Basic Survival
Post-apocalyptic survival: Lessons from The Book of Eli
Recently, I watched the movie The Book of Eli (I know, I know, you’re probably saying “Welcome to 2010. ” But I’m generally behind when it comes to watching grown-up…
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Apocalyptic Living
The things I'll miss come the apocalypse.
So, some days I actually long for the apocalypse. You know, I stare at the world and think 'please please please!'. In fact, just yesterday I told two Londoners that…
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Post-apocalyptic baddies: The possibilities
We here at In Case of Survival talk a lot about the baddies you’ll potentially run into post apocalypse. I have no doubt that there’ll be bad guys aplenty after…
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Allergies: a surprisingly high chance of death.
So, I have allergies. This is supposed to be good, as it means my immune system is horrendously effective (and it's true, while I get a lot of colds, serious…
Apocalyptic Living
Apocalypse dating
A couple of months ago, I wrote about falling in love during and after the apocalypse. Generally, falling in love involves meeting people and, you know, dating. So, unless your…
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Likely Apocalypses: A list
With the Rapture in the news a little while ago, Char asked all our readers what their apocalypse looked like. I commented (as did many others) but thought on it…
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Being selected by natural selection
Despite what some people think of him and his theories, Darwin was definitely onto something when he came up with natural selection. He was right, too—only those who’ve adapted enough…
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Climate and your Survival- Guest post by Jess Shanahan.
You may have thought about weapons, defences, food and water, but what about the climate? The weather can affect the way in which you move, how you hunt and where…
Reading Material
Post-Apocalypse reading-Impressions: JailBreak by Harry Shannon and Steven W Booth
Jailbreak is a free short story available from Smashwords. Jailbreak is a gory, profanity filled account of the zombie apocalypse. It's a realtively simple story- Zombies are assaulting a small…