The thing that bothers me is that there shouldn't be that much scarcity with a
metro area of a 2 million or so people to scavenge. Idiots take over one store
or mall? Move further out and scavenge somewhere else. There are thousands of
empty homes raid their cabinets and pantries.
Where are
I was thinking that too. Most of the population died in three days so all of
animals are still there unless they were infected as well. There was a scene
where the boy saw a dead sheep in the water where they were living, but
nothing came from it.
Also in another episode they came across a small
B, I'd be afraid to handle the cattle, for fear that the disease that killed
everyone might be loitering in them.
On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 4:17 PM, B Smith daikaij...@yahoo.com wrote:
The thing that bothers me is that there shouldn't be that much scarcity
with a metro area of a 2 million or
But you're spot-on, re scavenging. There should be tons of canned goods
lying about.
On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 5:20 PM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote:
B, I'd be afraid to handle the cattle, for fear that the disease that
killed everyone might be loitering in them.
On Thu, Mar 25,
Not to mention other food distribution centers that they could have taken
advantage of. There are bakeries, meat plants, frozen food factories, cheese
factories etc all they need is a phone book and a map. Their water problems
would be over if they just dropped by the avion factory or Sharper
And scavenge generators and fuel, solar panels and camping type appliances that
can run on dc power in order to preserve their fresh food for as long as
possible.
The water thing is stupid. Carbon is readily available and they can boil the
filtered water or set up a small still to further
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I can also shoot a gun, and fish too. :)
On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 1:13 AM, Tracey de Morsella tdli
: [scifinoir2] Re: Survivors?
I can also shoot a gun, and fish too. :)
On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 1:13 AM, Tracey de Morsella tdlists@ wrote:
I want you on my team!!! :-)
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Sent: Friday, February 19, 2010 12:11:39 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: Survivors?
Actually modern dairy cows are fed mixed rations as well. A lot of modern
: Friday, February 19, 2010 12:11:39 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
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Actually modern dairy cows are fed mixed rations as well. A lot of modern
dairies have very little grazing compared to the way it was done in the past.
Dairy cows are so
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Actually modern dairy cows are fed mixed rations as well. A lot of modern
dairies have very little grazing compared to the way it was done in the past
of the cities or flee to the country-side?
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To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Fri, February 19, 2010 1:19:19 PM
Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: Survivors?
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I think there would be a lot of that but with 3 million or so survivors
As much as I'd hate to, I'd go to the countryside. (City kid, born and bred.)
I suddenly have a thought. What happens to those who need daily meds? I'm in
that number and, without a pharmacy to dispense... guess I'd have to stage a
few break-ins before departing.
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Actually modern dairy cows are fed mixed rations as well. A lot of modern
dairies have very
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From: hellomahog...@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2010 01:33:20 -0800
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Survivors?
I think that the things would eventually go back to how they were before
man interfered. Over
hired the director? -- Charles L Grant
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
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From: hellomahog...@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2010 01:33:20 -0800
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Survivors?
I think that the things would
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
From: hellomahog...@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2010 13:08:11 -0800
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Survivors?
I saw on the news that there were bears living in abandoned homes in
Detroit! It happens very quickly. Did
17, 2010 1:21 AM
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
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I can also shoot a gun, and fish too. :)
On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 1:13 AM, Tracey de Morsella tdlists@
wrote:
I want you on my team
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Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2010 13:12:29 -0800
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We have a lot of organic farmers in California so that's what I was
thinking of when I wrote that post. There is an organic dairy farm only about
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We have a lot of organic farmers in California so that's what I was
thinking of when I wrote that post. There is an organic dairy farm only
about 10 minutes from here. They have a couple hundred head of cattle and
land on both
merely players, who in bloody
hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
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From: hellomahog...@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2010 14:08:58 -0800
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Survivors
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Actually modern dairy cows are fed mixed rations as well. A lot of modern
dairies have very little grazing compared to the way it was done in the past
merely players, who in bloody
hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
From: daikaij...@...
Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2010 18:19:19 +
Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: Survivors
I want you on my team!!! :-)
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Behalf Of B Smith
Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2010 2:53 PM
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we have a pretty good cross section
: Tuesday, February 16, 2010 2:53 PM
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: Survivors?
we have a pretty good cross section of folks that post. I think we might be
lacking a few skillsets but with books and hard work we could make a go.
I'm pretty well versed in agriculture
Of B Smith
Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2010 2:53 PM
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we have a pretty good cross section of folks that post. I think we might be
lacking a few skillsets but with books and hard work we could make a go.
I'm pretty well versed
Some of the plants would continue to operate for a while but if the grids go
down it's a moot point. Also the bulk of their plants or coal and natural gas
powered.
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I can understand power plants like a nuclear plant, but
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From: hellomahog...@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2010 16:23:53 -0800
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Survivors?
I can understand power plants like a nuclear plant, but power plants like
Hoover dam could run for some time until
They have 16 nuclear plants in the UK. Unless they shut them down the
reality is that anyone that is left would find out what multiple meltdowns
would look like.
On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 10:03 AM, B Smith daikaij...@yahoo.com wrote:
Some of the plants would continue to operate for a while but if
That's why seeds was on my list after books
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Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 2:43 PM
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We'd have to make sure
Give it an episode or two and everything you guys mentioned will start to be
answered. This was an intro episode and they spent more time introducing
characters than getting to the nuts and bolts of survival.
The survivors we have met so far are by an large urbanites who are pretty
clueless
I haven't seen the original either.
I've seen the first three episodes and the crew starts to wise up pretty
quickly. I think Martin hit the nail on the head that seeing 99% of humanity
die would throw most folks into a deep depression. The doctor seems shell
shocked but I imagine she's been
No because American roads would be vast parking lots filled with stalled cars
and rotting corpses. ;)
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Tracey de Morsella tdli...@... wrote:
Would you be driving aimlessly
From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:scifino...@yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf
LOL! You got that right
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Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2010 1:59 PM
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No because American roads would be vast
B, I missed The Colony almost completely (working). As for contributing to an
apocalypse sitch, I wouldn't have much to toss in the hat. I've always had the
gift of being able to manage. That's probably where I'd show up.
my inclination to raid books and libraries as I mentioned before
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I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
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From: daikaij...@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2010 21:58:46 +
Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: Survivors?
No because American roads would be vast parking lots filled
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I haven't seen the original either.
I've seen the first three episodes and the crew starts to wise up pretty
quickly. I think Martin hit
: [scifinoir2] Re: Survivors?
I liked The Colony but they were too competent. Their group had engineers, a
couple of scientists, a mechanic, a doctor, a nurse and two handymen. The
only deadweight they had was a personal trainer/martial arts instructor
who happened to be a hard worker.
It's still
: Tuesday, February 16, 2010 2:23 PM
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: Survivors?
I liked The Colony but they were too competent. Their group had engineers, a
couple of scientists, a mechanic, a doctor, a nurse and two handymen. The
only deadweight they had was a personal
I can understand power plants like a nuclear plant, but power plants like
Hoover dam could run for some time until there are failures of the turbines.
On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 11:58 AM, B Smith daikaij...@yahoo.com wrote:
Give it an episode or two and everything you guys mentioned will start to
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: Survivors?
Give it an episode or two and everything you guys mentioned will start to
be answered. This was an intro episode and they spent more time introducing
characters than getting to the nuts and bolts of survival.
The survivors we have
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Behalf Of B Smith
Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2010 2:23 PM
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I liked The Colony but they were too competent. Their group had
engineers
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