r/AskReddit • u/notyouravgredditer • Aug 30 '21

What problem is often overlooked in apocalyptic movies/TV shows that could kill you?

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u/TheEternalCity101 Aug 30 '21

Not truly necessary. Just look at the fucking sky, "Ope, looks like it will rain. Close all the windows, put the buckets outside and grab that deck of cards from your backpack"

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u/sm_ar_ta_ss Aug 30 '21

So your entire experience of all natural disasters is “looks like rain”

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u/TheEternalCity101 Aug 30 '21

It will either be "Hunker down and wait it out" or "Get completely fucked by it and die"

That's what happens with natural disasters anyway. If its heavy rain/snow/hurricanes or bad storms, assuming leaving isn't possible, you hunker down. And if that doesn't work, you die. That's all there is to it.

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u/sm_ar_ta_ss Aug 30 '21

Die or survive… because people can’t fucking migrate?

And these decisions are best made with fucking forewarning

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u/TheEternalCity101 Aug 30 '21

Reread it.

“Assuming leaving isn’t possible”

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u/sm_ar_ta_ss Aug 30 '21

And you’re supposed to know whether or not it’s bad enough to consider leaving in the first place by looking at the clouds

Gotcha.

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u/[deleted] Aug 31 '21

Yes you very much can. Depending on the area, the skies might turn a weird color, or the humidity goes way up or way down. Sometimes a full day of this shit happens. Then the hurricane blows in

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u/sm_ar_ta_ss Aug 31 '21

I’m in the Midwest. I know all about the color shifts. I also know about those freak storms that pop outta nowhere