Strange question time

Nebb

Imagine this:

You wake up tomorrow morning and realize you slept in because your alarm didnt go off. You roll over and see the power is off and your SO isnt in bed with you. You get up and realize he/she isnt even in the house. All the cars are there but there is no one outside, no pedestrians, no traffic, nothing. Everyone is just gone. 

 

What is the first thing or first couple of things you would do?

brilibby4

Oh my goodness i would be totally freaking out.  I would check my phone and try to call fiance and check the news on my phone online if I could.  If it didn't work, I would get dressed and probably try to drive into town to see if there were people there.

celticmyss

Well first, I'd know it wasn't the Rapture because if it was FH would still be in bed with me.

I'd like to think I'd remain calm, arm myself, and go try and figure out wtf was going on.

More likely, I'd stay inside freaking the hell out. 

dmiller9274

Load the guns and strap them on. 

Hop in the truck and take a drive to see if I could find any other people out and about. 

cheeseandrice

Call Nebb and ask her if I can come live under her protection for whatever end-of-the-world thing is happening.

Then grab my dogs and hike to Canada.

celticmyss

If the power is off in this scenario I am going to assume that there's no internet, cell phones, or other communication devices working. That's how it usually works in the movies anyway! 

lbarr088

Shiit, I need to get a gun....

jennamarie10

I would lay in bed with the covers over my head for a very long time, with my phone trying to get a hold of H. Then, I'd probably walk outside and try to find signs of something happening, i.e. a crater or something. I would most likely be crying a lot.

krizzo17

Get the dog. Everything is safer with a 30-pound dog who's got your back.
Start writing lists to manage everything I have - water, food, weapons, etc. Plan like crazy.
Make sure to keep my mind occupied so I don't go crazy.
Take lots of naps.

LesPaul

Look to see if all the bicycles are in the garage.  If they are, then I call his cell.  Call his BFF's cell.  Call his Mom.

Nebb

In Response to Re:Strange question time:[QUOTE]If the power is off in this scenario I am going to assume that there's no internet,nbsp;cell phones, or other communication devices working. That's how it usually works in the movies anyway!nbsp; Posted by celticmyss[/QUOTE]
Yup, that's what I was going for. No power means no technologies.

LP11509

Try texting H.  If that didn't work or he didn't answer, I'd grab Lucy and run next door to see what's going on/have them call the police (I can't hear on the phone to call myself, and my videophone requires internet, so that won't work if the power is out). 

ETA: If the phones don't work, I'd grab a weapon of some sort and drive to the police station

msuprincess04

Look for aliens. Ala, Independence Day.

Blueyed228

Prepare for zombies. Natch.

Nebb

I'd probably grab my hatchet and slowlt search the house and check outside from all angles. I'd get something to eat and probably then go searching outside.

brandichamberlain

I would check to see if my cell phone worked.  If it did, I would call him. If it didn't, I would get a weapon of some sort, my dog, and get in the car and investigate a little bit.  I wouldn't venture out very far though.  All while crying like a baby.

Nebb

In Response to Re:Strange question time:[QUOTE]Try texting H. nbsp;If that didn't work or he didn't answer, I'd grab Lucy and run next door to see what's going on/have them call the police I can't hear on the phone to call myself, and my videophone requires internet, so that won't work if the power is out.nbsp;ETA: If the phones don't work, I'd grab a weapon of some sort and drive to the police station Posted by LP11509[/QUOTE]
No one is nextdoor, everyone is gone.

anna.oskar

Was it an EMP or will electronics still work providing you have a battery source?

Either way.  The first thing I always do is fill a bathtub with water

brandichamberlain

I would drive to one of my friends mothers house because she hoards canned goods like it's no one's business.  I would use that for awhile. 

LP11509

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re:Strange question time: No one is nextdoor, everyone is gone.
Posted by Nebb[/QUOTE]

<div>Reading fail, sorry.  In that case I'd grab a weapon of some sort, Lucy, some water and some nonperishable food and investigate/try to figure out what the hell was going on.  And probably cry a lot. </div>

maratea

Try not to freak out. Round up all the guns, and carry them with me at all times. Move food and clothes into one place in case I need to barricade myself in. Put the dog and cat in their cages. Go outside to investigate and prepare for the worst. Won't trust anyone.

arwo

I would assume that I had gone crazy, probably. Then I would have breakfast.

Are there other animals left? Are people's pets stuck in their houses with no access to food or water? That would make me feel terrible.

Nebb

I asked adam this lastnight and his response was that he would go back to bed because he wouldn't have to go to work lol

AllAboutTheBenjamin

I would probably just panic and die.  For real.

ETA - or look around for one of those hidden camera things.  Because I'd be thinking THIS IS A JOKE, RIGHT?

calixtine

I would immediately assume that the alien/zombie apocalypse has occured.  So I would grab my dogs (who would provide protection or at least a warning that someone was approaching) and go to the grocery store to stock up on supplies.  Then I would start wandering around to see if I could find anyone or find word of where FI went.  Hopefully, he is out chopping wood for a fuel source because if he is straight gone, i am screwed.  I don't have the upper body strength for manual labor.

beautifulvice

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[QUOTE]<strong>Well first, I'd know it wasn't the Rapture because if it was FH would still be in bed with me.</strong> I'd like to think I'd remain calm, arm myself, and go try and figure out wtf was going on. More likely, I'd stay inside freaking the hell out. 
Posted by celticmyss[/QUOTE]

LOL!  This.

crnflkgirl75

Get all excited because the zombie apocalypse had finally begun, and then freak out because it wouldn't be nearly as fun or cool as I had imagined. At that point I'd hide and cry. A lot.

LetsHikeToday

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[QUOTE]I would probably just panic and die.  For real. ETA - or look around for one of those hidden camera things.  Because I'd be thinking THIS IS A JOKE, RIGHT?
Posted by AllAboutTheBenjamin[/QUOTE]
Haha me too. I don't think I'd make it. I never would have thought to fill my bathtub with water like Anna said. I'm doomed. 

AllAboutTheBenjamin

Speaking of the rapture, my grandparents and my mom are really into those Left Behind books.  When they started reading them, my grandma played a trick on my grandpa.  She took an entire outfit and laid it in a heap in the kitchen one afternoon and went and hid.  When my grandpa found it he flipped his shiit and started yelling "JOANN?  JOANN!!!"

He is so quick to panic, it's hilarious.  The first time he saw the Northern Lights, he had gotten up in the middle of the night to pee while visiting us in ND and went outside because he didn't want to walk upstairs to the bathroom.  He saw the lights while he was taking a whizz and immediately thought "HOLY SHlT, JESUS IS COMING!"

...Anyway.  I promise not to derail this thread anymore.  The scenario which Nebb described legitly freaks me out.

lbarr088

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Strange question time : Haha me too. I don't think I'd make it.<strong> I never would have thought to fill my bathtub with water like Anna said. </strong>I'm doomed. 
Posted by LetsHikeToday[/QUOTE]

<div>Did I miss this?  Why would you do this?  I'm so beyond doomed.  </div><div>
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</div><div>AATB- That's hilarious.  I think I have like 20 of the kid version books.  I was addicted for awhile when I was younger.</div>

dmiller9274

I'd totally be a nosy ass and go rifling through my neighbors stuff. 

Then I'd look for a big nice house that I could hoard all my loot in, and hope that Bill Murray was living there.