First world prepper problems

[justalurkr]

Pros and cons of learning to use survival gear:

Pros:
0F after windchill (-17.8C) is the perfect time to test whether I can keep myself warm in a hammock with a closed cell thermal pad.

Cons:
0F after windchill (-17.8C)

I am a delicate effin flower, after all.

Comments

[lunachickk]

Are you practicing for the zombie apocalypse?

Where were you practicing this?

Are you planning on moving out of GA anytime soon? Because these are not your average temperatures.

I hope you turned your shirt right-side-out.

[justalurkr]

Heh.

Well, a year ago I was practicing half-heartedly for the zombie apocalypse, because I don't really take zombies seriously. Neither, it turns out, do most of the people practicing that because their philosophy is really that if one is ready for the fictional zombie apocalypse, one is ready for any real life apocali. Apocalyptica? whatever

Then, I took my CERT (Community Emergency Response Team) training and found out about all the reality-based emergencies that could happen oh...tomorrow? Like, the apartment burning down. Or another Snowmaggedon complete with power outage. So practicing with the tent/sleeping bag or hammock/tarp set up becomes a matter of getting emergency shelter up in a reasonable amount of time. While providing one's own emergency shelter is kind of extreme given that FEMA generally comes up with something eventually, it's a step I'm willing to take.

I like to say I'm more of a (taps watch) where's FEMA? prepper than Doomsday Prepper.

I may be stuck living in Georgia for some time thanks to the cost of

[amycooper]

That kind of freezing your ass off cold is normal around here. We had -11C last night with a wind chill of... *sounds of crying*

[justalurkr]

Yeowch. That is some vicious cold.