Survival

[Janice]

God forbid one of our areas would get bombed; what would you do for survival till help came. This is big time like 10 times bigger than 9/11. No warning. You probably are not stocked with enough food to last long, or water.

How would you get by a week or more till someone came to help you?

Me... I guess I would just sit it out and ration all my food to last at least a week. Ice cubes, etc. would be melted and any water I have would be rationed too. Thank God there is stuff in the freezer to eat and bbq. Enough to share with neighbors, etc. before it spoils.

[Pburgh]

Geez, I hope I'm stocked up on wine!!!!!

[JonathanBelles]

I would ration food and sleep a lot.

[GalvestonDuck]

Pray...and hope that what I have for hurricane survival will suffice.

[angelwing]

Prayer & my go bag

[Janice]

Not getting gas for the generator would be horrible. At least you can stock up before a cane.

[chadtm80]

Ration out and sit with me rifle

[alicia-w]

Geez, I hope I'm stocked up on wine!!!!!

i have enough for both of us!

We have a huge pantry that's stocked for a blizzard!! we would be okay for a while. plenty of ammo too!

[MiamiensisWx]

I would ration our use of food and water. We would decontaminate (sterlilize) other available small sources of water. We would also take advantage of any available resources (including personal shelter and first aid treatment) and use our limited supplies carefully. We have flashlights (including one waterproof light that does not rely upon batteries) and a small portable television that operates on batteries.

[azsnowman]

Geez, I hope I'm stocked up on wine!!!!!

AMEN!! And to that list CIGARETTES, BEER

Seriously, we have enough rations on hand to last at least 6 months...we've learned this practice from our Mormon neighbors...they are BIG on stock piling supplies!

[Janice]

But what if you are unable to get gas anywhere for a generator. How would you handle the food then?

[GalvestonDuck]

But what if you are unable to get gas anywhere for a generator. How would you handle the food then?

Same as how I would handle it in case of a hurricane -- canned food and other non-perishables. I'd be prepared to live without electricity. The thing I'd hate most is not having fresh fruit and veggies...and no A/C! Ugh!

[x-y-no]

I've got food to last over a month. The main problem would be water, if the city water were out for more than a week I'd run out of what I have at the moment.

[Janie2006]

Ten times bigger than 9/11? A non-nuclear event?

Or are you talking about a nuclear detonation? In that case...

Depending on your location, proximity to the bomb, and wind patterns, it might not matter if you have supplies at all.

[Downdraft]

Come on folks stop and think? What did your ancestors do to survive 100 years ago before generators and freezers and in some cases a clean water supply. If they hadn't survived none of us would be here now. Rule one, don't rely on government it won't be there, rule two, back to the basics. Water is all around you unless your in the middle of the sahara and even there you can find it if you look hard enough. Anyone can survive anywhere if you want to. It's only when you give up your dead. Try the local library and find out what plants live in your area that are edible, if you don't fish learn how buy a rod and reel and some bottled or canned bait to use, check out the survivalist websites and stock up on MRE's or canned water. One more thing buy a gun and learn how to use it.

[Cryomaniac]

Where I live would probably be reasonably ok unless there was like a worldwide catastrophy, I have no experience in hunting, but I would like to think that I have the intelligence to be able to work something out.

There is a fair amount of woodland not far (<5 miles) from where I live, so that should be ok for a few weeks at least, even knowing very little about hunting.

If I could buy a gun I would (damn UK laws and my parents being against guns :p). I'd buy a 9mm pistol (for self defence), a crossbow (for hunting/sniping) and a shotgun (mainly for hunting bigger animals).

[coriolis]

The worst thing that can happen to you is death. If you're prepared for that then nothing else is a big deal.

[Janice]

There may be nothing to hunt and like the waters in New Orleans, the fish may be tainted. I guess when it gets that bad, hard to tell what we will do. Let alone what the air outside will be like that we have to breathe in.

[azsnowman]

But what if you are unable to get gas anywhere for a generator. How would you handle the food then?

That's the reason we have a woodstove! A woodstove is duel purpose. The food is dried, no need for cold storage. For fresh meat, I would hunt, season or no season, what are they going to do, take away my birthday for feeding my family?