Minimal gear for short term 'end of the world' scenario?

[Exterous]

Here is something I've always wondered:

Can you eat roasted zombie? and how nutritious would it be? Cause if you can you might not need to worry about food. More room for ammo that way.

Oh - and I plan on buying a Stryker to help with my survival kit <- lots of anti-zombie firepower with that AND you can carry your family/friends around with you!

 

[jjones]

Originally posted by: tfinch2
Enough ammo to hold off the zombies.

Yeah, just give me a sawed off shotgun for close work, and any high-powered rifle with a scope to have fun picking them off at a distance, and plenty of ammo for both. A few pipe bombs could up the fun factor a bit as well.

 

[MisterJackson]

I'd just go hang out with this guy

 

[JasonCoder]

Originally posted by: AndrewR
5 gal of water per person??? That's heavy. Better to go with good hiking water purifier and a strainer and iodine pills. Add a poncho or something similar to catch rainwater, and you'll be better off for far longer.

Wise choice, that.

 

[Xavier434]

Originally posted by: MisterJackson
I'd just go hang out with this guy

lol I think I am one of the few people that liked that movie even though I realize it was terrible.

 

[Specop 007]

Depends if I'm bugging in or bugging out.

Those are two entirely different scenarios and as such require different gear. After years of.....planning.....I'm getting close to where I would like to be. A few odds and ends to polish up and I'll feel alot better off.

 

[BrownTown]

Personally I'd go figure out where all the people from peakoil.com live and kill one of them and take all their stuff. Those people are compltely obsessed with preparing their end of the world stuff. I think that Rogodin2 guy is one of them, I'd probably jsut find him and kill him and take his house out in Wyoming with all the solar panels and well and such.

 

[George P Burdell]

A bottle of Blue Label
A pack of smokes
A gun with a single bullet

 

[yoda291]

how is an end of the world scenario "short term" ? like is it imminent nuclear holocaust or doomsday comet guaranteed to end the planet?
In that case - assorted condoms, comfortable clothes, maybe a nice meal, a bible, and directions to the nearest church just to cover all my bases.

if this is some sort of survival nuttiness
a sack of pinole, wire saw, good solid sharp knife, water purification tablets, firestarting kit(possibly part of said knife), a multi-tool with can-opener, a hatchet, a couple rolls of tape, some fishing line, a poncho, one of those metal cups campers get, and maybe a coat....also...maybe some books to read/burn.

 

[Flyback]

You don't need anything but guns and lots of ammo. Everything else follows from those first principles *ahem*.

 

[Rogodin2]

Some fertile land, skills in blacksmithing, husbandry, farming, weaving, brewing, and the art of hippocraties. Some of these may seem irrelevant within this particular context, but pragmatically they are not.

Rogo

 

[rise]

Originally posted by: antillean
You're the kind of person I'll be shooting first, because I don't know if you're gonna use that AR-15 to kill ME and take my supplies.

i'd kill him first regardless.

 

[0roo0roo]

crossbow
the silent kill!
plus u might have to eat your neighbors cat

 

[Rogodin2]

plus u might have to eat your neighbors cat

I think you switched your direct objects. You may have to eat your neighbors.

Rogo

 

[JasonCoder]

Originally posted by: Rogodin2

plus u might have to eat your neighbors cat

I think you switched your direct objects. You may have to eat your neighbors.

Rogo

So let's not miss the underlying message here people:

Buy plenty of canned food.

And out of courtesy, ask your neighbor if they have any food prior to shooting bullets/quarrels at them

 

[Unheard]

Mine BOB contains freeze dried food, hatchet and knife, first aid kit including a blow out kit, ammunition in multiple forms (depending on which gun I manage to grab), fire starting equipment, batteries, flashlight, emergency blanket, 500' of paracord, trip line (this is more of a joke, for tripping the zombies), and a few other various items.