Lets say a Dinosaur killer asteroid is going to hit, those looking for one missed and everyones in deep excreta. The asteroid will arrive on the far side of the planet, so there is a  chance of you surviving the impact.

What are you going to do?

1] No use buying frozen food, the electricity will be off in four days and theres no guarantee of a supply after that.
2] Going to the shops is what everyone will be doing, they will probably have sold out.

Id be digging a hole and sorting an oxygen bubble.  The shock wave will be massive - theres a fairly high chance itll hit an ocean and cause a tsunami.

Get yourself underground and make sure you have enough air to last a day while the impact passes.

You could relatively easily sort food and things after but the actual impact could strip most surface structures of the planet, cause massive waves, dust clouds, etc.  On a 4 day time scale Id be worrying about the initial blast not food.


edit: as this is probably for a book Ill expand...  Id get ahold of salt (for food preservation), clean water and any tinned food I had around the flat to take with me.  Id bury several metal dishes (rain water collection and for evaporation to get more salt and clean water back from sea water).  A handful of cutting tools (knife and saws) and my camping gear.  Once that was sorted Id make sure my friends/family/girlfriend were sorted too and offer them space in my hole.  From that point we could probably get to Bronze age level of existance in a very short amount of time even if there was nothing left of the modern world.

In 4 days tho theres enough time to sort a generator and AM transmitter (just because of proximity to work Id probably take their broadcast system).  Petrol out of the car and a decent first aid kit.  If that stuff got sorted as well then theres no reason why you couldnt not only survive but you could probably help a lot of survivors and advance back to the early 1900s.  Youd not have electronics or plastics and would only be able to recylce metal you found but theres going to be lots of that around afterwards.  Wed probably not recover back to the information age for a very very long time as far too many people would die.

Id expect you could be at bronze age again within 6 months tho with enough capable people in one place.

^If society collapsed sorting food would be the hardest thing, aside from not getting killed for your shoes.

Id sort clean water, fishing stuff, sharp sticks, fire, in that order. Then Id hit the library for books. By day 4 Im brewing up hooch for trade purposes.

id probably study how to fly a plane for a couple of days, then work out how i can steal one just before the impact, then id make sure i was at 50,000ft when it hit.

Quote from: DEViANCEid probably study how to fly a plane for a couple of days, then work out how i can steal one just before the impact, then id make sure i was at 50,000ft when it hit.

boom - shockwave lol
Just dont crash on my hole!

Id make sure I was in one of those left over nuke bunkers in some old buildings.... theres at elast 1 I know if in newcastle.... thatll do.... get in first and lock the oddr behind me

Quote from: knightyId make sure I was in one of those left over nuke bunkers in some old buildings.... theres at elast 1 I know if in newcastle.... thatll do.... get in first and lock the oddr behind me

yeah there is an old ROC in the field behind my house, its still got its air cleaner and periscope too.

Dinosaur killing asteroid?

Surely then on impact youd be looking at big tsunami thing, vapour or dust cloud obscuring sunlight for a long time, a change in the climate model? Id be tempted to be pessimistic and say were all pretty screwed no matter where we are and just see if I could find a lass who wants to go out with several bangs (scuse the bad pun)

On the assumption it turns out that lets say, england somehow wont get oblitorated due to some freak physical magic...head to a relatively unpopulated rural area and try to become self sufficient. Safest bet probably would be to hope to come across a settlement near an army base, so you can help sort out becoming self-sufficient growing food etc with the protection from the looters that are sure to appear sooner or later.

Alternatively, wait for the impact on the ocean to pass and then grab a boat and live off the sea perhaps. Good source of protein, though most fish would probably be belly up. Mmmm, algae burgers...

http://www.amazon.com/Lucifers-Hammer-Larry-Niven/dp/0449208133

- cool book. Big comet. Smack. Arrrrggghhhh!!! Cannibals. FIIGHT!!

Some whiskey, some water, tins of food, a good rifle and ammo and hope for the best.

go on a killing spree & start the survival early..


Or nick one of those floating forts
http://www.bornrich.org/entry/man-made-no-man-lands-fort-up-for-grab/
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html%3Fin_article_id%3D468609%26in_page_id%3D1770&h=270&w=468&sz=24&hl=en&start=6&um=1&tbnid=k9TSrbHmQRmwhM:&tbnh=74&tbnw=128&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dsea%2Bfort%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN

 
...buy a big surfboard.

Quote from: sdphttp://www.amazon.com/Lucifers-Hammer-Larry-Niven/dp/0449208133

- cool book. Big comet. Smack. Arrrrggghhhh!!! Cannibals. FIIGHT!!

That has got to be the best summary I have ever read for a book !

Id kill a load of spides first - mostly joyriders - but then basically anyone wearing their uniform of tracksuits and caps

Then Id hole up in my paranoid moneybags uncles shelter.

Quote from: MarkThen Id hole up in my paranoid moneybags uncles shelter.

Ill arm wrestle you for your place in the shelter...



no wait.... we could play tidily winks to see who gets in ?