What would be your plan in the start of an apocalypse?

[mprep]

Imagine, you are sitting in front of your PC reading the latest BTC news/gaming/jacking off with the radio in the background. As you traverse the pages, you suddenly notice a change in the radio transmission: the constant music stopped playing and some guy started talking. You walk over to the radio and hear: "This a military emergency broadcast...

(1. To anyone living not in a major city) ...All citizens are to leave the area in a 30 mile radius of [insert nearest major city here] in the next 3 hours. This is not a drill. The city of [insert nearest major city here] has been declared a military quaranteen zone. The area around it after 3 hours will be quaranteened until further notice. I repeat, all citizens are to leave the area in a 30 mile radius surrounding the city. This emergency broadcast will repeat now..."

You look out the window. Outside you see a few of your neighbours trying to start their cars. You remember your car was being fixed in an auto shop in the quaranteened city. As you think to yourself, your neighbours manage to start their cars and drive away as fast as possible. So asking for a ride is out of the question.

You suddenly see a tank drive by in the same direction followed by a bunch of soldiers with automatic rifles. They notice a guy who's running and gun him down along with a cuple of people who were heading in an opposite direction. Looks like the evacuation plan failed minutes after the broadcast on the radio.

Your food supplies are low since you haven't been in the store for quite a long time. Will last a day or so. What do you do?

(2. To anyone living in a major city) ...All citizens are to stay in their homes until further notice. The city of [insert your city here] has been declared a high-risk military quaranteen zone. This is not a drill. Any individual seen outside one hour after the start of the emergency broadcast will be shot on sight. I repeat, all citizens are to stay in their home until further notice. This emergency broadcast will repeat now..."

You look out the window and see panic everywhere. People running and screaming crashed cars everywhere, other debri surounding it. You haven't been to the store for quite some time (your fridge, pantry and cupboards are empty) and your food supplies (a can of beans and a can of potatoes) are gonna last a day at max.

There is an hour left until the military start shooting. The outskirts of the city are probably protected, however  the defenses may not be completely finished. Your subconscious understands what is happenning, though your conscious mind is still having a hard time doing that. What do you do?

Reccommendations:
1. At least semi-realistic responses (even if you're aiming to make it humorous)
2. Must be thorough and detailed (No short "will kill people and find food" responses)

[cosmofly]

ok cool scenario, but why is the military shooting people for no reason makes no sense

[Frost000]

(Living in a major city)

I'd tell my girlfriend to stay put in our apartment and to make sure we have a lot of water reserves (before it's too late?). I myself would run outside with a few empty backpacks and head to the nearest grocery store (we have 4 of them within a .5 miles of our apartment). From there, I'd grab as much food as possible. I'd like to say that I'd pick stuff that can last then longest, but I probably wouldn't have the time to logically pick out the "best" stuff.

I'd then run back home and depending on the amount of time left:
1. Go back down and pick up more food and supplies (if there's time)
2. Barricade the front door (which really is the only access point to our apartment. We have no fire escape from the balcony and no neighbors can come on our balcony without seriously risking their own asses.

From there... Play monopoly?

[Paya]

Soldiers suddenly show up and start shooting their own people just like that, for no apparent reason or explanation, and without any previous sign of impending crisis? Coup d'etat? Well... I would be really mad and look for a way to resist. And I'm pretty sure I wouldn't be alone out there on the streets.

[mprep]

Army suddenly start shooting their own people just like that, for no apparent reason or explanation, and without any previous sign of impending turmoil? Coup d'etat? Well... I would be really mad and look for a way to resist. And I'm pretty sure I wouldn't be alone out there on the streets.

Noticed the word "quaranteen" repeating in OP? Think about it... what apocalypse scenario starts with an army quaranteen.

[jarhed]

If you're infected the humane thing to do is to off yourself.
But of course, nobody wants to die no matter how horrible their life is.

[MonkeyDOH]

If you are not infected you gotta protect yourself
however there is no future plan if you are already infected.

[jarhed]

If you are not infected you gotta protect yourself
however there is no future plan if you are already infected.

Have you ever taken an AIDS test? Would you really want to know? If you're honest, we already know the answer is no.

[iram3130]

Looks like a zombie apocalypse. I think I would run/hide to the nearest safest place and barricade the place. Of course I would bring the most essential things for my survival like food, water, guns and weapons, and first aid kit and wait there for a day and assess the situation.


If I'm near in the mountain/forest I would go there. I can survive in the sea, rivers and mountains with knife only. I'm living in the mountains since I was 3 months. I know how to catch fish in the rivers, catch birds and animals in the forest and I know how to find edible foods like wild tubers, edible mushrooms,bats, lizards,worms any animals that can be eaten and medicinal plants. I can produce fire with two sticks. Make pots from clay. I can easily make improvised weapons, traps and my shelter. So I think unless the soldiers shoot me I have no problem.

[MonkeyDOH]

If you are not infected you gotta protect yourself
however there is no future plan if you are already infected.

Have you ever taken an AIDS test? Would you really want to know? If you're honest, we already know the answer is no.

Maybe.
However as a "Helix" scheme everyone are able to see that you are infected, you are bleeding something nasty and you do infect people as a beast and you kill people around you  

[jarhed]

If you are not infected you gotta protect yourself
however there is no future plan if you are already infected.

Have you ever taken an AIDS test? Would you really want to know? If you're honest, we already know the answer is no.

Maybe.
However as a "Helix" scheme everyone are able to see that you are infected, you are bleeding something nasty and you do infect people as a beast and you kill people around you  

That explains everything. Thanx.

[mprep]

Ok, let's try to keep the thread on topic. Let's just post the plan and set aside discussions for another thread.

[Lethn]

Stealth and Guerilla Warfare for both options, I'd also link up with other survivors who would probably do the exact same thing.

[mprep]

Stealth and Guerilla Warfare for both options, I'd also link up with other survivors who would probably do the exact same thing.

Guerilla warfare at who? Who would you be fighting?

[spazzdla]

That "in a major city situation" = you're dead... I can't see how you would ever make it out :S.

I guess I would either get shot or forced into a FEMA camp and worked until I die.. Err huh I mean FEMA camps don't exist that's silly.. 

[spazzdla]

Soldiers suddenly show up and start shooting their own people just like that, for no apparent reason or explanation, and without any previous sign of impending crisis? Coup d'etat? Well... I would be really mad and look for a way to resist. And I'm pretty sure I wouldn't be alone out there on the streets.

There was an amendment designed to allow people to protect themselves in this situation.  There is a war against that amendment currently... on a side note Hitler had a massive celebration in the late 1930's about how Germany was the first nation to be gun free..  I think we remeber how that turned out.. :S...  ne ways lol.

[Paya]

Ok... so it's zombie apocalypse. Definitely grab my firearms and join militia which I believe appears very soon, in a matter of hours rather than days. No one should underestimate people's instict to self-organize and to actively defend their homes. Complete chaos and disorder which writers just love to describe in such scenarios is very unlikely to happen IMO.

Of course, going back to the OP's story... officials should make an urgent announcement with detailed explanation what is going on and why is army shooting people --otherwise those soldiers might easily become targets.

[RodeoX]

I would re-balance my investment portfolio to include post-apocalypse blue chip stocks such as slaves, ammunition and canned goods.

[bitgeek]

Really don't get the part where you see the army shooting people on the street and then say "there's an hour left until they start shooting".

[mprep]

That "in a major city situation" = you're dead... I can't see how you would ever make it out :S.

I guess I would either get shot or forced into a FEMA camp and worked until I die.. Err huh I mean FEMA camps don't exist that's silly.. 

At least tell what would your short-term plan would be.

Ok... so it's zombie apocalypse. Definitely grab my firearms and join militia which I believe appears very soon, in a matter of hours rather than days. No one should underestimate people's instict to self-organize and to actively defend their homes. Complete chaos and disorder which writers just love to describe in such scenarios is very unlikely to happen IMO.

Of course, going back to the OP's story... officials should make an urgent announcement with detailed explanation what is going on and why is army shooting people --otherwise those soldiers might easily become targets.

The classic scenario of every "infection" apocalypse outbreak is the army trying to contain the epidemic before it's too late. Such haste usually causes panic even amongst government officials. That means a lack of synchronization  between different ranks ending up in the lower rank officers disobeying the orders not to shoot because they think "the whole are must be purged to prevent spreading".

Really don't get the part where you see the army shooting people on the street and then say "there's an hour left until they start shooting".

Read my reply to the previous post (just above your quote).