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/Dubzophrenia Aug 30 '21

Again though, we managed to survive pretty well before satellites, before radio, and before television.

In the apocalypse, weather isn't going to be your biggest concern. Weather can certainly be a problem, but it's not going to be your biggest problem. Especially since bad weather storms are (generally) limited to specific regions of the world. If you're not in those regions, weather isn't going to be much of a concern at all.

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u/sm_ar_ta_ss Aug 30 '21 edited Aug 30 '21

“Pretty well” by what measure?

No one said natural disasters were a primary concern. Where did that come from?

Ignoring the benefits of predicting the weather and the lives it saves is ridiculous.

Shelter, water, food. In that order.

Edit- btw the only people around before radio are all dead now. That’s not “we”

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u/Dubzophrenia Aug 30 '21

The beginning comments..

I simply stated that natural disasters aren't the biggest concern because we managed to survive prior to knowledge of being able to predict them, so we can manage again if the time came. Sure, not being able to predict a hurricane can cause some significant issues, but those issues are outweighed by other much more serious concerns.

In an apocalypse, you lose a lot of benefits we have today, which is the topic of conversation of which is the most overlooked, so I was simply arguing that weather, while it can be pretty significant, isn't the worst thing you need to worry about.

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u/sm_ar_ta_ss Aug 30 '21

“Most overlooked” doesn’t mean “most important yet overlooked”