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Vendaval -> "How to Survive a Disaster" (6/5/2008 5:40:50 AM)
"How to Survive a Disaster" Thursday, May. 29, 2008 By Amanda Ripley "Risk experts understand how we could overcome our blind spots and more intelligently hedge our bets. In laboratories and on shooting ranges, there are people who study what happens to bodies and minds under extreme duress. Military researchers conduct elaborate experiments to try to predict who will melt down in a crisis and who will thrive. Police, soldiers, race-car drivers and helicopter pilots train to anticipate the strange behaviors they will encounter at the worst of times. Regular people can learn from that knowledge, since, after all, we will be the first on the scene of any disaster." http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1810315-1,00.html

camille65 -> RE: "How to Survive a Disaster" (6/5/2008 5:42:31 AM)
I read that a few days ago, interesting article. I always wonder how I would react in a dire emergency that involved other people.

Vendaval -> RE: "How to Survive a Disaster" (6/5/2008 5:52:01 AM)
Good morning, camille, As mentioned in the article, people often freeze during moments of high stress and are unable to respond to the situation. Having a plan for an emergency and having fire/earthquake/toronado/bomb drills will help make your responses automatic. I have had to use first aid training in certain situations and was very glad for those refresher courses every 2 years. Vendaval

Aileen1968 -> RE: "How to Survive a Disaster" (6/5/2008 5:53:39 AM)
Eat the fattest person.

Vendaval -> RE: "How to Survive a Disaster" (6/5/2008 6:10:01 AM)
Heh...that was the plan of a survivalist guy I know during the Y2K scare. quote: ORIGINAL: Aileen1968 Eat the fattest person.

hizgeorgiapeach -> RE: "How to Survive a Disaster" (6/5/2008 6:12:04 AM)
I've had to deal with enough crises of various sorts throughout my life that I've got a pretty good idea of how I react. I'm great During the crunch, and tend to be a "jonny on the spot" type to get things done that need doing. I'm all business, making sure that everyone else is dealt with or doing something constructive rather than going into hysterics. It's once the crises is Completely Over that I collapse and become a blubbering shaking ball of fetal position hysteria.

JohnWarren -> RE: "How to Survive a Disaster" (6/5/2008 6:18:24 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Aileen1968 Eat the fattest person. Actually, to get something you can eat rather than just gorging it down and taking the chance of puking it all out and to minimize the chances of transmitting disease, human meat has to be cooked very completely. This means the fat will largely run off. You're better with a mesomorph who will provide more useable meat per dressed pound.

ChainedExistence -> RE: "How to Survive a Disaster" (6/5/2008 6:22:04 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: JohnWarren quote: ORIGINAL: Aileen1968 Eat the fattest person. Actually, to get something you can eat rather than just gorging it down and taking the chance of puking it all out and to minimize the chances of transmitting disease, human meat has to be cooked very completely. This means the fat will largely run off. You're better with a mesomorph who will provide more useable meat per dressed pound. I don't even want to know how you know this!

Aileen1968 -> RE: "How to Survive a Disaster" (6/5/2008 6:30:31 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: JohnWarren quote: ORIGINAL: Aileen1968 Eat the fattest person. Actually, to get something you can eat rather than just gorging it down and taking the chance of puking it all out and to minimize the chances of transmitting disease, human meat has to be cooked very completely. This means the fat will largely run off. You're better with a mesomorph who will provide more useable meat per dressed pound. Always devilishly practical, aren't you? [;)]

atursvcMaam -> RE: "How to Survive a Disaster" (6/5/2008 6:41:14 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Aileen1968 Eat the fattest person. Wouldn't that make you suspicious of somenone who regularly brought you candy and/or cookies and took you out to eat???

JohnWarren -> RE: "How to Survive a Disaster" (6/5/2008 7:45:37 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Aileen1968 quote: ORIGINAL: JohnWarren quote: ORIGINAL: Aileen1968 Eat the fattest person. Actually, to get something you can eat rather than just gorging it down and taking the chance of puking it all out and to minimize the chances of transmitting disease, human meat has to be cooked very completely. This means the fat will largely run off. You're better with a mesomorph who will provide more useable meat per dressed pound. Always devilishly practical, aren't you? [;)] Always!!! [evil evil laugh] [Glancing at Aileen's picture] My, you do keep yourself in nice shape. [chuckle]

Irishknight -> RE: "How to Survive a Disaster" (6/5/2008 8:58:09 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: JohnWarren quote: ORIGINAL: Aileen1968 Eat the fattest person. Actually, to get something you can eat rather than just gorging it down and taking the chance of puking it all out and to minimize the chances of transmitting disease, human meat has to be cooked very completely. This means the fat will largely run off. You're better with a mesomorph who will provide more useable meat per dressed pound. I was gonna say eat the thinnest person first because he doesn't have the reserves to keep him going. Later, when the fatter guy has slimmed down, you still have food "on the hoof" so to speak.

philosophy -> RE: "How to Survive a Disaster" (6/5/2008 9:37:29 AM)
FR eat the rich [:D]

celticlord2112 -> RE: "How to Survive a Disaster" (6/5/2008 9:47:09 AM)
quote: "How to Survive a Disaster" Don't be there when it happens....

Vendaval -> RE: "How to Survive a Disaster" (6/5/2008 2:58:24 PM)
hizgeorgiapeach, You are describing a common survival tactic that medical personnel, fire, police, psychiatric workers, etc. use to get through their duties. The hard part is when the emotional and psychologist stress catches up with you later. Sometimes it feels like a cumulative impact.

windchymes -> RE: "How to Survive a Disaster" (6/5/2008 3:00:20 PM)
A body-builder would probably be too tough.

thornhappy -> RE: "How to Survive a Disaster" (6/5/2008 3:37:47 PM)
Whoop on 'im so he's tenderized! thornhappy

kittinSol -> RE: "How to Survive a Disaster" (6/5/2008 3:44:47 PM)
It's cool how a whole cottage industry is growing around the idea of 'disaster survival'. People get off on the idea that they're going to become Jungle Jim or Mad Max, because, well, it's exciting! And businesses make lots of dough selling gadgets and instilling fear in people. I remember in the eighties it was called 'potential nuclear holocaust'. No house in Switzerland could be built without an underground nuclear shelter. Guess what? Those things have all become bike sheds [:D] .

CalifChick -> RE: "How to Survive a Disaster" (6/5/2008 3:47:38 PM)
Run Aileen! He's measuring you to see if you'll fit on the barbecue spit! Cali

DomAviator -> RE: "How to Survive a Disaster" (6/5/2008 4:17:43 PM)
Actually, without going to the Mad Max extreme ALL people should be prepared. A survival situation can arise at any time from the slightest of things and whether you or your loved ones live to see the morning depends entirely on how prepared you are. It can be as simple as sliding off the road during a lake effect snowstorm when its 0 degrees with a 20 below wind chill. If your car stalls, and nobody comes along you will be dead by morning unless you know what to do and have the right supplies on hand (which can be as little as a 99 cent "space blanket" that is smaller than a pack of cigarettes..) I used to get into this with my exwife all the time... She would drive between Buffalo and Batavia in a skirt and heels without a coat - just her business suit jacket... Handy outfit if you need to hoof it in a blizzard and a survival kit, some warm clothes, and a set of boots doesnt take up much trunk space. Look at hurricane Katrina. I wouldnt be freaking out waiting for FEMA. I would already be cleaning up and rebuilding before FEMA got there - enjoying cold beer, air conditioning and TV provided by my generator etc.... All it takes is one unexpected event and your in survival mode...

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