CRAZY PREPARED

[Requia ☣]

*FUCK* It just occurred to me that i don't know if any of the dams in the area are earthquake rated... 

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

*FUCK* It just occurred to me that i don't know if any of the dams in the area are earthquake rated... 

I'll save you some time... no. They're not. You're in the US, right? Oh god. http://www.damsafetycoalition.org/about/101.html

[the last yatto]

*starts plotting how to turn this thread into an intermittens issue*

[Requia ☣]

The dams that would empty directly on top of me appear to be solid.

The ones that would empty into Happy Valley appear not to be.   

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Something to keep in mind is that just because the dams are inspected and regulated doesn't actually mean there's funding for repairs...

[Requia ☣]

No, we have money for dam repair.  There are 41 states that don't though.   

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

No, we have money for dam repair.  There are 41 states that don't though.   

Yeah, you guys are LUCKY. We have some ungodly number of dams that not only are there no funds to repair, but there are no funds to demolish either.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Oh, and like 4000 bridges that are "unsafe".

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http://exiledonline.com/war-nerd-apocalypse-never/

The War Nerd talks Apocalypse.  Explains exactly why I say to get the hell out of big cities.

Why?

It sounds more like he saying stick with a massive, well-organized horde rather than a small, well-armed gang, even if you're well located in terms of water supply.

You're thinking no one will find your well or river?

No, I'm thinking a few thousand people already live where the reservoir I'd hit are.  And the people there are well armed enough to defend against non military raids.  Also lots of farms, which means food if I can find a skill to barter with.

Figuring out how to keep them from killing *me* might be a bit trickier though.

Also, food seems a bigger deal than water in the cities to me, yeah you'll die faster without food, but water distribution would take longer to collapse, food might stop coming tomorrow, or might come in half the numbers needed to keep everyone alive.

I guess I'm still not seeing how the war nerd's article lines up with what you're saying.

In fact, it seems quite contrary to what you're saying.

What parts of the article do you feel support your strategy?

[Requia ☣]

The parts about millions of south Californians dieing at once, and the fundies taking over the survivors?

[East Coast Hustle]

PROTIP: Gary Brecher is a pretty decent armchair military analyst and tactician.

he has, however, proven consistently that he knows absolutely fuck-all about anything else and is, in fact, kind of an idiot.

that's why he's a greasy fat dude who lives in Fresno, CA.

[Richter]

CUBICLE SURVIVAL: I'm brainstorming a bit for a veriwirrung entry on this.  I know there are many of my fellow Cubaeunauts here, anyone have anything they'd like to pitch in?  Credit / citations, of course, will be added if desired.

Here's what I go so far:

- Do the job fool - keep the money coming in and the life rolling.
- Coffee - Keep awake / alert / dangerous
- Goals - Learn new stuff, expand your knowledge, don't stay parked in cubeland
- Slack - Preservation of sanity, wit, and audacity.

I can see this taking a tangent towards Bureaucracy Jacking, but that should be a whole seperate entry, if not category.

[LMNO]

Be smarter than your job.  Find efficient and accurate ways of getting it done, in half the time.  Then spend the rest of the time doing shit YOU want to do.

[Requia ☣]

that would work much better if being more efficient didn't mean a bigger workload for me.

[LMNO]

Perhaps it's the nature of your job, but my point was that you don't tell your boss you can do the work in half the time, you just do it, and then spend the rest of the time doing something you want to do, on their dime.