http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwfCRAtkYEI
 
Here's a new show coming to tv this fall that conciveably looks pretty awesome. It kinda has all the SHTF situations we talk about. The exact circumstances under this show is phiscally impossible but the concept's really cool. It proomts some cool thought and conversation too. And the trailer has TSFH. Historically, NBC shows aren't too great but I'm hoping they do a good job with this one. Hopefully they get some good actors, writers, and fight correagraphers and this show will make a few seasons, we'll see.
 
What do you guys think?

Has anyone else noticed that in the clip being shown on TV, the girl's crossbow appears to be backwards?

    The premise could lead to an interesting show, but as kid says, it' NBC.  I hope it turns out to be a great show but, you know, it's NBC.              
    Anyway, my best chance I guess would be in the Pine Barrens.  I know the area well, there's lots of fresh water, wildlife, level ground to farm, etc..  I'd grow corn, tomatoes, squash, and cucumbers.. the easy stuff to start with.  The fishing is great around there.. the Spring herring and white perch runs are spectacular, and there's plenty of deer and other game.  In the summer there's tons of berries and other wild plants to eat.
    My choice of weaponry won't surprise anyone.  I'd go with a few slings, an atlatl, and bow and arrow.  I'd also have a stout thrusting spear.    
   Surviving the initial madness and rioting would be the most challenging part, I imagine.  There would be lawlessness, famine, plague, even cannibalism before the population was culled down to a number that could survive without modern technology.  Surviving that initial part would be the real trick to success.

I have my doubts. The end of the trailer bothered me where there is an 80's era functioning internet and a magic flash drive that will restore civilization. But it could be cool.
 
I'd differ slightly Kid in that modern planes have such a crappy glide ratio it wouldn't quite be falling but it wouldn't be a nice controlled dive that would have been possible 60 years ago. And high performance aircraft which have to be trimmed hundreds of times a minute by computer would basically fall out of the sky. Still that's probably giving NBC way to much credit    
 
I'd definitely include a 10/.22 in my initial bug out. Probably with a .22 revolver too. I'd stay clear of the extended magazines though, the couple times I've had an opportunity to use them they've jammed often. 10 rounds is a fair amount. For hunting, and even protection it'd be worth its weight. But as Ratman said growing crops is your only chance once the herd is thinned down enough that they wouldn't just eat all your work and leave you with nothing. Timing it right would be important.

Quote from xxkid123 on Aug 4^th, 2012, 6:54pm:

   I would take my 12 gauge shotgun and all of the shells I could carry while keeping in mind that this is a finite resource.  Eventually, no matter how many you take you'll run out of shells or they'll get damp and go "stale."  Also, no matter how careful you are your gun will eventually break.  I would use my gun as little as possible with it in mind that sometime in the future, be it a year or ten, I won't have a gun.  By that time I'd better be a sling/bow and arrow/atlatl and trapping expert.

Dan, I'm not sure what to think. I'm not a crossbow shooter, so I can't really comment, but often times funky designs get too funky, and don't really shoot as well as good old fashioned designs. I haven't handled it though...
 
One thing I just realized is that my plan doesn't follow scenario. Since it's only technology dieing, I'll probably just go about normal life without tech, before things really break apart and SHTF. Sure things would be hectic and crazy, but SHTF would only occur when militias and real anarchy occurs, when people give up on society and start fighting for their own lively hoods. I have just enough faith in humanity that we'll maintain order, until the public turns loony. So I won't be escaping immediately.
 
Actually the more I think about this, the less likely everything is. I highly doubt that militias could ever rise, even when most of society is dead. Even with modern technology not working, steam engines, bikes, etc would still be functioning. Roads don't fall apart, even with our kind of infrastructure   Traversing the US on road from San fransisco to Washington DC, about as far as you can get in the US is around 2817 miles. If the US gov't in DC were to tell all local army units to start martial law across the US, I would think they could get across the US within 1 month with a relay system. It takes the Tour De France 23 days usually, and covers around 2000 miles. I would think with a relay system and multiple people biking together, they could make it and spread the word.  
 
Shoot this better be a good show....