As every environmental scientist gets to tell us at least once during his or her career: we will likely experience some kind of global natural catastrophe in our lifetime (you know, like in The Day After Tomorrow).

In such dire times, whose advice should we seek but that of a cooky Christian fundamentalist who lives in a church? No, not the Pope, Mel Gibson, who in the movie Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior went through his share of apocalyptic scenarios and came out on top. Keith Phipps of The Onion’s A.V. Club takes another look at that pop cultural artifact and offers these 5 Apocalypse Survival Tips from Road Warrior. We especially like number 2: “Let your children go feral.”