tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127677169344207651.post7510907986808414269..comments2023-10-25T03:45:03.077-04:00Comments on Confessions of a Watery Tart: Plan your ApocalypseHart Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17599570189253229318noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127677169344207651.post-49046218009989242312012-03-20T11:37:30.320-04:002012-03-20T11:37:30.320-04:00we have a book that's all about gardening to, ...we have a book that's all about gardening to, more or less, see you through an apocy. I mean, it's not titled that, but it tells you how much land and how to handle it so you can more or less live completely off it.<br />Slightly OT - i just read Awakened by David John Wellman which is all about a meteor apocy. I really enjouyed it. Maybe check it out if you think it's your cup o teaSarah Ahiershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02795455714801965956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127677169344207651.post-2937379322523751832012-03-19T20:17:11.913-04:002012-03-19T20:17:11.913-04:00Good points. I'm a total Apocalypse slacker. I...Good points. I'm a total Apocalypse slacker. I don't know what I'd do, I'm not prepared. Agghh! Guess I'd better channel this frustration into my writing.<br /><br />-VickiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127677169344207651.post-68818455067069625492012-03-19T18:53:27.070-04:002012-03-19T18:53:27.070-04:00The closest I've come to preparing for a catas...The closest I've come to preparing for a catastrophe is just getting through a 24-hour blackout (candles, water, flashlights, etc.). If it's a short-term apocalypse, maybe I'd help arrange a block party where everyone brings formerly frozen meat for a mass barbecue 'cause it's gonna go bad if you don't eat it fast. But a long-term apocalypse? Maybe head for the mountains like everyone else in Colorado and try to live off the land. But buy a gun or bow first so I can shoot the zombies and vampires.Helenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14967821142796562697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127677169344207651.post-9898395591130048962012-03-19T15:55:50.174-04:002012-03-19T15:55:50.174-04:00Without internet!? We all might as well be dead!
...Without internet!? We all might as well be dead!<br /><br />Well, after going through a hurricane, my husband bought a generator and so that's helpful. Also we have a few cans of food laying around. Yes, that plant book would be handy. Thanks goodness my son has one.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12160669603997465454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127677169344207651.post-14545811745671000092012-03-19T14:56:30.287-04:002012-03-19T14:56:30.287-04:00In apocalypse, zombies would just eat me. Therefor...In apocalypse, zombies would just eat me. Therefore I need nothing. You could go on without me Hart, and I would distract the zombies while you got away.Michael Offutt, Phantom Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10557969104886174930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127677169344207651.post-8376532891615139412012-03-19T13:50:14.164-04:002012-03-19T13:50:14.164-04:00The Internet goes down, I'm screwed!The Internet goes down, I'm screwed!Alex J. Cavanaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09770065693345181702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127677169344207651.post-80886760857225582702012-03-19T13:04:23.939-04:002012-03-19T13:04:23.939-04:00OMG! When are you and I going to be able to have a...OMG! When are you and I going to be able to have a drink and talk about our survivalist plans? I can obsess about this kind of stuff for entire weeks at a time!Johanna Garthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15515478890074610814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127677169344207651.post-80766108277066789762012-03-19T12:53:49.364-04:002012-03-19T12:53:49.364-04:00I must have a cookery book! A how to make simple c...I must have a cookery book! A how to make simple cocktails and... a how to make a toilet but most importantly I must have the Essential Guide to NAKEDness! Ahem!<br />:-)<br /><br />p.s. I used to work in a library where my manager was adamant that if we were ever going to save anything from the library if it goes up in flames - it's the reference section - i.e. dictionaries, thesaurus (what the plural?), encyclopaedias, registers!! <br />Take care<br />xOld Kittyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13185547869183611159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127677169344207651.post-16416008955124111742012-03-19T12:35:33.521-04:002012-03-19T12:35:33.521-04:00Ha! Great ideas!
Ted-I've got two specific b...Ha! Great ideas!<br /><br />Ted-I've got two specific books already sort of plotted/started--very different in focus.<br /><br />Diane-you're probably right on War, but there are all those OTHER Apocalypses!<br /><br />Siv-I will have to look at that!<br /><br />Kathy-WOW--you really HAVE thought about it! Great stuff!<br /><br />Colene-it's true--you can't have a conversation with a teen unless it is by text!<br /><br />Joshua-you made me fall out of my chair! School bus. *snort*<br /><br />Vic-Yeah... sort of how we roll, eh?<br /><br />CaH-that is sort of what is in my head, too--there is a place my grandparents had a cabin--fishing right there, close to some berry picking. Only problem is not much sun for a garden.<br /><br />Leigh-Oh, you can be handy. Get your girls enrolled in girl scouts and learn as they do.<br /><br />Katie-definitely a good option--reminds me of the movie The Day After.Hart Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17599570189253229318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127677169344207651.post-37894321872894844462012-03-19T12:17:25.108-04:002012-03-19T12:17:25.108-04:00Yes, I've thought about this before and yes, t...Yes, I've thought about this before and yes, the shit would definitely hitteth the fan if the internet were to go down forever. I think I'd whole up in a library. Maybe build a bunker beneath it filled with canned goods...;)Creepy Query Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18115161057496086972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127677169344207651.post-35823823877676658992012-03-19T11:36:11.052-04:002012-03-19T11:36:11.052-04:00It's so funny that you're posting about th...It's so funny that you're posting about this. I wasn't thinking about the Apocalypse, per se, but I'm often thinking about survival techniques and how bad I am at them and how I'll totally die if ever put in these situations.<br /><br />We DO have a plan, though. My dad came up with it, but now it's like 12 hours away by car/interstate. So hopefully we'll still be able to drive, or rut roh... :D <3LTMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05239077455322030275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127677169344207651.post-37521680941079963932012-03-19T11:36:01.577-04:002012-03-19T11:36:01.577-04:00Not sure what I would prefer in the worst case; tr...Not sure what I would prefer in the worst case; trying to rescue my stuff stored on electronic media, or boxes with tons of paper. If everything in society breaks down we would probably be back to basic need anyway; finding water and something to eat. I would probably move up to my fathers cabin in the mountains, to fish and hunt. And there is an old encyclopedia, printed in 1963, in the bookshelf >:)<br /><br /><a href="http://cold-as-heaven.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Cold As Heaven</a>CA Heavenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07558100567878233142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127677169344207651.post-55211187069835018892012-03-19T11:29:32.762-04:002012-03-19T11:29:32.762-04:00i love how brittanica going digital made you worry...i love how brittanica going digital made you worry about all of this. :)<br /><br />now that's the mind of an author.vic caswell https://www.blogger.com/profile/01218698236837610704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127677169344207651.post-38902572184037839922012-03-19T11:24:45.161-04:002012-03-19T11:24:45.161-04:00I have several apocalypse plans, all different dep...I have several apocalypse plans, all different depending on the situation/root cause. Some of those packs are put together. One of the plans involves highjacking a school bus from the parking lot of the school across the street and hitting the Army depot 3 miles away. I didn't say it was a good plan...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127677169344207651.post-85877887163466948622012-03-19T10:54:01.029-04:002012-03-19T10:54:01.029-04:00HAHA! I'm so glad other people think about stu...HAHA! I'm so glad other people think about stuff like that. Makes me feel less crazy. But you're so right! What will we do when all our EVERYTHING is online and all that shuts down? We're boned. Especially with the way kids aren't learning to spell and add and crap on their own anymore. Oh God, I have no faith in our future generations should technology fail us...but that's a whole other tangent.Colene Murphyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06086195075690893194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127677169344207651.post-21383654911112694022012-03-19T09:48:06.402-04:002012-03-19T09:48:06.402-04:00I think about this too, and there is so much to do...I think about this too, and there is so much to do; stocking up takes time and money but we've gotta do it. Save those old phone books for tp! I also have things ready to make for trade or barter, and have been printing things off the internet for years. Just in case, I am working on printing off my favorite blog posts and family stories in case we lose the internet without a cataclysmic world disaster (just cyber attack) I made a blog a few years ago with a lot of links to living a self-sufficient life, and just try to imagine what it was like in the old days. The movie The Postman fascinates me too. We live in a good spot and are working on getting an old pickup. <br /><br />I really like this post, Hart.Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07171271956883698673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127677169344207651.post-2302794515365019152012-03-19T08:05:06.530-04:002012-03-19T08:05:06.530-04:00Zombie Guide to Survival is all you need :)Zombie Guide to Survival is all you need :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04218651886143284455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127677169344207651.post-9995569286313416572012-03-19T07:54:55.679-04:002012-03-19T07:54:55.679-04:00We're prepared for a hurricane but not the apo...We're prepared for a hurricane but not the apocalypse. We live near an AF base, so if there was ever a big war, we figured we'd be blown up anyway.L. Diane Wolfehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06425864276166334896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127677169344207651.post-35606448985827630772012-03-19T03:58:37.204-04:002012-03-19T03:58:37.204-04:00So many great stories to write about post-cataclys...So many great stories to write about post-cataclysmic life, and so little time...Ted Crosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09022309459554237650noreply@blogger.com