What is your level of emergency preparedness?

[Kadarin]

Remington 870 and a few days of food/water.

 

[lykaon78]

So what if your house was destroyed? My neighbor has a crap load of supplies in his basement (including a pallet of wheat - no joke). But when I've asked what are you going to do in the event of a fire or destruction of your house he has no answer.

Has anyone considered this fact?

 

[IronWing]

I have CC with God's own credit limit. I'm good.

 

[Sho'Nuff]

Without hijacking this thread, what is your level of disaster/emergency preparedness?

After a couple ice storms and sustained power outages, I went out and bought a generator capable of driving 6 15 amp circuits via a manual transfer box (this is through the generator's 30A outlet, but the 6 circuits never pull that much). This powers furnace blower, fridges, water heater power vent, a few lights, sump pump, etc.

We also keep at least 10 gallons of gasoline on hand, and cycle them so they are fresh.

For water, we have a 350 gallon hot tub. In a pinch, that water can be consumed, provided it doesn't spoil. Water heater has 40 gallons.

We keep a pretty full pantry. With fridges running, plus pantry, plus water, I think we can go a month on lean rations.

No firearms, but I've thought of that as being something to have.

There is no way your generator will power your fridge for a month on 10 gallons of gas. Most generators offer 24 hours of run time per tank (which is anywhere from 3-8 gallons usually).

As for me, I have a generator and lots of canned food/bottled water. Enough to get by for 3-4 weeks. After that, my wife and I will have to go hunting for food. Fortunately for us fresh water is easy to come by in my neck of the woods.

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

You've heard of a bug out bag? Well, I have a 14 foot bug out trailer packed and ready to roll.

 

[Brovane]

We have about 4 weeks of Nitrogen packed food for or family. We also have 80 gallons of water in stack able containers that I rotate every 6 months, drain refill. We also usually have about 1-2 weeks of general food in the house, canned goods etc. Probably the most important thing is water and I plan on about using 5 gallons a day for a family of 4 with two small dogs. So we are good for about 2xweeks. Before I have to start draining the water heater etc and getting really creative. As a backup we also have about 20 gallons of canned water that has a shelf life of 30-years that could also be used. Of course I also have this with guns to shoot it for the people that think they can come by and start taking my families supplies.

 

[Red Squirrel]

So what if your house was destroyed? My neighbor has a crap load of supplies in his basement (including a pallet of wheat - no joke). But when I've asked what are you going to do in the event of a fire or destruction of your house he has no answer.

Has anyone considered this fact?

Yeah I think lot of people forget this. The really big disasters involve total flattening of the entire city. Hurricanes, Tornadoes floods, earthquakes etc.

There's not too much you can do to prepare yourself other than have a plan, and stick to it. Emergency funds in your bank will come in handy for this.

For extended blackouts that's where stuff like fuel supply, generator, food supply etc come in handy.

 

[Pr0d1gy]

Extremely low. I live in Georgia and subscribe to the science that the world is not going to end in 2012, even if we vote Obama in for a 2nd term.

 

[PrinceofWands]

Pretty extreme. Firearms, bow, communication, fishing, hunting, camping, medical, tons of books on doing all sorts of necessary things, lots of long lasting food, plenty of water jugs, etc.

 

[Phoenix86]

Needs a pole ranging from short power outage to full scale zombie invasion.

 

[monovillage]

About 2 weeks of water and food. A firearm or 2, a bugout destination with back-up, medical essentials and trade goods. Started as an earthquake preparedness kit.

 

[T_Yamamoto]

I'm a ninja. Dads a samurai. Brother a kamikaze pilot. I think we're prepared

 

[JoeyP]

There is no way your generator will power your fridge for a month on 10 gallons of gas. Most generators offer 24 hours of run time per tank (which is anywhere from 3-8 gallons usually).

As for me, I have a generator and lots of canned food/bottled water. Enough to get by for 3-4 weeks. After that, my wife and I will have to go hunting for food. Fortunately for us fresh water is easy to come by in my neck of the woods.

If we cycle the generator a 2-3 hours per day, and consider the fact that we also have gas in our vehicles, I'm pretty sure we can keep our fridges cold enough to last a month.

 

[Jeff7]

Um....I'm within walking distance of a few grocery stores, and I have an AWD car?


Not a whole heck of a lot.

 

[WelshBloke]

I've got quite a lot of beer in the cupboard...

That counts right?

 

[rsutoratosu]

What I have, its really for zombie attacks

2 Weeks of MRE
Crate of Bumble Bee Tuna - Gold can, I found these have like 7 year shelf life.. amazing
Bottle water - need to replenish this.
1000 Rounds of 9mm/45
~60 Rounds of 30-06 Armor Piercing
200 Rounds of 30-06 Regular
2 Remington 30-06 Rifle
3 .22 Rifle, reming/savage,etc
- Need to buy shotguns
4 Full Facepiece Respirator Gas Mask
2 Taser, not stun guns. Need new cartridge
Type 3 Body Armor
Type 2 Body Armor
Nightvision
4 3M 6800 NBC Full Respirator Gas Mask with filters for 2 weeks. Hopefully Ill never use these.
I have a compound bow and some arrows, but I should get more as hunting will become necessary.

I dont have generator so I did not get gas.. but really how far can you travel when all the roads are blocked. I hope to get to a boat and live off it for a while if possible.
I have not fish in a while so I would need to get fish hooks and some lure.

I think thats all I got.. ill see when I get home.

EDIT:
I should get a field surgical kit and band aids & stuff, I actually use these quite often and have almost 0 at home

 

[herm0016]

a week or so of food,
a marlin 30-30
a savage .270
a few hundred rounds for both
a camper with 120 watts of solar power, a 12v fridge that will run forever off of that solar,
20 gallons of fuel plus normally a full tank on my truck ( about 1000 mile range)
5 gal. of propane for heat/cooking plus an old multifuel colman stove.
small boat with fishing supplies

the most important thing is a brain. i can repair a tire, stitch a side wall, know 3 places in the middle of the desert to find water, most of the back roads, ghost towns, etc.

 

[KaOTiK]

Have a generator that can run the entire house like normal, enough gas to keep the generator running for 2 weeks, can last much much longer if only keep essentials in the house on instead of living like normal. Have enough food/water for 3 people to last almost 4 weeks. Tons of batteries, lots of camping supplies, lots of first aid stuff, a few guns and plenty of ammo.

After going through a good handful of hurricanes you build of a collection and learn to always be prepared.

 

[Theb]

I have a lot of cocaine. I plan to addict people then trade for what I need.

 

[surfsatwerk]

I have a lot of cocaine. I play to addict people then trade for what I need.

This holds little probability of success.

 

[Theb]

I've got quite a lot of beer in the cupboard...

That counts right?

Absolutely. Beer has food value + water value + beer value all in one delicious package.

Would you like to try some cocaine?

 

[Theb]

This holds little probability of success.

In Fallout 3 what is worth more - Psycho or BlamCo Mac & Cheese?

 

[surfsatwerk]

In Fallout 3 what is worth more Psycho or BlamCo Mac & Cheese

I can do nothing but concede defeat. You are a cunning linguist.

 

[Theb]

I can do nothing but concede defeat. You are a cunning linguist.

After 15 years of tireless dedication I have indisputably won an Internet argument, and yet, my ultimate victory feels somehow hollow.

 

[surfsatwerk]

After 15 years of tireless dedication I have indisputably won an Internet argument, and yet, my ultimate victory feels somehow hollow.

I'm not very intelligent, nor can I competently use the written English language.