How would you survive after an apocalyptic situation?

Potassium iodide (which weakens the amount of radiation absorbed by the body after consumption) is available over-the-counter, so if you're in a region with light enough levels of radiation, you could be able to mitigate the effects of radiation with regular doses, to a significant enough degree for reasonable survivability. (Though, no telling how damaging the long term effects of such an act would be. Might at least give you time to move to an even less radiated region, though.)

Of course, the pills available on store shelves (intended for hyperthyroidism) seem to exclusively be measured in mcg, while recommended adult dosage for radiation is 130mg (or 130,000 mcg), and taking somewhere in the range of 1,000 pills a day..
Okay, yeah, maybe your time'd be more effective spent on something else. :P

Could always check if the local pharmacies have some anti-radiation stock behind the counter before you give up completely, though.

Further, while it may not be on store shelves, it is freely available for over-the-counter purchase for the overly cautious. And hey, who knows? Maybe Amazon'll still be willing to ship some in the early days of the apocalypse. I mean, we've all heard how hard they use their warehouse laborers..

Oh? Why, yes, Amazon. I would appreciate a free trial of Amazon Prime for free same-day shipping for orders over $35.
Way to be on top of the apocalypse! Hang on, let me quickly give you a positive review on TrustPilot.

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But what if the kittens were the cause of the apocalypse?

lol

So if we'd strike first now it would be justified precaution? ;D

the other side

As long as that's not the dubstep side.

Rather, she's going to get bitten, and then you're going to have a Horror routine where you're running through a dark building, within which most exits are sealed, with a small zombie child scampering through the darkness, stalking you.

Oh, sorry- forgot to add spoiler tags. :X

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What did Keith do with Mick?? For sure he'd be alive too.

As a Canadian, no problem, all I'd need is to survive until winter and let them all freeze. >:D

You'd have to evade all of the Zombie Moose up until then, however.

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because that's an extinction level event right there.

Where are you getting that from? All projections indicate it'd only do significant damage to the states immediately by it, spread ash through the midwest, and minimally affect coastal states. Absolutely nothing indicates it'd have meaningful effects on other continents.

According to the United States Geological Survey, a volcano is considered “super” if it has had at least one explosion that released more than 240 cubic miles of material—a little more than twice the volume of Lake Erie. That places it at a magnitude of eight, the highest ranking on the Volcanic Explosivity Index, or VEI, which is used to measure the explosiveness of an eruption.

While a super-eruption would no doubt be devastating, it wouldn't be a world-ending affair. For an idea of the effects of such an eruption, we could look to the 1815 explosion of Mount Tambora in Indonesia. At a VEI of 7, this explosion was not quite a super-eruption, but it gives a sense of the many dangers of such mega-blasts.

The explosion sent a superheated plume of hot ash and gas 28 miles into the air, upon its collapse producing searing avalanches known as pyroclastic flows. Such immediate hazards killed around ten thousand people, but that wasn't the only concern. The gasses and ash injected into the atmosphere darkened the skies, blotted out the sun, and altered the climate, resulting in what became known as the year without summer. Extensive crop failures, starvation, and disease followed, which killed around 82,000 more people.

The main reason supervolcanos are associated with post-apocalyptic scenarios- other than misconceptions over their scope of severity- is the fact that places near the volcano would be dealing with enormous amounts of ash, electricity shutting down, groundwater being poisoned, etc. It'd very firmly place the affected regions into a post-apocalyptic badlands setting. It would not, however be of a scope to affect the entire US [or whichever region a given supervolcano is in, with the exception of something like Hawaii's Kilauea- though that one should no longer be active as a supervolcano, either], much less the entire globe.

Basically, just think of it as Day After Tomorrow but with ash instead of snow, and with flash-freezes replaced by an increased difficulty in finding potable water and increased difficulty breathing. Much as with that film, the core effect would be limited to a specific range, and diminish in severity by location.

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I see, and is the position of Arch-Bishop of the Cult still open? I can guarantee a minimum of 3 scalps, 5 new converts and a 6-pack of donuts in the break-room a week!