for survival? any places to click thru or look at. i have begun to have a few things but nowhere near 2 weeks 

Got a buddy who actually caters to preppers.  He's got a few websites out there, but this is the only one I remember off the top of my head:

http://familysurvival.com

I don't, but plan to start now. I'm not terribly worried about the current situation, but it does make a pretty good case for being prepared. If something terrible happens I'm pretty much screwed living in the city.

Dumb question perhaps, but what would I need to survive for two weeks that I can't get tomorrow at any grocery store?

posted by queencitybuckeye

Dumb question perhaps, but what would I need to survive for two weeks that I can't get tomorrow at any grocery store?

Not a dumb question.  But at that point, you're already too late.

To survive one month comes down to calories....First thing is water - you have 50 gallons in your water heater, which is probably almost enough for a month for a family of 4.  Then it comes down to how fat are y'all, and how much pasta do you have.

Long story short....Mac & Cheese, and Spam....lasts forever

And, yeah, you need shit tickets.

posted by gut

Not a dumb question.  But at that point, you're already too late.

To survive one month comes down to calories....First thing is water - you have 50 gallons in your water heater, which is probably almost enough for a month for a family of 4.  Then it comes down to how fat are y'all, and how much pasta do you have.

Long story short....Mac & Cheese, and Spam....lasts forever

And, yeah, you need shit tickets.

Shit tickets and a place to "spend" them.

i'm sorry, but it's hard for me to take ANY of these preppers seriously. maybe it's because of the fringe clowns that we seem to be exposed to, but also people like Jim Baker, and some of the clowns on the doomsday prepper show, but they are all sort of dumb. 

that said, i had a neighbor in Houston who was a successfuly business man, not at all clownish, someone respectable, and he had like 36 months worth of supplies in a shipping container style room he built into his house. he had no toilet, and i forget what he said his plan for that was, but he also illegally (i watched him do it at night, by hand) drilled his own water well in the backyard. so maybe he was a little fringe-ish.

posted by j_crazy

that said, i had a neighbor in Houston who was a successfuly business man, not at all clownish, someone respectable, and he had like 36 months worth of supplies in a shipping container style room he built into his house. he had no toilet, and i forget what he said his plan for that was, but he also illegally (i watched him do it at night, by hand) drilled his own water well in the backyard. so maybe he was a little fringe-ish.

Sounds like a guy I'd get along with. So, yeah, probably a weirdo.

We are "prepped". Enough guns and ammo at my parents house (2 blocks from mine) to protect what we have (not prepped) and obtain what we need.

Part of that is in jest, but if there ever was a real "apocalypse" it would not be a joke at that point.

I have a bug-out bag, but that's really it.

posted by O-Trap

Shit tickets and a place to "spend" them.

That's the thing.  If the water stops working, then all that water in your water heater gets contaminated.  No electric and no gas - how do you boil water?

And if you have a lot of water....that's when you want to own a gun.

I have zero. Don't intend to do anything either.

If push comes to shove and I need to "bug out," I know where I'll go. At least I can be with my loved ones in my last days.

posted by gut

That's the thing.  If the water stops working, then all that water in your water heater gets contaminated.  No electric and no gas - how do you boil water?

And if you have a lot of water....that's when you want to own a gun.

Sure.  I was mostly thinking we'd be talking about digging a hole, but you'd need to create a fire to boil the water.

And absolutely.  Any easily-translating resource becomes top priority.

I have city water and a well, but I took out the electric well and put in a hand pump, I have a storage of some canned and dry food and bottle water, tarps, weapons and ammo .... and my daughter in Chicago and I have a plan for her to get back home ... 

posted by Belly35

... and my daughter in Chicago and I have a plan for her to get back home ... 

You have a "plan"?  Does it involve a horse?

Yes, this interests me.

Please elaborate Mr. Belly.

posted by Automatik

Yes, this interests me.

Please elaborate Mr. Belly.

I also would like to know more about what the tarps are for.  Dead bodies?

I'm considering a dual sport motorcycle (I've wanted to get a motorcycle for a while now, I miss my old one) as a way to get out of the city if shit goes down. If you're in a car, you're screwed.

Also, hi Belly.

Like Kendall Roy!

I don't know who that is.

Succession on HBO. Great show, check it out.

Traffic fucked him for an important meeting in NYC, the next episode he was being chauffeured around on a motorcycle.

posted by gut

I also would like to know more about what the tarps are for.  Dead bodies?

Seems a shovel would be better for that.  Tarp might make a decent covering if Belly had to flee into the woods, though.  For anything else, I'd prefer a contractor bag.  A few, actually.
 

posted by justincredible

I'm considering a dual sport motorcycle (I've wanted to get a motorcycle for a while now, I miss my old one) as a way to get out of the city if shit goes down. If you're in a car, you're screwed.

Also, hi Belly.

Not a bad idea.  I live close enough to the Summit Metro Parks.  If shit goes down, we're packing up and heading in there.

posted by jmog

We are "prepped". Enough guns and ammo at my parents house (2 blocks from mine) to protect what we have (not prepped) and obtain what we need.

 

Part of that is in jest, but if there ever was a real "apocalypse" it would not be a joke at that point.

I hear ya

posted by gut

I also would like to know more about what the tarps are for.  Dead bodies?

Catching rainfall perhaps.

posted by QuakerOats

 

Catching rainfall perhaps.

Look into a contractor bag.

posted by gut

I also would like to know more about what the tarps are for.  Dead bodies?

In case of disaster where my daughter must vacate the Chicago area. She has a dirt bike, pistol, ammo, gas, a route that must be taken, flares, plastic lemons and she has 8 hours to get to a meeting point where she and I will meet. (standard drive time would be 3 hours) If I don’t show up after 8 hours, she continues home by the route we have mapped out. If she doesn’t show I continue the route she was to take…  lemons are important

Traps for shelter or ground cover easy to make larger shelter from traps, we do have one large tents, but traps help cover the ground and or tent making in case we must leave the area. Tarps are light weight and easy to fold/pack.