What To Do In The First Hour After SHTF

  • If an unexpected disaster were to strike at your location, what would you do first? The initial few minutes of a calamity can be overwhelming and confusing, particularly if you weren't prepared for it. Unfortunately or fortunately, your location can change how you react when SHTF. For example, you would probably act differently if you were at home versus if you were at a public place like a mall or on the highway. How can you maximize your chances of survival in various places?

    The first hour of a SHTF event is the most crucial so your reaction to that event must be planned and calculated ahead of time. This limits the possibility that you'll make a rash decision for you and your loved ones. After those 60 minutes, your chances of survival start to decline significantly.

    To read about what to do in the first hour after SHTF, continue on!

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    33 Comments

    1. Marty Morris said:

      Scratch my head for first thirty minutes, then take me 10 minutes stretch my back out and si.10 minutes drink coffee n maybe a smoke.then scratch my head some more.

    2. Michael E Waters said:

      No way. First and foremost. Find out if the shtf is localized or city wide or nation wide. If it really is shtf use your head. Get to your bug out location asap at almost any cost. If it will take longer than a day. Prepare for the trip. But certainly do NOT barricade yourself in a washroom for days or weeks. That’s lunacy. This arrival is very dangerous guidance. Come on people. Plan your shtf and work the plan. Plain and simple. Don’t follow stupid guidance like this arrival states.

    3. Lina Neighbors Landrum said:

      if the phone is off and cars wont start going to the bank then shopping. If phone is working and cars are running, still going to the bank and going shopping.

    4. Gary Gregory said:

      I keep a couple loaded mags for just in case. But if Shtf I would have plenty more to stuff full

    5. Cyrus Hunter said:

      Go dark. Once the initial panic wave of people fleeing settles down, id scope out the situation. Go from there

    6. Kenny Trawick said:

      Im keeping my$#%&!@*in the country when it hits the fan. I have food, water, shelter and everything thing else i need.

    7. Charles Ferguson said:

      That’s when the snowflakes all freak and start yelling for government help. FEMA camps would be too damn good for them

    8. Rodney Gatewood said:

      Depends on disaster, can go from hunker down and wait to lock and load and find a defendable structure

    9. Robert Robertson said:

      SET BACK AND LAUGH AT EVERYONE GOING CRAZY,,IF THE LORD SAYS IT MY TIME TO DIE,THERES NOTHING GOING TO STOP THAT.

    10. Al Fischer said:

      Sit back and watch the$#%&!@*show… I’m not in charge…

    11. Gary Holt said:

      Yeah, get stuck in traffic. You’d make better time on a bicycle, or walking, stash and old junker miles down the road at some friends house.

    12. John Shaw said:

      Collect more food and water, locally, then come back home. There aint no getting out of this city

    13. Jason Dominy said:

      Who cares. Once nuclear powerplants lose their employees and start to meltdown across the globe the levels of radioactivity won’t be safe.

    14. John Kertzman said:

      Load all the mags you got and then be prepared ro defend what you got to survive.

    15. John Skirtich said:

      I’m staying home … pump handle water out of the ground … hunting … fishing … everything I need within 5 miles of home.

    16. Rory Howard Hoven said:

      Hey im just wondering could you wait out a month or 2? In that your looking at having about 90 gallons of potable water per person. And about 120 legit meals per person in storage.. I’m not there yet and i dont need to be worried about water

    17. Tim Delos said:

      I have old people in my neighborhood. I’d probably make sure they are okay and invite them over if not.

    18. Steve Rooker said:

      Upon seeing the bright flash of nuclear detonation, calmly bend over and kiss your a– goodbye!

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