Is there any point to prepping for a nuclear situation? There's a document online that goes into the kind of shelter you need, how long to stay there, and stuff like that. I'm talking to my parents about this stuff - and they are older - and is it even worth discussing given how upsetting it is? Like I was even talking about a rendevouz point in case we get separated and there's no communication. We don't live in the same house, but we are in the same city.
I know people say, you will be one of the lucky ones if you go quick. But the human will to live can be very strong, just instinctually, like we don't even know how we will act.
-- Was going to post in c/tactics - but it is read only. And this isn't in the spirit of c/doomer.
wouldn't the best thing to do is mark out areas with good resources that are unlikely to be in range of any nuclear weapons that are used and then travel to one after the bombs drop?
there are plenty of realistic steps that can be done to offset regular nuclear war's impact on you, of course if some idiot carpet bombs the entire planet you're fucked no matter what but so is the rest of life on Earth
That's cool too, the scenario im kind of hinting at is limited nukes that kill most people by fallout. There are a lot of scenarios where there's a lot of alpha-radioactive dust, and going outside, or out of your basement, is much, much more dangerous for 1-2 weeks and then it's only moderately unhealthy afterward
but in that exact situation, wouldn't doing what i mentioned (assuming you can actually get through the radioactive area without dying immediately which is difficult) allow you to live (relatively) comfortably? like, extremely imperialized country comfortably, not normal comfortably