OT: who would you choose if you were going select people for taking to an isolated/safe location to wait out a huge crisis?

[Ranger Dan]

I’m watching the movie Greenland now and thought the premise of selecting people for moving to safety was interesting. The idea is that your group may be all that is left, and you rebuild civilization and repopulate the earth. You could say your family, the Dallas cowboy cheerleading squad, your favorite posters from this board, or identify the type of people or specific persons who you would pick.

 

[Nitt1300]

Family- we all have guns and all of us are pretty well self sufficient.

 

[Ranger Dan]

Family- we all have guns and all of us are pretty well self sufficient.

So you are going to repopulate earth with your family? Eew!

 

[Nitt1300]

So you are going to repopulate earth with your family? Eew!

My sons are already done with all that- I've got six grandchildren. I'm way past all that nonsense- wimmins weaken legs.

 

[Mister Magoo]

Kathryn Tappen and Roenick’s wife

 

[Lion Son/Husband/Father]

Son 2. He lifted and dieted himself into a beast. Plus he knows his way around my gun cabinet. And moms for strategy and companionship

 

[LionJim]

Son 2. He lifted and dieted himself into a beast. Plus he knows his way around my gun cabinet. And moms for strategy and companionship

You’ll end up ruling the world. Emperor Rick 1.

 

[Ranger Dan]

My sons are already done with all that- I've got six grandchildren. I'm way past all that nonsense- wimmins weaken legs.

And the grandchildren are going to repopulate? (shrug shoulder emoji) LOL

 

[Ranger Dan]

Son 2. He lifted and dieted himself into a beast. Plus he knows his way around my gun cabinet. And moms for strategy and companionship

The three of you are going to rebuild civilization and repopulate the earth?

 

[Nitt1300]

And the grandchildren are going to repopulate? (shrug shoulder emoji) LOL

We will survive- who cares about repopulating? The planet will be fine.

 

[RGWhirly]

McKayla. Lol

 

[Ranger Dan]

Ok, my list of job descriptions:

Doctor
Midwife
Dentist
Civil Engineer
Mechanical Engineer
Electrical Engineer
Chemist
Botanist
Veterinarian
Project Manager
Heavy Equipment Operator
Welder
Mechanic
Plumber
Master Carpenter
Weaver
Potter
Crop Farmer
Chicken Farmer
Commercial Fisherman

 

[BW Lion]

Ok, my list of job descriptions:

Doctor
Midwife
Dentist
Civil Engineer
Mechanical Engineer
Electrical Engineer
Chemist
Botanist
Veterinarian
Project Manager
Heavy Equipment Operator
Welder
Mechanic
Plumber
Master Carpenter
Weaver
Potter
Crop Farmer
Chicken Farmer
Commercial Fisherman

Good list. The only problem is that some listed occupations can only be achieved via education and professional accreditation.

Very admirable professions, but basic skills are far more important in the early days of a truly existential threat

 

[Ranger Dan]

Good list. The only problem is that some listed occupations can only be achieved via education and professional accreditation.

Very admirable professions, but basic skills are far more important in the early days of a truly existential threat

That’s why I included these:
Heavy Equipment Operator
Welder
Mechanic
Plumber
Master Carpenter
Weaver
Potter
Crop Farmer
Chicken Farmer
Commercial Fisherman

 

[step.eng69]

Seriously Ranger, shouldn't you be more concerned about your dish washer?
I apologize if that issue has been resolved.

 

[Pardlion]

Ok, my list of job descriptions:

Doctor
Midwife
Dentist
Civil Engineer
Mechanical Engineer
Electrical Engineer
Chemist
Botanist
Veterinarian
Project Manager
Heavy Equipment Operator
Welder
Mechanic
Plumber
Master Carpenter
Weaver
Potter
Crop Farmer
Chicken Farmer
Commercial Fisherman

you’ll be needing a lawyer.

 

[thewholebit]

Balionis. A way to play Along the Red Ledge. That’ll work.

 

[auxgym]

McKayla. Lol

MacGyver

 

[Rip_E_2_Joe_PA]

Connie Neilson, Diane Lane and Halle Berry.

 

[ericstratton-rushchairman]

 

[91Joe95]

I would like to apologize now for your future dilemmas. About a week ago on the way home from school my daughter said she wanted to take over the world. She mentioned she would probably have to get rid of everyone to do it. I told her world domination seemed like a noble goal. It seemed like she was joking at the time.

 

[IrishHerb]

Ok, my list of job descriptions:

Doctor
Midwife
Dentist
Civil Engineer
Mechanical Engineer
Electrical Engineer
Chemist
Botanist
Veterinarian
Project Manager
Heavy Equipment Operator
Welder
Mechanic
Plumber
Master Carpenter
Weaver
Potter
Crop Farmer
Chicken Farmer
Commercial Fisherman

And you're going to repopulate the world with which one?

 

[Ranger Dan]

And you're going to repopulate the world with which one?

They each would bring their immediate families along.

 

[Fac]

a professor
a movie star
a wealthy married couple
a skipper
a down to earth woman
and me

 

[Nashville Lion]

I am definitely going to have farmers and carpenters for sure. And not PhD theory folks but actual farmers. I will say farmers but will include both vegetable, dairy, etc.
We also need some guys who are good at chopping trees...real labor men in these areas.
I want a handful of engineers/scientists in different areas...chemist, mechanical engineer, civil, electrical, etc.
I will definitely want some folks with background in law enforcement and military to keep order and civility.
I will want pastors of different faiths....we are gonna need that in this new world.
We could almost take specialists in all the different MOS's of the army for the entire operation. They have specialists in almost every area including medical, dental, etc.
It is a lot to think about.
I saw the movie Greenland. It was entertaining for sure.

 

[Waltwam]

We will survive- who cares about repopulating? The planet will be fine.

Heck, if you have that kind of attitude, you actually will save the planet!!!!

 

[Waltwam]

That’s why I included these:
Heavy Equipment Operator
Welder
Mechanic
Plumber
Master Carpenter
Weaver
Potter
Crop Farmer
Chicken Farmer
Commercial Fisherman

I suppose you will choose all females of each occupation.

 

[Aardvark86]

Good list. The only problem is that some listed occupations can only be achieved via education and professional accreditation.

Very admirable professions, but basic skills are far more important in the early days of a truly existential threat

True but once everybody dies off think of all the free infrastructure lying around.

 

[Lion Son/Husband/Father]

The three of you are going to rebuild civilization and repopulate the earth?

You’re over thinking it.

 

[BudatPSU]

Any list must include a large group of nymphomaniacs, and no list should include a lawyer.

 

[BW Lion]

Any list must include a large group of nymphomaniacs, and no list should include a lawyer.

Lawyer(s) would be useful for going outside the bomb shelter to test radiation levels.

If they don’t return, you know it’s not yet safe. If they do return, you don’t let them back in.

 

[rohrmd9]

I might be alone in my thinking but I don’t think I’d want to survive a doomsday event even if I was one of the “chosen” few tasked with restarting humanity. What kind of hellish existence would that be?

 

[pa108]

I think you guys are missing "diversity officer"

 

[Locolion]

So you are going to repopulate earth with your family? Eew!

You haven’t seen his sister!

 

[Thorndike2012]

You people hoping for a passel of nymphomaniacs obviously have no idea how annoying they can be.

Oh, and there is to be no football in this scenario? No beer? Just nymphomaniacs? Ugh!

 

[Monty2007]

Ok, my list of job descriptions:

Doctor
Midwife
Dentist
Civil Engineer
Mechanical Engineer
Electrical Engineer
Chemist
Botanist
Veterinarian
Project Manager
Heavy Equipment Operator
Welder
Mechanic
Plumber
Master Carpenter
Weaver
Potter
Crop Farmer
Chicken Farmer
Commercial Fisherman

Isn't that the Professor from Gilligan's Island.

 

[BudatPSU]

I think you guys are missing "diversity officer"

Designate one or more of the nymphos to be diverse in their performance of their primary function.

 

[Woodpecker]

You’ll end up ruling the world. Emperor Rick 1.

The Emperor Me!

 

[BW Lion]

I would like to apologize now for your future dilemmas. About a week ago on the way home from school my daughter said she wanted to take over the world. She mentioned she would probably have to get rid of everyone to do it. I told her world domination seemed like a noble goal. It seemed like she was joking at the time.

When you're Queen of the World, 2 + 2 can equal whatever the F you want it to.

 

[auxgym]

I’m watching the movie Greenland now and thought the premise of selecting people for moving to safety was interesting. The idea is that your group may be all that is left, and you rebuild civilization and repopulate the earth. You could say your family, the Dallas cowboy cheerleading squad, your favorite posters from this board, or identify the type of people or specific persons who you would pick.

A Great book that I read in junior high school and recently reread is Alas Babylon. Published in 1959 by Pat Frank it tells a tale of the aftermath of survival after full blown nuclear war between the USSR and the United States. There is also an article online that details the life lived by Pat Frank. Hugh Hefner had nothing on him.

I've always admired my eighth grade teacher's insight for having young people read such a book.