lapsus_deus (![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} lapsus_deus) wrote,@ 2005-04-14 01:24:00 |
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progress?
I went too far exploring and looking for food and wound up without gas in a small settlement of about 7. They were all ecstatic to find another survivor and gave me space in the shelter they shared. It was in the basement of an old high school gymnasium. They were still living on a mountain like stock of MRE rations that had been piled up for at least 200 to live a month in the shelter.
When I explained that they could live off food in the local markets they agreed to let me have all the rations I could carry back and would negotiate for more if I returned. I spent the rest of my time helping them bring food from local supermarkets to their shelter and eventually found a perfect old 56 Chevy Nomad, having left the bug a day's walk behind me.
It took a few days work to get the station wagon running, and I had to siphon even more fuel halfway back because of a bad hose I couldn't replace until I got back home. Even now that it's fixed it gets atrocious gas mileage and should only be used for extreme situations.
I hope to get some contact at least from survivors in the Cheyenne Mountain Military shelter, or maybe Civil Defense people. I would expect even military personnel from active Missile silos, maybe in Wyoming, Nebraska, and Colorado. The lack of contact has made me extremely worried about the state of affairs the nation is in. While I did not look for them, I am made even more nervous that I didn't see any missiles leaving. While it would be good to know that there are more survivors in the rest of the world, but it also means that we were surprised, and on a massive level.
I went too far exploring and looking for food and wound up without gas in a small settlement of about 7. They were all ecstatic to find another survivor and gave me space in the shelter they shared. It was in the basement of an old high school gymnasium. They were still living on a mountain like stock of MRE rations that had been piled up for at least 200 to live a month in the shelter.
When I explained that they could live off food in the local markets they agreed to let me have all the rations I could carry back and would negotiate for more if I returned. I spent the rest of my time helping them bring food from local supermarkets to their shelter and eventually found a perfect old 56 Chevy Nomad, having left the bug a day's walk behind me.
It took a few days work to get the station wagon running, and I had to siphon even more fuel halfway back because of a bad hose I couldn't replace until I got back home. Even now that it's fixed it gets atrocious gas mileage and should only be used for extreme situations.
I hope to get some contact at least from survivors in the Cheyenne Mountain Military shelter, or maybe Civil Defense people. I would expect even military personnel from active Missile silos, maybe in Wyoming, Nebraska, and Colorado. The lack of contact has made me extremely worried about the state of affairs the nation is in. While I did not look for them, I am made even more nervous that I didn't see any missiles leaving. While it would be good to know that there are more survivors in the rest of the world, but it also means that we were surprised, and on a massive level.
