I have a book, the SAS survival guide, and I've got a go-bag in case of natural disasters. I haven't practiced any of the techniques in the book, but I would try to enter the forests around where I live and do what I can to survive.

Because the forests are anywhere from an hour away to two hours away depending, I would have to base short-term survival on the ability to navigate through the city. Since this was a scenerio where people die as opposed to war or disaster, it's safe to say that freeways would still be available.

I still need to pick up books on local plant life and what is edible and what is not. I also still need to pick up emergency foodstuffs to put in my go-bag. There's an army surplus store by where I live. Assuming I didn't get everything I needed in time, I would raid that store for supplies of various kinds. There are at least two gun stores that I'm aware of on the way. I would raid them as well. There are, of course, supermarkets, where I can pick up canned food and whatnot.

I imagine my lifespan would be very short. I can only carry so much and my car is only so large, so after the initial hoarding is done, I will have to master several skills quickly, which would be difficult to do under pressure. In addition, where I live there are natural predators. With the sudden reduction of people, wildlife would flourish, but that also means predators would grow in number. They wouldn't have to struggle as much for food, but their numbers mean I would have to be skilled in fending them off or avoiding them.

While, reasonably, I could seek out a community and stay with them for protection, I'm weary enough of the human race, that I would rather go out on my own even though my chances of survival would drop like a rock. Nevertheless, I would have some peace of mind. I would probably identify a local community to go to in case I changed my mind, but I wouldn't make contact until I was ready to do so.

>>406
>I have a book, the SAS survival guide,

I fucking lol so hard when someone says things like this, then follows with

>I haven't practiced any of the techniques in the book,

>>407
Well, after the world ends, I'm sure he'll have plenty of time to practice.

I have basic first aid skills, nothing to write home about, but a little better than the average person off the street.

While I've never been hunting, I'm a pretty good shot, which could be useful as well.

I can cook and sew as well, and have a pretty good aptitude for figuring out how things work.

If everyone was dead and gone, though, I'd go to m nearest Army base and get the following: a hummvee, at least 3 rifles, at least 3,000 rounds of ammo, as many MREs as I can find (they'll last for YEARS and you only need one a day), and various gear like sleeping bags, a tent, and all that stuff. Yeah, it's probably all locked p and shit, but what rush am I in? The world ended!

I'd also go to DC (assuming it's still there) and start looking up government shit just because I'll have (if the world ended today) another 40 or so years, at a minimum, of nothing to do.

I probably would try and find a society, though. My skillset is somewhat limited when it comes to survival tactics, but I'm sure someone somewhere will put them to use.

>>408
Assuming power was still being generated, libraries would be awesome for a while. Find a small dorm refrigerator at a department store, fill it up with goods, stick it somewhere in the library and just hang out and read.

i would seize the opportunity to abandon humanity entirely, and live as a beast in the wilderness.

>>409
All those books. I would find the ones that leveled up my hand-to-hand skill and box rabid dogs until I was strong enough to use Power Armor. Then, you would all be fucked.

>>416
Power armor? That's nothing. I'd learn surgery and computer science and turn myself into a full-conversion cyborg. I'd have a nuclear generator giving me power for hundreds of years and spend my time destroying villages and remaining human life.

A person has to have hobbies, you know.