Could you survive?

[bassturtle]

I think it would depend on where I was stranded. To me it would boil down to the climate I was in. Nice warm climate like in Cast Away I think would be much more doable for me than being in a cold wet climate - like the Pacific NW or something. It's amazing how little you feel like doing when you've got wet socks and you're chilled to the bones.

 

[HollowBassman]

For the island question I was picturing a tropical island, so I don't think you'd have to worry about the elements too much. I doubt you'll find a battery and steel wool on an uninhabited island.

I didn't notice any responses to the rainforest one. I'm not sure if I'd survive there or not. I hear they have spiders as big as my amp. I wonder how they taste!?!

For the electricity question, you would be living as you are now and suddenly no electric...ever! I think(at least in this country) that people would go nuts and start looting and kiling each other.:scowl:

 

[hbarcat]

Do you think you could survive if you were left alone on an uninhabited island?

What if you were living your life as you are now, but then somehow electricity was permanently disabled? What would you use for money if all of your money was in the bank before the loss of electric? Do you think the average person could adjust to such a drastic change?

Soon after we were married, my wife and I moved to a remote rural area (on a Lake Superior island) to work a pre-arranged job, but after it fell through, we spent six weeks living in an old borrowed house with no electicity, water, plumbing or heat.

We had no money and had to stretch one box of canned vegetables and dry goods for the whole time, each of us eating only about 1,000 calories a day so that we both lost about 20 pounds. Fortunately, there was an outhouse to use and a well to pump fresh water from, and we were newlyweds so there was plenty to do to keep busy......

It sometimes got below freezing at night and it's difficult to sleep well, even huddled together inside three or four blankets when it's that cold. After a few weeks, our bodies adjusted to the routine of not having electricity and we found ourselves waking up at dawn and going to bed at sunset every day.

The whole experience wasn't exactly fun, but it wasn't that bad either. As my dad would say, "It builds character."