Discussion
Anyone here into prepping?
I'd like to get us (me, wife, baby, 2 dogs) set up to survive for a week. Not long enough to get through a zombie apocalypse, but should be long enough for extreme weather shutting down local roads, etc.
My list so far:
1) Lots of water. One gallon per adult, half gallon per baby/dog per day... 111 litres for a week.
2) First aid/Medicine.
3) Dog food is easy. Human food... Tins (meat/veg/fruit) that don't require to be cooked.
4) Cash. No power means no card payments.
5) A first-aid book. Although, if the internet is dead we won't want to live any more anyway.
6) Water purification tablets
7) Matches
8) Fire extinguisher
9) Feminine hygiene products
10) Disposable plates/cups/cutlery/paper towels
11) Battery-powered radio & wind-up radio
12) Torches with starlight mode for long battery life
13) Duct-tape to seal doors and windows if needed
14) Whistle to signal for help
15) Dust masks in case of contaminated air
16) Wet wipes
17) Bin bags
18) Tools
19) Several can openers
20) Local maps
21) Lots of non-rechargeable batteries with long shelf life
22) Solar-powered battery charger and lots of rechargeable batteries
23) A small camping stove
24) A large propane gas cylinder for the BBQ. Propane should be good to very low temperatures unlike butane.
25) Big tough knives.
26) Somewhere to keep all this crap.
Have I missed anything out and has anyone else done similar?
I'd like to get us (me, wife, baby, 2 dogs) set up to survive for a week. Not long enough to get through a zombie apocalypse, but should be long enough for extreme weather shutting down local roads, etc.
My list so far:
1) Lots of water. One gallon per adult, half gallon per baby/dog per day... 111 litres for a week.
2) First aid/Medicine.
3) Dog food is easy. Human food... Tins (meat/veg/fruit) that don't require to be cooked.
4) Cash. No power means no card payments.
5) A first-aid book. Although, if the internet is dead we won't want to live any more anyway.
6) Water purification tablets
7) Matches
8) Fire extinguisher
9) Feminine hygiene products
10) Disposable plates/cups/cutlery/paper towels
11) Battery-powered radio & wind-up radio
12) Torches with starlight mode for long battery life
13) Duct-tape to seal doors and windows if needed
14) Whistle to signal for help
15) Dust masks in case of contaminated air
16) Wet wipes
17) Bin bags
18) Tools
19) Several can openers
20) Local maps
21) Lots of non-rechargeable batteries with long shelf life
22) Solar-powered battery charger and lots of rechargeable batteries
23) A small camping stove
24) A large propane gas cylinder for the BBQ. Propane should be good to very low temperatures unlike butane.
25) Big tough knives.
26) Somewhere to keep all this crap.
Have I missed anything out and has anyone else done similar?
A mate and I did 3 days out on the Skye Cuillin one February, carrying very little. Double that up, you're done.
You need to establish what form your zombie apocalypse takes. Are you confined to the house, or can you go outside for access to firewood and river water? A water filter will protect against microbial hazards but not a nuclear/chemical war. What's the nature of your crisis? The provisions are much greater for civil unrest than simple flooding or power failure.
Me? I'd give up washing and kick back with a camping stove and whatever's in the fridge.
You need to establish what form your zombie apocalypse takes. Are you confined to the house, or can you go outside for access to firewood and river water? A water filter will protect against microbial hazards but not a nuclear/chemical war. What's the nature of your crisis? The provisions are much greater for civil unrest than simple flooding or power failure.
Me? I'd give up washing and kick back with a camping stove and whatever's in the fridge.
AAz01 said:
4) Cash. No power means no card payments.
In many scenarios currency may have become immediately useless, if it was apocalypse time I'd just whack you over the head and take what I want not pay you for it 
I think prepping for a bad winter is probably a bit wise, prepping for all out apolocalypse? just something to finish me off for good will do.
Can't be dealing with the hassle, especially after walking dead where everyone thinks they're a crossbow totting red neck with the skills to survive.
I saw a "what if" program a few years ago about the main grid in the UK going down for a few weeks.
One of the characters had a generator and was a bit of a prepper, he thought he was the dogs b
ks until some scary type folks came and nicked it off him.Don't draw attention to yourself!
Edit,
I think this was it.
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/blackout
Trabi601 said:
Professional help. That should be no. 1 on the list. You need it.
Yep, 'yeah though I walk through ....etc'If the kakka hits the fan, and if you're not the meanest sonofab
h in the whole goddam valley, then someone quite exceptionally nasty is going to come along and take all your carefully prepped stuff from you. Without prejudice.Well, are you feeling lucky , punk?
Let's think:
Shot-gun
Four gun-dogs
The complete works of William Shakespeare
Rope
Cast-iron mangle
Plastic sheeting
Case of Vodka
Duct-tape
Nana Mouskouri sings Motorhead album
Half a tank of fuel in the Land Rover
Fully prepared thank-you, not sure what for, but, definitely fully prepared.
Not sure why the OP requires local maps, doesn't he know where he is?
Shot-gun
Four gun-dogs
The complete works of William Shakespeare
Rope
Cast-iron mangle
Plastic sheeting
Case of Vodka
Duct-tape
Nana Mouskouri sings Motorhead album
Half a tank of fuel in the Land Rover
Fully prepared thank-you, not sure what for, but, definitely fully prepared.
Not sure why the OP requires local maps, doesn't he know where he is?
Edited by FailHere on Monday 6th June 20:12
Looks like you've got something in common with this user from 2014 OP
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=146...
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=146...
I would not go to extremes but in the modern age we are not equipped for any real issues.
Look what happens when there is a fuel shortage, panic buyers strip the shelves and supplies cannot keep up. If there was a road haulage strike for example people would go nuts.
My mum had a larder and frozen food that she could withstand a siege with a small camping stove she could cook us a meal no issue. We lived in the back of beyond so it was sometimes necessary.
I have a friend in the states and they do the prepping to a whole new level. After Hurricane Katrina did New Orleans and law and order did break down it was not surprising this movement grew.
Basic tools and skills are lacking from many to survive without TV and MacDonalds
Look what happens when there is a fuel shortage, panic buyers strip the shelves and supplies cannot keep up. If there was a road haulage strike for example people would go nuts.
My mum had a larder and frozen food that she could withstand a siege with a small camping stove she could cook us a meal no issue. We lived in the back of beyond so it was sometimes necessary.
I have a friend in the states and they do the prepping to a whole new level. After Hurricane Katrina did New Orleans and law and order did break down it was not surprising this movement grew.
Basic tools and skills are lacking from many to survive without TV and MacDonalds
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