Lessons Learned from Falling Skies
I really enjoyed the first two episodes of the TV series Falling Skies. The media keep providing us with a variety of SHTF scenarios, to the point that most people will have seen at least one TV show or movie that let’s them know how bad things can get. Here are a few examples:
Reality TV: The Colony
Documentaries: Doomsday Preppers
Movies: The Road, The Book of Eli
TV Dramas: Jericho, Survivors
So, some quick lessons learned from Falling Skies:
- If you have military folk in your group, they will take charge
- Get some walkie talkies (for some reason the show’s writers didn’t give them any…)
- Have a doctor in your group
- Have a safe spot away from the city – in the alien invasion scenario, people in remote areas would probably be left alone
- Know where large stores of supplies are, for example distribution centers
The last point is worthy of expanding upon. Obviously supermarkets will be stripped bare when the SHTF. But the suppliers to the supermarkets will have stock on hand – especially in this era of just-in-time inventories. If any such places exist near your safe spot, now is the the time to locate them and make notes. If there is a medical supply company nearby, the time to raid it is the day the SHTF, before anybody else thinks of it. Obviously I’m talking about theft that could get you in trouble. Categories to consider
- Medical supplies
- Weapons
- Consumables
- Outdoor supplies
- Hunting and fishing
- Canned goods
- Building equipment
- Generators / solar power
Approach the task from multiple angles – Yellow Pages, Google Maps, driving around and noting down the business names of warehouses and then doing a web search to see what they do.
The less well-known the business, the less likely it will be raided.
