Light & comms
Shortwave Receiver
A more capable shortwave set with finer tuning and a real antenna connection.
Scenario
Leave the World Behind
Nobody tells you what happened. That is the event.
The signal went, then the internet, then the ships started arriving where ships do not go. No announcement is coming. The horror is entirely in the not knowing, and in how quickly reasonable people stop being reasonable without information.
What kills you
The absence of any explanation.
Rules
- 01Assume nothing is coming for at least a month.
- 02The neighbours are the infrastructure now.
- 03Ration information as carefully as food.
- 04Do not drive towards a city to find out.
The kit
5 itemsWhen every local signal dies, something a thousand miles away is still transmitting.
Weather forecasting you own outright, when the forecast stops arriving.
Tools
Analogue Barometer
Falling pressure precedes bad weather by hours. It needs no power and no forecast.
Rural water is electric water. Until it is not, and then it is nothing.
Water & food
Manual Well Pump
A hand pump that fits an existing well casing. Compatibility with your casing diameter is the first thing to check.
The barbecue tank runs the stove for a fortnight if you can connect it.
Power
Propane Tank Adapter
Connects appliances to a larger propane bottle, so a stove runs for weeks rather than hours.
Two adults and two teenagers with no screens is its own survival scenario.
Absurd
Board Game Set
Structured time with other people. Morale is a supply like any other, and it runs out.
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