Um, yeah this is the part where anyone who ever wondered if I was nuts will quit wondering.

*4 people x 2 gals water/day x 15 days + 12,000 gallon swimming pool and plenty of water purifaction options for 6 months.

*Enough MRE's for a week, Mountain House stuff for 60 days, lots of canned foods and other long shelf life foods

*A significant amount of first aid supplies and some basic medical stuff

*Months worth of toiletries

*Camping supplies

*Candles and more than a few windup flashlights

*a number of ways to cook without power

*2 way radios + 1 crank radio

*Firearms designed for different duties, plenty of ammunition for any situation

Each car and office have go bags with checklists and 3 day supplies and equipment.

Yeah, I probably am nuts but I doubt I'll ever regret having the stuff.

Tools, some lumber, a shitton of paracord, several pair of comfy boots and plenty of durable clothing, detailed maps, propane, plenty of alcohol, coffee + percolator, camelbaks, knives, hiking sticks, ... the list grows when I see something I think might be useful.

That's what dead neighbors are for.

I got water purification methods, and food for two for about a month. Cat food and litter, too. Essential drugs, basic antibiotics, first aid supplies. Hand-crank radio/cell phone charger. Chlorine bleach. Soap. Toilet paper. Solar cooker. Grill with extra propane. Camping gear.

Need cyanide pills.

But no soul. :headshake

About two weeks worth of canned food and camping gear. Cats to keep mice, rats and roaches at bay. A carton of cigarettes. Lots of matches. About 4 block walk to park which has a creek and large pond. Tons of pinon and cedar starting about a mile from my apartment. There's enough wood for the entire town, swear to God. Many candles. After that, I'm a statistic.

I don't think you're nuts. i forgot to mention the frst aid stuff. And the radios and walkie talkies. And batteries. We don't have shitloads of kleenex and bogroll,though -well we do, but they're stored upstairs. but we do have a huge stack of old towels. In the car we just have water, small medical supplies, several changes of clothes and blankets. this is nothing to do with armageddon, though, it's necessary for our overly-scheduled family survival :lol:

oh, don't forget the sunblock!

Plenty of sunblock.

kits for scorpion sting and snakebite too. This is Arizona and I'm north of the 5the largest city in the country. My plan if something really bad happens is to head up to a predetermined spot in northern AZ. If that isn't possible, I'm prepared to hole up in the house for months at a time and I'm fairly confident that we and a couple like minded neighbors would be able to deter anyone thinking about messing with us.

I have no firearms. but beest's paintball guns would fucking hurt...

I like guns. I put a couple hundred rounds through some zombies today while the family was at disney on ice.

Ooh, one of my favorite topics. If you wanna see how the serious preppers do it, visit http://www.timebomb2000.com/.

We do pretty much like monster. Got the stocked pantry, water, and camping gear. I need more in that pantry (actually I need a *pantry* - plans are in the works). We'd be OK as long as everyone was here and we could stay, at least for a few weeks.

Last year we had a little mini-emergency, when the big winds came through following hurricane Ike and knocked power out for a few days. Because we had some preps and a small generator, we were fine, still got to watch TV and didn't lose everything in the fridge/freezer. Hardest part was finding gas, both for the generator and for the car -- despite our situation, hubby still had work and I still had school! Dang WSU doesn't close for anything!

I almost got stranded up at school one day. Thought that if WSU was still open, they must have power up there so I'd be able to get gas at a station just like normal. Wrong! The one station that was open only took cash, I didn't have cash, nearest bank wouldn't cash my check. Finally found a functioning ATM. And the lines at the few stations in the area were really long, we had to go pretty far to get gas for the generator; the hunt took a lot of our time!

So, lessons: CASH is probably the most important prep item to have. And it's nice to at least have at least one full gas can at home, rotated out regularly.

We were lucky this happened during warm weather. You've got to think about what's the most likely emergency to hit where you live and plan accordingly. I worry about cold weather, a lot. We have a wood stove/fireplace insert but of course it needs electric for the fan to work, else it's not much better than a plain old fireplace.

Maybe ...only when you see the refugee line outside your door?

At least you'll have plenty of toilet paper to share.:p

YES! very important, cash. The people that live on plastic for everything, even a cup of coffee, are going to be screwed, in most cases with the power out. Bigger crisis's confusion, even cash might not help, but you can still start a fire or wipe your ass with it. ;)

Lately I've been thinking of buying gold as an investment but it less handy than paper money for wiping and useless for starting fires.

I guess you could clunk some beast over the head with a gold bar though.

Just watched "Little Dieter needs to fly" about an American pilot who was a POW in Laos for 6 months.

Great film.

He has an enormous stash of food in his house. After being starved to 85Lbs. he wants plenty of back up.

several thousand pounds of rice, flour, honey, etc.