know that... right?

Oh and we need an engineer... and alot of health buffs. I figure rigging the local gym and turning those excercise bikes into generators for power...

What about Liquor? Thats important. It has many many uses such as drinking and weaponry.

and anesthesia...

Forgot about medicinal purposes.

What about Liquor? Thats important. It has many many uses such as drinking and weaponry.

and Anestesia, and other 'medial' uses.

I'd use my guns to steal a boat, then food and water, then maybe some entertainment materials.
I'd just take over a university, to be honest. Lots of food, cooking facilities, workshops available, hazardous materials easily come by, lots of places to sleep, locked storage areas etc. etc.

...didn't everyone buy cell phones for that?

yep. just pointing out that PSP's are not doorstops.

and they are mit handy in staving off boredom and keeping the kids in line and from getting lost.

I'd just take over a university, to be honest. Lots of food, cooking facilities, workshops available, hazardous materials easily come by, lots of places to sleep, locked storage areas etc. etc.

hospitals... they have emergency Generators.

yep. just pointing out that PSP's are not doorstops.

*shrug* eventually our doorstops will have wi-fi too. Just wait.

and they are mit handy in staving off boredom and keeping the kids in line and from getting lost.

err, grab the DSes, duh.

Just take over an army base. Weapons(good weapons at that), food, fortification, places to sleep, hospital, prisons, stores, The ability to build an army for whatever purpose you please....

Guns. Once I have those I can catch up on everything else. If I don't get them, I'm at a permanent disadvantage.

Weapons and ammo. They are a means to acquire anything else required.

Weapons, wine, spices, gold and fine clothing. The weapons allow me to get anything else I need, and the rest is to prove a point: just because we're in a post-apocalyptic hellhole doesn't justify the loss of culture or refinement. Besides, all the best villains are exquisitely cultured.

If I'm expecting this situation to last a long time, the second place I go may be the nearest garden supply store. Much safer to grow my own food than be forced to scavenge.

Hard alcohol is another good choice. Will last forever without going bad, will skyrocket in value over time, individual unit requires less storage space than beer or wine, has medicinal uses. I never could figure out why I saw so many people after Katrina dragging cases of beer.

hospitals... they have emergency Generators.
So do universities ;)

Plus hospitals don't have too much open green land handy for farming / filling with pungee pits etc.

So do universities ;)

Plus hospitals don't have too much open green land handy for farming / filling with pungee pits etc.

depends on the Hospital. ours has nice large open lawns as well as gardens.

Since I own weapons, Ammunition first, gasoline, then hard liquor, the not so hard liquor, medical supplies, the cigarettes (extortion to smokers), water, then food. (Water and food less so as I know how to get them outside of civilization).

http://www.myspacecomedy.com/images/funny/katrina-beer-loot.jpg

http://www.myspacecomedy.com/images/funny/katrina-beer-loot.jpg

Finally someone got this right. Come on guys, beer is definately the first to be looted. If your life has been yanked from you, you might as well get drunk.

I can't beleive I'm gracing this thread with a response, but seeing my thread was flamed...

"I would sit on top of my gargantuan pile of supplies, and shoot anyone who asks for a bandaid"

In reality, if I had to loot something - I would get myself a "deuce and a half" IE a M35A2 MultiFuel 2.5 ton 6x6 - with the canopy...

I could put damn near anything that burns into the tank, charge my batts off it, and clear the road of obstacles on my way out (if I had to leave)

Walmart

Everything you could possible need in one place. Guns, ammo, food, clothing, batteries, and in it is a Super Walmart Gas.

QFT

something along these lines (http://baconreport.blogspot.com/2007/07/top-100-items-to-disappear-first-during.html)

Not so oddly enough, I already have full stockpiles on the porn and sex toys but need the essentials. Priorities you see. Perhaps we can team up.

I like the way you think. :)

As soon as I secure a weapon and a couple of tools (should take me about two minutes), I'm off to the nearest jewelry store.

If the disruption is long-term or permanent, then the precious metal and gemstones I loot will be invaluable as barter.

If the disruption is short-term, I can simply stash them and sell them years later for a tidy profit. :)

Computer components! There is a NCIX within running distance, and I am stronger than most nerds.

I could easily get away with two $10,000 computers...

If it were something light weight like Katrina, where help would arrive sooner or later, I'd go for clean drinking water.

If it were something more apocalyptic, it would be weapons.

city of my choice is a contradiction in terms as i wouldn't choose to be in any city, fair weather or foul. other then to visit to ride the trolleys.

now in a last person on earth scenario, i wouldn't lute the nearest university engineering library, i'd move into it and make it my home.

if i were surrounded by despirate people having to take whatever they could get their hands on just to stay alive, my first priority wouldn't be what i could grab, but to get my backside the effing ell out of dodge!

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This thread sounds like a bunch of nerds who got "survival training" by playing Fallout 1 & 2 as kids. Or maybe it's a cultural difference and Americans really do handle disasters by shooting each other.

If something like Katrina hit here there would be opportunists who loot abandoned stores and houses but I doubt anyone would go around robbing survivors since it's easier to loot. So I'd go for bottled water and canned food but no firearms. But if it was the end of civilization THEN we'd end up playing Fallout for real and I'd make myself useful repairing/building stuff in exchange for protection from one of the armed groups.

This thread sounds like a bunch of nerds who got "survival training" by playing Fallout 1 & 2 as kids. Or maybe it's a cultural difference and Americans really do handle disasters by shooting each other.

If something like Katrina hit here there would be opportunists who loot abandoned stores and houses but I doubt anyone would go around robbing survivors since it's easier to loot. So I'd go for bottled water and canned food but no firearms. But if it was the end of civilization THEN we'd end up playing Fallout for real and I'd make myself useful repairing/building stuff in exchange for protection from one of the armed groups.

never heard of people getting shot for food and water after a disasters ?

Books - information on how to do all the things I would need to learn how to do....maybe I have been working in libraries too long.

I'd loot a helicopter and pilot and get the fuck out of Dodge.

never heard of people getting shot for food and water after a disasters ?
Can't recall reading much about that happening during temporary disasters in otherwise stable countries. But I've read about it happening in long term disasters like famine. I think it would be rare at first and even more rare here in Sweden then in most parts of the world. It takes a couple months to degrade to that.

Food, water, find a shelter. Once I've got that, I'd be off to loot the bookshops so I won't die of boredom.

Beer.

Cheese, lots and lots of cheese, all differant types. Ohh and I guess some crackers to go with the cheese.

Well, I'm already well stocked on the bare essentials of survival so I thnk I'd loot something that few people would think to, but would be valuable bartering material to trade for other essentials of survival.

I'd loot an adult book and sex toy shop. *nod*

You read my mind.

That, and a computer parts store. If I can, I'm going to loot the best parts needed to build an ultimate gaming platform...BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

This, of course, presumes that my solar panels on my house are not damaged to the point where I could not continue to have electricity.

Walmart

Everything you could possible need in one place. Guns, ammo, food, clothing, batteries, and in it is a Super Walmart Gas.

Walmart sells guns?

Walmart sells guns?

Yes, they do, at least around here. They're usually a small selection in the back, but they exist. Mostly hunting rifles, though.

Yes, they do, at least around here. They're usually a small selection in the back, but they exist. Mostly hunting rifles, though.

That totally blows my mind that a supermarket would sell guns.

That totally blows my mind that a supermarket would sell guns.

Walmart is not a supermarket

Yes, they do, at least around here. They're usually a small selection in the back, but they exist. Mostly hunting rifles, though.

I remember when MOST Wal-Mart stores sold firearms (I was a sporting goods department manager for about 6 months in 1998). Some Wal-Marts even sold handguns (although IIRC, those were mostly in the south and midwest).

Now though, there's only one Wal-Mart in my area that still does (although it's only rifles and shotguns).

Walmart is not a supermarket

The Super Wal-Mart stores do have a supermarket in them, though. Maybe that's where the confusion is coming from.

your mom.

Let's say you were caught in a Katrina-esque disaster situation, in a city of your choosing. Where would you go, and what would you steal to survive? Where would you start? Clothes? Food? Finding a place for shelter?

Class soon, poll to come in several hours.

Well, I already have a firearm and some ammo (at least 200 rounds), so I wouldn't need to steal one. I'd probably trek to my parents house in about 45 minutes with my truck, or (hopefully) in 3-5 days on foot. If traveling by vehicle, I'd bring as much as I could, but if I was on foot, I'd bring with me a change of clothes, my weapon and ammo, and as much water, ramen, and Mountain House freeze dried foods as I could. I wouldn't steal anything unless I had absolutely no other choice for survival (and then, it would probably be only be food).

Once I make it to my parents house, I'd be ok. At my parents house is shelter, a generator (chained to a concrete pad, inside a locked but ventilated shed), a decent amount of food, heat if needed (via wood stove), and about 5 minute drive to my sister's house (who has a lot of those things as well, and an arsenal of gear to hunt whatever is needed for food).

The Super Wal-Mart stores do have a supermarket in them, though. Maybe that's where the confusion is coming from.

Well whatever you call a shopping centre that sells all the shit Wal-Mart sells... It's like, "Hey, I might go down to Wal-Mart and pick up a DVD, a few pairs of socks, and a gun".