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MantisBot
Joined: 28 Nov 2005
Location: Itaewon, Seoul, SK
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 Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2006 8:39 am Post subject: Re: What to do if there is war. |
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I am probably going to get mocked for this, but when you have worked in Industrial Engineering then this is the kind of stuff you do.
Prepare for the worst...expect the best.
1. How much water are you going to stock your apartment with?
2. What kind of food are you going to store up?
3. Who becomes your friend?
4. What are some of the necessities to sticking this out?
Here are some of the things I have been thinking about. What I would like to see is a formal set of people come together and plan this so if things escalate then we could be better prepared for such an event.
1. Buying a water filter or iodine kit so I can drink the water. Maybe buy a R.O. kit.
2. I am thinking of buying as much can stuff and dried stuff as possible.
3. Networking. Connected to many churches throughout Korea. If you are interested in knowing where some of these churches are, pm me. There are YWAM bases throughout Seoul and I know that they will be helping people in the event of an emergency. I will be talking to my pastor in the next couple of days and hoping we are prepared to help.
4. Buying walkie talkies and assigning channels. I worked in the ski patrol and we had signals for certain events. Maybe someone has some good ideas for this?
5. Finding places where we can hide out in the time of the war. Mount Jirisan probably would be a good location. Rugged terrain, lots of good hiding spots, very big and so on. I can think of others that quite remote and not well known. Definitely having camping gear would be a plus. |
Personally, I plan on stocking up on a few bottles of water, a stack of canned tuna, some apples, a good knife, flashlight, zippo, compass, map of the country, and some basic first-aid supplies. I figure if shit goes wrong my best bet would be to get a couple of people together who can keep up a brisk pace and hike as far south as possible, most likely to Pusan. There's no sense in keeping too many supplies around because there's no way I'll be able to stay where I live now (Pyeongchon, SW part of Seoul). Hunkering down doesn't seem like it would be too effective and there's no way in hell I could get to the US embassy should things go wrong. A week's worth of rationed food, some medicine, a good knife and a good pair of boots seems like a plausible plan.
As for the roads, would you want to be on them? Personally, the way people drive around here on a normal day freaks me out, I can't imagine what would happen should Seoul get shelled by NK. Seems to me there's enough rugged terrain around here to make a reasonably covered escape on foot possible. Also, I imagine that many Koreans would think the same thing... Mountain goats the lot of 'em:D Seriously though, it amazes me to see kids who have just learned how to walk climbing the mountains around here as if it were just another road... totally nuts! |
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fiveeagles
Joined: 19 May 2005
Location: Vancouver
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| Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 3:33 am Post subject: |
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Sounds like a plan.
Looks like taking a boat is not a good option. China and Japan will turn you away if you were to come on board.
Why would you head down to Busan?
Hopefully, the pastors here in S.Korea will get some plans together. |
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bixlerscott
Joined: 27 Sep 2006
Location: Near Wonju, South Korea
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| Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 12:26 pm Post subject: |
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| Run like hell, hope the U.S. Dept. of State evacuates us all. However I do believe that the North Koreans will NOT ever bomb South Korea becuase it's too close as to pollute themselves with radioactivity, but they do want to shoot long range ballistic missiles to Japan and the U.S. on account of being pissed off over the embargo sanctions. Not too worried, nor am I going to sit here and wait for something to happen. Still business as usual. |
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Canadian Club
Joined: 12 Aug 2006
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| Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 3:37 pm Post subject: |
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| "we" started the "Winter War" against Russia in the late 30s. |
Was that the cold war? |
No, in the late 30s, the Russians claimed that Finland started it as an excuse to invade Finland and try to steal territory... Finland beat the crap out of the Russians.
The Cold War was something different. |
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laogaiguk
Joined: 06 Dec 2005
Location: somewhere in Korea
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| Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 4:24 pm Post subject: |
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Aahhh, going out by atomic bomb would atleast be cool  Still, I am not worried about the bomb, though I wouldn't put it past him to invade or start shelling (actually, I believe the latter would happen first, assuming he is not really crazy) |
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huffdaddy
Joined: 25 Nov 2005
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| Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 4:56 pm Post subject: |
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| laogaiguk wrote: |
| Aahhh, going out by atomic bomb would atleast be cool |
As long as you got vaporized. Radiation poisoning doesn't sound so hot. |
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laogaiguk
Joined: 06 Dec 2005
Location: somewhere in Korea
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| Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 5:44 pm Post subject: |
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| huffdaddy wrote: |
| laogaiguk wrote: |
| Aahhh, going out by atomic bomb would atleast be cool |
As long as you got vaporized. Radiation poisoning doesn't sound so hot. |
definitely. |
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MantisBot
Joined: 28 Nov 2005
Location: Itaewon, Seoul, SK
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| Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2006 12:52 am Post subject: |
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| fiveeagles wrote: |
Sounds like a plan.
Looks like taking a boat is not a good option. China and Japan will turn you away if you were to come on board.
Why would you head down to Busan?
Hopefully, the pastors here in S.Korea will get some plans together. |
I'd head to Busan because I hear that would be the most likely spot to be used as a staging area for incoming help.
Hopefully that's correct:p |
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dbee
Joined: 29 Dec 2004
Location: korea
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| Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2006 8:04 am Post subject: |
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Hopefully, the pastors here in S.Korea will get some plans together.
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... are you taking the piss ? ... the God squad ?
OK everyone get into the sniper position, and open the 23rd Psalm ... 
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Was that the cold war?
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... no, that was the bleeding freezing war ...
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I don't think hit and run attacks on the next village's snowman counts as adequate training somehow.
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... the Finnish/Russian war was the very 'study' of guerilla warfare. Famos textbook case of a smaller force using mobility and their environment outmanauver a larger one.
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And as for guerilla warfare, well, give me my "tools" and I'll halt the northern advance "almost" single-hande(a)dly.
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... great. Now all we need is Steven Seagal, and we'll be able to stage a counter attack and rout them at the 38th parallel.
Does anyone know where I can get a rifle in Korea ? |
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dbee
Joined: 29 Dec 2004
Location: korea
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| Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2006 8:12 am Post subject: |
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I'd be very surprised if there was a nuclear conflict on the penninsula. But having said that, an asymmetric deterrant like the nukes that the North is producing, does open the possibility for non-nuclear warfare of sorts.
KJI can simply shake the tree now give the south a good rattle. Safe in the knowledge that his home soil is fairly safe from being overrun. Especially considering the fact that nobody actually wants to invade the North. To the chinese it's a buffer zone. To the south it's an economical disaster. And to the Americans it's a disaster waiting to happen... |
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