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“My tablet (computer) because if there was anybody out there broadcasting, at least you could see it. Plus you could entertain yourself and books are very important.”

— Judy Jewell, retired, Lawrence

“Some means of communication: radio, TV or telephone, just so I would know if there were other people out there.”

— Mark Batesel, business consultant, Lawrence

“Basic resources and a place of refuge.”

— Dennis Constance, supervisor, Lawrence

“Tools; if you’re going to rebuild, you’ve go to start with tools.”

— Larry Brow, archive assistant, Lawrence

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riverdrifter 10 months, 3 weeks ago

Welcome back, dude!

RogueThrill 10 months, 3 weeks ago

Something pleasant to overdose on. It's a nuclear holocaust and we all live in the northern hemisphere. You can either die strung out on morphine, crapping your own pants; or you you can die in pain, crapping blood and the lining of your intestines into your pants.

DillonBarnes 10 months, 3 weeks ago

Food and water?

riverdrifter 10 months, 3 weeks ago

EMP would take out most everything. Maybe Freestate could still keep filling growlers.

riverdrifter 10 months, 3 weeks ago

O_Bob, if you were out of here, I was quitting this joint. All points bulletin/milk carton watch for H-lector.

JHawkInLA 10 months, 3 weeks ago

Kaley Cuoco

gphawk89 10 months, 3 weeks ago

"My tablet (computer)" EMP?

riverdrifter 10 months, 3 weeks ago

Mahatma, as in gondie. Zip. Zilch. No even start car, from what I've read. Am I correct, anyone that knows of such things??

Did_I_say_that 10 months, 3 weeks ago

Older vehicles - those dating back to points in the distributor and no on-board computers - would probably be functional. Old tube-type radios may operate also.

tomatogrower 10 months, 3 weeks ago

gphawk89, so true. And even if you weren't close enough for EMP, who is going to keep the electric grids running. I suppose if you had solar panels, it might work, but really?

Heisenberg 10 months, 3 weeks ago

I would want MacGuyver.

Did_I_say_that 10 months, 3 weeks ago

I don't believe the first two contestants understood the question. A nuclear explosion's EMP would, most likely, make their modern electronic devices useless.

Assuming that I would have the health to live ... a Rossi Ranch Hand and lots of ammo would be my choice.

Heisenberg 10 months, 3 weeks ago

Not everyone understands how to survive in a post-apocalyptic world. But that's okay, they'll be food and slaves for the almighty king MacGuyver.

RoeDapple 10 months, 3 weeks ago

I would want to be raising my finger from the big red disapearededed button and saying," WHOA!! Now that's what Ima taukinbout!"

(beatrice would be so proud of me)

FloridaSunshine 10 months, 3 weeks ago

tange...best post on here! My uncle had a farm in North Carolina when I was a little girl and we visited as often as possible throughout the years. The mega-narcissistic rooster started his day crowing at 3:30 a.m. every single "morning" of the year. I used to hear that rooster start crowing, would look at the clock...sure enough, 3:30 a.m. I would smile, roll over, and go back to sleep. Such a sense of security for whatever reason. I'm surprised that rooster lived a full life because my uncle started his day at 4:30 a.m. I miss hearing a rooster crow at 3:30 a.m. That would wake anyone out of a nuclear holocaust nightmare! :~)

Btw...I posted a rather tardy comment on "Cosmetic Surgery"...I don't think it's on "the list" any longer...you may not even see this one...I tried posting a comment earlier today...I kept getting sent back to "sign in" ,so, I gave up. You may end up with more than this post. I do not like the way this is set up now. Changing my clothes was a pain-in-the-neck!! s-m-i-l-e

FloridaSunshine 10 months, 3 weeks ago

YES!! Their windows didn't even have screens...that seemed amazing to me. Precious memories, indeed...how I hold them close to my heart. To this day, the cooing of the doves takes me straight back to North Carolina and those cherished relatives. Home-made ice cream in an old churn...my uncle layered newspaper on top for the children to take turns sitting on while an adult turned the handle...and as it got more and more difficult to turn, an older, larger child would have to sit on it. No electric, new-fangled churns back then! Most delicious ice cream in the world...

agrabass 10 months, 3 weeks ago

Sleepy Jean's chocolate!

snap_pop_no_crackle 10 months, 3 weeks ago

I'd want to be in Roe's good graces.

vertigo 10 months, 3 weeks ago

Everyone needs to read the book "One Second After" by William Fortschen.

1 Guns and plenty of ammo

2 water filtration system

3 plenty of medicine (ibuprofen, antibiotics, etc)

4 the Foxfire series of books on survival and basic plain living skills

vertigo 10 months, 3 weeks ago

Cool- I just learned how to shout on the forum.

All bow to me and my massive voice!

RoeDapple 10 months, 3 weeks ago

Check, check and check on 1, 2, and 3. Also on autie's comment below.

labmonkey 10 months, 3 weeks ago

Guns, gold, and land (along with at least the survival water straw and MRE's). Secondarily, my wife and two or three redheads so I can help repopulate the earth.

rockchalker52 10 months, 3 weeks ago

Haven't a clue. Just gonna keep playing the odds. I'm betting that, if it happens, it won't be until the worst it can do to me is knock my urn off the mantel.

JJE007 10 months, 3 weeks ago

Time machine...

RoeDapple 10 months, 3 weeks ago

Up at 4AM today, casting the currency of the next decade. Another 400 of .45acp. Between this weather and the casting pot it's best done before the sun gets too high . . .

(Brought to you by RoeDy's House of Paranoia and Prepper Supply)

RoeDapple 10 months, 3 weeks ago

lab - Three redheads? or ground zero? Better think it over . . .

labmonkey 10 months, 3 weeks ago

Maybe a couple of redheads along with my wife in a bunker may not be such a good idea. I guess I would have some decisions to make...

rockchalker52 10 months, 3 weeks ago

I s'pose I'd keep my small critter trap handy. Just this morning I checked on it to see if pesky Mr. Woodchuck had sauntered inside. No groundhog but surprised Mr. Fox didn't look very happy. The scared little guy snorted like a pig while I was opening the door to free him. Then he just sat there. Aren't they s'posed to be sly? I had to dump him out, then ZIP! He was gone in a flash. Not sly, but definitely quick.

kufan1146 10 months, 3 weeks ago

Hope you drove him quite a ways away or he'll be back very soon..exactly the reason I prefer to take care of my pest problems with a .22 instead of a trap..

kernal 10 months, 3 weeks ago

Everyone knows cockroaches will rule the world. Jeesh!

CWGOKU 10 months, 3 weeks ago

I think the question should be "whom would you want to be with you" , but sticking with the question as is I'll say a bottle opener. Some of Bob's biscuits and gravy wouldn't hurt

Topple 10 months, 3 weeks ago

Marshmallows, Hershey's Chocolate, Graham Crackers, and a couple wire hangars.

somedude20 10 months, 3 weeks ago

Food, water, Christina Hendricks and since we will have a lot of free time on our hands, The Complete Kama Sutra.

Will I have to pay a higher fee to get my LJW paper delivered to my bunker?

rockchalker52 10 months, 3 weeks ago

Topple, shirley you can think of s'more things than that.

somedude20 10 months, 3 weeks ago

by somedude20

CWGOKU 10 months, 3 weeks ago

I would want to be raising my finger from the big red disapearededed button and saying," WHOA!! Now that's what Ima taukinbout!" ...By Roed, Dang that is funny, still chuckling, thanks Roed.

Thanks for the pic of Christina, I am lingering here longer than usual today. Now I gotta go see Roed and by a tin foil hat

Lynn731 10 months, 3 weeks ago

Water & my guns.

weiser 10 months, 3 weeks ago

I'm sure it will never happen...Obama will just say "pretty please don't push the button." No worries.....

kufan1146 10 months, 3 weeks ago

Hopefully I'd already have a bunker so I could hang out there for about a month until fallout subsided, then quite a bit of building materials, tools and a whoooole lot of ammo and reloading equipment, as well as seeds and livestock of some sort.

That and a huge truck with an extra 200 gallons of diesel to move all of the above about 500 miles away.

RoeDapple 10 months, 3 weeks ago

Apparently you have seen my bunker and are supplying it in a similiar manner . . .

labmonkey 10 months, 3 weeks ago

somedude.... great minds think alike, although I would like to have CIntia Dicker as one of my redheads.

http://photos.mrseb.co.uk/~mrseb/SI2011/cintia-dicker/11_cintia-dicker_02.jpg

CWGOKU 10 months, 3 weeks ago

Yes, it is hot enough for me. Thank you for asking.

Joe Hyde 10 months, 3 weeks ago

Having in safe storage two of everything currently offered by REI Outfitters, by Cabela's and by Lawrence's Sunflower Bike & Outdoor would be a very sensible starting point. Well, all that stuff plus lots of stored food and water. Having also a communication and/or signaling capability with nearby survivors, with whom to possibly coordinate survival response, would help re-establishing the public peace. Such as it would be.

Hell of it is, were there to be an actual all-out nuclear war of the type where every nation explodes its nuclear weapons against a target, then odds are high that any survival strategy I implement will instantly be rendered insufficient by profound climate changes following World War III's nuclear exchanges and/or bio-chemical weapons exchanges.

It's always sobering to think a few moments on what Albert Einstein once said: "After World War III, World War IV will be fought with rocks."