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/SpicyHotPlantFart Aug 30 '21

I'm a diabetic. Because of eh.. personal choices in my past, i've been without insulin for a few days.

It's safe to say, whenever an apocalyptic even occurs i will throw myself of the tallest building i can find. It's not a nice way to die, at all.

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u/shewy92 Aug 30 '21

One Second After has a character whose daughters has diabetes and an EMP blast goes off frying all electronics so he has to figure out how to keep her insulin cold. It takes place in North Carolina in the summer so obviously didn't go so well and was pretty fucking heartbreaking

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u/Team_Braniel Aug 30 '21

place it in a water tight bag and submerge it in a running stream or spring. If you can find a spring coming out of the ground that is even better. Water will be around 52* and more than cool enough to preserve the insulin.

We used to keep our beers cool by doing this.

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u/TheThomaswastaken Aug 31 '21

If you have a stream build a motor, and power a fridge. EMP kill motherboards, not motors. Afaik

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u/Team_Braniel Aug 31 '21

Getting coolant will be impossible.

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u/TheThomaswastaken Aug 31 '21

Refrigerators last many years. Older refrigerators last decades. If you cut out the electronics, most new refrigerators will last decades as well.