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I think that is the key; nuggets of wisdom. I've learned stuff through the show that can apply to non prepper life. As for edible plants, put the google fu moves into action. We found a local course the other year called "eat the weeds". We took it to brush up on our skills for scouts. It was fascinating. For instance, Dollar Weed...a blood pressure reducing med / viagra.

The architecture geek in me loves seeing them. Then I love tearing them apart with criticism. I mean really? In your basement, and so small you cant even fit in any decent sanitation system? What about air? How the hell will you get out of there is the mutant zombie bikers take over your place? You don't think they are gonna notice the door in the garage floor? The shipping container buried thing is a hoot. They are meant to bear their weight on the 4 corners. They aren't meant to bear a constant weight across the entire top, which is what happens when you bury it with no reinforcement. When not done properly most will suffer a structural failure of the roof.

Yeah I don't get that either. Even if you've got the fuel, if it really is a mutant zombie apocalypse how in the hell are you going to be able to drive that far when every road is clogged.

If I win the power ball you bet your ass I'm going to build one if only for shits and giggles. Plus I'll stock it with lake whores.

See and those are the nuggets of wisdom.

Depends where you live. Down here there is an abundance of such vegetation and it is there year round.

Funny that you bring that up. A lot of people say that (year round hunting). Something to consider. You and X gazillion people are all of a sudden vying for the a limited food source. Maybe 1/2 of 1% of those folks know anything about hunting. They know how damned hard hunting is. There is a shit ton of game in Florida alone, yet it is generally elusive, even the damned hogs. Now add in every yahoo under the sun going through the woods blasting at every squirrel out of desperation. Hilarity will ensue. If you want to rely on hunting skills you'll need to be in a really low population area and better know about trapping.

As for Florida...in the event of a Mutant Zombie Biker Uprising this state is a death trap. The wang is only 135 miles wide. On the west and east coasts civilization on average extends about 20 to 30 miles inland. Tampa and Orlando are the exceptions. They sprawl. South of Orlando is Everglades country and most folks wouldnt last 6 hours there. That leaves a narrow channel about 80 or so miles east/west and 130 miles north/south north of the I-4 corridor (Tampa / Orlando) that has a relatively low population density. A million plus people living in 10,000 square miles isn't bad. A million plus people (figure that is all that survived from a major die off in the first two weeks) fleeing to that area and then trying to eek out a living in that same 10,000 square mile area...big difference. It gets even worse when you figure folks will eventually realize that they will need to get to the natural springs in the state for potable water. There aint too many of those.

With modern construction Florida sure as shit is fucked once the A/C goes out. However I've been investigating architectural styles from the pioneer days. With the right construction you can make it tolerable. The key is lots of over hangs over the porches (at least 10') and breezeways. The breezeways actually create their own forced air flow. Not the greatest but tolerable even on days when there is no breeze. Plus it helps if you build the structure under or around live oaks.

If you ready One Second After and your eyes didnt even at least moisten during that one scene, get checked out for being a sociopath. For a brighter version of events, read Lights Out.

When it comes to radiation, Grandpa (and the farmer in The Day After) may not have been that far off. He had the right idea, but didn't take it far enough. Figure two weeks under shelter. One of the keys is to make sure all of the walls, including the ceiling are below grade. In Places like Florida you would build a shelter above ground. You just have to put 3' of earth over it (less if you have better barrier materials like concrete, metal, etc..) and slope the sides of the earth at no more than 30 degrees. In fact in a nuke situation where I live is actually one of the best places in the nation to be based on the Jet Stream and fall out and where it will be carried.

As an FYI I got into the Nuke survival after I watched The Day After. That movie scared the shit out of me and pissed me off. Here I was, 14 years old, and could possibly be vaporized before I ever got laid!!!

That was my motivation for spending the next several years of my teen-aged life learning all that I could about it. Yep, sex rules it all.

Oh it did. I rewatched it on YouTube last year. Quite accurate in many areas. One lesson I learned was to not live in the UK if the SHTF. I didn't need to was 28 days to figure that out.

Don't forget the original serious accidential nuke movie / TV show "Fail Safe". I love Dr. Strangelove, but that was a black comedy.

Yep they can. Remember even a standard fighting position was supposed to have 18" of overhead cover. Use enough logs and they can distribute the weight.