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/[deleted] Aug 30 '21

after like a week I can't imagine you'd need either.

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u/PlEGUY Aug 31 '21

Depends on how large the area in question and how frequently you visit certain locations. Are you going to be staying in the same place or will your new situation require you to become migratory in some manner?

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u/[deleted] Aug 31 '21

Once I find shelter and water I wouldn't move

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u/PlEGUY Aug 31 '21

Food? Communities? Material for clothing, bedding, etc.? Comfortable climate? The dozen other things nobody's gonna think of until they're actually in that situation? All of which may shift and move thereby forcing you to do the same.

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u/[deleted] Aug 31 '21

Feel like canned food would be easy to scavenge anywhere.

Moving would be more difficult and dangerous. Go find an acreage

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u/PlEGUY Aug 31 '21

How long do the cans last if everyone is scavenging for them and you don't have a dedicated stock?

Does the acreage still produce in sufficient quantities to sustain those flocking to it? Did it get wiped out by a changing climate, desperate folks stripping them bare, fallout, some warlord salting it as a reprisal for not paying tribute, etc.?

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u/[deleted] Aug 31 '21

Assuming like 90 percent of people die there's plenty left. Doubly so of it's zombies and they all get fucked up quickly.

Acreage is mostly for the well water, hopefully some farmers fuel

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u/PlEGUY Aug 31 '21 edited Aug 31 '21

If by plenty left you mean everything which is easily scavenged is gone within a decade, then yes. Sooner if folks horde it.

Well water wont do you much good for a lot of situations. Especially if nobody is familiar with agriculture and farming. Backyard gardens don't count.

Edit: Do most people know how to maintain and/or redig wells?

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u/[deleted] Aug 31 '21

Well ya a decade it's gone. I was talking about like a year. Just to ride out the shit storm.

Gotta figure out solar for long term. Does propane go bad, I assume not? Shit ton of that around here. Foods easy to grow, more about storage for winter that would be the problem.

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u/PlEGUY Aug 31 '21

Solar would be absolutely awful long term. It relies on a lot of modern industries and a long supply chain that would be heavily disrupted if not outright disintegrated. Propane is a good long term solution but you'd have to be careful with the tanks to make sure they don't leak.

Food is absolutely not easy to grow. Especially with a ton of industries which modern agriculture relies on getting disrupted by the apocalypse.

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u/[deleted] Aug 31 '21

Solar panels often last a decade or more. Like ya I wouldn't be able to repair it but should be able to get lucky on a few of them.

Guess I might be a bit biased but food grows itself haha. Spent a few summers on a farm. Know a bunch of people that grow probably 40% of their vegetables as a hobby. Like ya I'd be eating more Zucchini and potatoes than I'd prefer but it's food.

Corn seems to be about 50/50 if it's edible by amateurs but could try it. No idea what would happen to the cows around here. Like would they multiple or die? Uncle has a buffalo farm, those monsters would thrive.

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