After the initial collapse, based on common sense, I am by no means an expert… The first stage will be complete and total chaos. People will be asking themselves, how am I going to feed myself.. many will stupidly get themselves killed, by not thinking long-term. The ones that have others relying on them for survival, like those with a family, will likely be more dangerous. For example, before I had my daughter, I embraced a certain selfish protective attitude. Once I had my daughter, everything changed, I would gladly put myself in harms way to protect her well-being, I know I would go to extreme lengths to ensure her safety and well-being. I know that many people will be like this, making them dangerous.

After the initial collapse, I project that about 6 weeks afterwards, things will begin to become a little more stable, Once those with stored food supplies run out (roughly 3-6 weeks) many more people will die off if they have no back up plan, waiting for a failed government to emerge and save the day.

Gangs will band together, and control sections of cities, towns, or any major metropolitan area. So seeking refuge with others can quickly become dangerous. Staying in seclusion for a while is the best way to avoid any possible confrontation where you could be killed for a bottle of water, boots, a knife, and a can of corn. Learning to be self- sufficiant, and sadly making the hard choices on who NOT to let into your retreat. This can mean turning away friends, family, because if they have nothing to offer aside from companionship, you may end up signing your own death warrant by allowing them into your limited supplies of survival materials.

WHEN this time comes, every human emotion will certainly be tested, as we lose loved ones, and do things we never thought possible.

“you can give a man a fish, and feed him for a day, or teach a man to fish, and feed him for a lifetime” You will only go so far on a few hundred gallons of stored water and canned goods. Learning how to safely purify the water in the long run, either by building a filtration system or boiling it, will you be able to outlive the ‘short-term’ thinkers. Stocking up on perishable items is not going help you survive the hardship of a collapse, but only delay it.

Learn as many skills about survival as possible, start now, pick and choose key individuals that you know you can rely on in this kind of situation. Protect yourself, your family unit, then your fellow neighbor if you want to keep this species alive.

Personally, I dont see this as a horrible thing for this planet. It’s clear that the human race has exploited every possible avenue in order to kill this planet. We are a plague on this earth, and this is not only a wakeup call to those that survive, but a chance to have a real second chance in our lifetime. I don’t like the idea of billions of people dying, but I do view it as a necessity in order to help ensure the long-term survival of our species. This planet was in no way shape or form able to support the survival of 7 billion people long term. Not even half of that. In all honesty. I think about a tenth of our current population would be a decent number to help us live long term.

Instead of thinking of the contradictory nature of what I am saying. Just ask yourselves if you have a plot of land, that can sustain 100 cows, they eat the grass, it grows back, all is fine. Now throw in 1000 cows… before you know it, they are eating everything faster than they can regrow it, defacating on everything else, creating a terrible stench… is it humane to keep all 1000 cows in that living situation? of course not, just like its not humane to keep all 7 billion people living on Earth like this. It’s not logical… weve exhausted our resources, its a matter of time before everything catches up with us… This collapse WILL happen. There is no logical arguement that says it wont.