| First off Apocalypse Man isn't a bad show and is | | | | if the generator runs try it's a major pain to |
| very entertaining, it should also be noted that | | | | restart it due to it seizing up, not to mention it |
| even though a good amount of the information is | | | | takes a lot of fuel to get the generator going for |
| in my opinion not accurate it is successful in | | | | the 8 hours or more he claims to need it for, |
| getting people thinking about survival in a post | | | | much more then the tiny gas can of diesel he |
| apocalypse world. But should this program be | | | | manages to find. The amount he took would |
| used as a stand alone guide to give you valuable | | | | power a generator of that size 10 minutes at the |
| information, absolutely not. Here's why. | | | | most, in essence it's a colossal waste of time and |
| At the beginning of the show the programs host | | | | energy. |
| former marine Rudy Reyes tells you that you | | | | Now let's talk about cars. In the hospital parking |
| should remain mobile, moving quickly when | | | | lot he decides to steal a car, not a new one an |
| travelling open ground and to always be alert of | | | | older beat up looking truck. Now this in itself is a |
| your surroundings. As a former soldier myself I | | | | good idea given that an older car has a less |
| totally agree with this statement, where things go | | | | complicated electronic system, what he fails to |
| wrong is when he has to cross a river. Instead of | | | | mention is that even older cars have what's called |
| looking for a boat or materials to make a | | | | a steering wheel lock. This lock locks the steering |
| makeshift raft, or better yet keep moving to | | | | column keeping the wheels from turning this is |
| look for an easier point to cross, our hero decides | | | | designed both as a safety device and an |
| that the best option is to use a home made | | | | anti-theft device. Simply hotwiring the car will get |
| rappelling hook consisting of a small crowbar and | | | | the engine running but you have to remove the |
| climbing rope. Let me be absolutely clear this | | | | ignition to turn the steering wheel otherwise your |
| method can work if you can hook the crowbar | | | | just going in a straight line. |
| on the bridge, but getting it the first time is like | | | | Another mistake made at the beginning of the |
| winning the lottery. I've tried this using a similar | | | | show involves travelling in the sewer systems to |
| crowbar and rope, the result was that it took | | | | avoid detection from other hostile survivors. While |
| over an hour, the one time it connected it was | | | | this can be a good idea, you have to remember |
| not a secure hold. That time could have been | | | | that those sewer systems may not be cleaned |
| used to look for and find a boat to cross instead. | | | | out; depending on rain fall they could actually be |
| My next complaint is the manner in which he tells | | | | blocked. There's also the health factor to consider, |
| you how to search homes using speed and | | | | in the post apocalypse you're not going to have |
| aggression to bust your way in. he forgot to | | | | any form of health care system. If you get an |
| mention that it's speed and stealth that are your | | | | infection from human or animal waste in a sewer |
| friends in the post apocalypse. Sound travels | | | | and you have no anti-biotic's to kill the bacteria, |
| farther when there is no background noise to | | | | chances are good you could die or loose a limb |
| muffle it, which means that anyone in the area will | | | | from gangrene. |
| be able to hear you kick in that door. The other | | | | While the show makes many mistakes it's still |
| thing to remember is that you don't know if | | | | worth watching in my opinion. As I mentioned in |
| anyone is still living there and if they set up any | | | | the opening paragraph it is an entertaining show, |
| traps for would be looters such as yourself. | | | | and it does succeeded at getting you thinking |
| Kicking open a door might be met with a shotgun | | | | about the subject. But don't use the show by |
| blast to the face. | | | | itself as your sole guide to prepare for the |
| After this he decides to travel to the local | | | | apocalypse. Other shows such as After |
| hospital, why frankly I'm not sure other then to | | | | Armageddon or The Colony have many useful |
| charge a car battery which he doesn't have until a | | | | ideas for post apocalypse survival. If you're |
| little later on. He talks about the large diesel | | | | looking for more information or tips on post |
| generator the hospital uses as a backup power | | | | apocalypse survival check out my website The |
| source. While this is true he doesn't mention that | | | | Razors Edge a post apocalypse survival guide. |