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[Pablo]

If the mentality of this thread is the pinnacle of our evolution, then I dare say it's time we left anyway.

This is like a discussion between aliens. Not alien registration card holders- aliens of Sigourney Weaver fame.

Have a nice day.

[comm]

"I felt a great disturbance in the force... as if millions of PC bongers suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced. I fear something terrible has happened"

Universal plan for disasters:
1. Fill all containers with fresh water while there's still water pressure.
2. Inventory and plan a ration schedule for food which is immediately available.
3. Inventory and collect all stores of value (jewelry, cash, documents, etc), then items of use such as multi-tools, compasses, radios, improvised weapons, etc.

The given scenario presents far more potential complications than a standard natural disaster. For one, you'll have some trouble getting into your apartment if it has an electronic lock (though less trouble getting out, if you have a screwdriver). More importantly though, if this were a natural solar flare, the North could easily mistake it for a preemptive attack on command and control... and I suspect that many of their weapons systems are capable of firing without computer assistance.

But assuming I don't hear explosions in the distance, the next step would be trying to buy what I could with cash before the magnitude of the situation sets in. I have enough food in my apartment to survive for a couple of weeks even without supplementing it with post-event purchases. With no identifiable military conflict in progress, I'd likely collect everything above (leaving a ridiculous stash of re-filled would-have-been-recycled water bottles in my apartment) and group with nearby contacts to wait it out. Though it would be nice to snag a bow from the school's archery club...

I'm almost certain that in a peaceful scenario, continuity of operations contingency plans would have the government providing some guidance or information within 3-5 days. This time could be spent preparing for a "worst case scenario" by trading for/creating survival implements such as small game and fish traps, improved weapons, fishing gear, hunting gear, camping supplies, etc. In the unlikely event that government has effectively ceased to exist and communications appear permanently disabled, I would push for my group to migrate south into more sparsely populated areas that are better for foraging.

My group could survive through foraging up until winter, but we'd have to find a nice home on a farm before then. This would likely mean breaking up the group into small parts that could be integrated into separate communities.

If we continue our "worst case scenario" line of thinking, and find no communities willing to take in even individuals from our group... then the late fall would present some very unpleasant choices which I'm not quite morbid enough to consider here.

[Squire]

Foreigners from Seoul looking to set up down here would be stabbed in the neck and reminded of Cohiba's rule as they lie spluttering in the dirt. 'No, it isn't much fun down here, is it?'

[luckylady]

I think the biggest danger would be from the caffeine withdrawal millions of Seoulites would be experiencing once the coffee shops shut down.

[Steelrails]

[fermentation]

[maximmm]

If nothing else, you're looking at Chernobyl-like scenario at every nuclear plant site. No, there's no happy ending there - regardless of whether you are in Korea or not (though Japan will shut down its last nuclear plant this Friday - or was it last Friday?)

[Joe Boxer]

[flakfizer]

Yikes, you think the suicide rate is high now? One week without the ability to photograph their food, play PC games or see You Jae-suk laughing at absolutely nothing, would decimate this city.

[KimchiNinja]

Meh, I don't think it's that big of a deal.

I have a cabin up North of Seoul, just go up there, grow food in the back yard, practice meditation, learn some Korean musical instruments, go swimming, it's like a 24/7 vacation really. Family is good in Korea, people pull thru together, that's the biggest advantage.

In the USA they would all be ripping each other's heads off or whatever.

[pegasus64128]

[some waygug-in]

[quote="jdog2050"]


I'm not saying that things won't come back together. Not at all. Also there is actually a law, at least in the states, that during emergencies you can validly take items from stores as long as you leave and pay back an I.O.U

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You're not in Kansas anymore Toto. Making that kind of assumption in Korea could very well lead you into violent confrontations.

I suspect mobs of the anti-ES type would be out in force, hunting down
any white face they can find.

[Steelrails]

[quote="some waygug-in"]

[fermentation]

[TheUrbanMyth]

[quote="Steelrails"]