Today I'm thrilled to have K.D. McAdams stopping by to share, Evacuation, book #2 in The Seamus Chronicles!
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Evacuation ~ K.D. McAdams
(The Seamus Chronicles #2)
Publication Date ~ March 7th 2014
Genres ~ Post-Apocalyptic, Young Adult
(The Seamus Chronicles #2)
Publication Date ~ March 7th 2014
Genres ~ Post-Apocalyptic, Young Adult
Synopsis:
They have only one chance for survival, leave… the planet.
The virus that wiped out most of the human race is adapting to defeat the vaccine and kill the survivors. There is a government response protocol but it will kill them too, it involves a nuclear winter. The NASA scientists believe they can leave Earth and achieve faster than light travel, but Seamus doesn’t want to slog through space. He knows that to survive they have to go somewhere fast. To save them all he needs to invent a warp drive and evacuate the planet.
The virus that wiped out most of the human race is adapting to defeat the vaccine and kill the survivors. There is a government response protocol but it will kill them too, it involves a nuclear winter. The NASA scientists believe they can leave Earth and achieve faster than light travel, but Seamus doesn’t want to slog through space. He knows that to survive they have to go somewhere fast. To save them all he needs to invent a warp drive and evacuate the planet.
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What’s in your
planetary go bag?
Food, water and a 3-D
printer may be keys to survival
What if Earth was going down the tubes and you had to
Evacuate the planet? What would you put in your go bag?
Thanks to the Mayan apocalypse and
the popular Doomsday
Preppers show on National Geographic the concept of a survival “Go-bag” has
gained mainstream understanding. Survival experts can debate the best contents
for one of these go bags but in general they contain food, water, security and
some protection from the elements. The idea is that when civilization goes down
the tubes you grab the go bag on your way out the door and use its contents to
survive.
Here on Earth a go bag has to help you get by. Get by until
order is restored. Get by until you can make a supply trip to a safe place. But
if you have to leave Earth you can’t just get by, you have to start over. You
could bring plenty of stuff, but what happens when you run out? Even if you
brought enough of something to last your lifetime what would your ancestors do?
Our world is littered with finished goods. Even after an
electromagnetic pulse or a collapse of the world financial markets if you
needed a nail, screw or fastener you could find one with just a few minutes of
looking. You may have to recycle or up cycle it from a previous use, but it’s
there. Even a straight or flat piece of wood is only a few miles away from the
places in America where most people live.
Imagine building something without screws, nails or
dimensional lumber.
Many of us are familiar with assembling things from
furniture to power tools, but can you manufacture anything? Given a tree, can
you make a straight board? The earliest pieces of steel are four thousand years
old, but could you smelt ore?
Following directions from Ikea doesn’t mean you can make
furniture.
There are a few things I’m on the fence about; seeds (would
they grow?), weapons (will they work) and a bicycle (can it carry enough?) for
example. Given unlimited space these would certainly make it but space will be
tight. For the purposes of this exercise lets assume you are leaving Earth in
Nissan Maxima; doors, windows and trunk have to close. What do you bring?
You need to figure out all the firsts. The first mill, the
first sewer system, the first farm all things that won’t fit in your bag. So in
addition to food and water here are five
things that I would bring if I had to bug out from Earth and start over on
another planet.
1.
A tent. The new planet will likely have a
different weather system and you’ll need to protect against hot or cold.
2.
Basic hand tools. Hammer, shovels, axes etc.
3.
A hand crank or pedal generator for electricity
4.
A 3-D printer. You can make some of the core
pieces needed to build almost anything.
5.
A tablet loaded with manufacturing how-to
documents; How to build a sawmill, How to build an iron mill, How to make plastic
etc.
What would you bring if you had to bug out from Earth and
start over on another planet?
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