Not to indulge DH in his Doom-ageddon plan (possibly zombie and snow related)

[VerityClinch]

DH is convinced Doom-ageddon could strike at any moment. With zero notice. When pressed he has been unspecific about exactly what this might entail, heavy snowfall, the failing of the financial markets, zombies, alien invasion, not getting a bonus this year etc

However he is adamant we are ill-prepared for this.

We have a freezer full of food, a wood burner, lots of logs in the garage, a snow shovel, a sledge, lots of stairs (is it daleks or zombies that can't climb stairs?) For looting purposes, we are two mins from a massive Tesco and could def get there quicker than our octogenarian neighbours.

I concede we do not have much tinned food, and no bottled water. However I suspect DH does not want to buy a lot of soup quite as much as he wants an oil powered generator and an axe.

AIBU just to ignore him?

[SillyBeardyDaddyman]

Buy him a chainsaw and that'll keep him quiet

[HeadfirstForRomance]

In the event of armageddon your local Tesco will be a warzone. Let him get on with it, you don't want an "I told you so" moment at the end of the world as we know it.

[FreeButtonBee]

Better than my Dh whose total plan is to steal the neighbour's masserati and drive to the local pub and lock himself in. Great DH, really great.

[Guiltypleasures001]

Actually I am with the husband here, and I too want a chain saw, oh and a flame throwerthinks she's that resident evil bird

[Callisto]

I have an axe and a 4 wheel drive. I intend to raid the next door neighbours fully stocked larder and drive to somewhere uninhabited come the zombie apocalypse. I will of course, meet a Christian Bale action hero look-alike en route who will proceed to fight off any threats and fall in lust with me.

Steering clear of the local Tesco is a good idea btw. You need to find a quieter and more private food source.

[dubbada]

clearly he is friends with my DH, who i have to admit is very sensitive if dont take him seriously, not sure that ill go for the full apocolypse but the markeys are volitile and ive agreed to stock certain tinned goods

i find that if you indulge a little they relax a bit just work it into life like my dds blankie its just a comfort i have to handle?

end of the world bring it on!!!!

[Bearandcub]

Don't show him this then...
m.geektyrant.com/news/2012/7/9/24000-zombie-survival-kit.html

[WaitingForMe]

My MIL is an insane hoarder/purchaser. Think unusable bedroom due to storage of spare boxes of cereal (she lives 5 min walk from a supermarket).

Our plan is to just go to her house

[HecateHarshPants]

You know, when the zombies come, he's going to be screaming I TOLD YOU SO I TOLD YOU SO I TOLD YOU SO as they are feasting on your brains.

[PomBearWithAnOFRS]

Indulge him. It could save your life.
I am still trying to convince DH to empty out under the stairs and let me turn it into a "supply base" for all things OFRS for when the apocalypse (zombie or otherwise) happens.
YABU!
I am very of the woodburner and woodpile btw.

[SarahStratton]

We're off to my DParents' house if the Apocalypse happens.

[Tee2072]

Both zombies and Daleks can climb stairs.

HTH!

[Pascha]

My PILs have a shed specifically to house the 3 double chest freezers full of food, some of it embarrassingly old. MIL says you are all welcome to raid it when the zombies arrive. She's dying to clear it out.

[VerityClinch]

The more I think about it the more I think this is just an excuse for him to buy those nasty fray bentos tinned pies...

[PomBearWithAnOFRS]

Freezers are no good! They defrost when the electricity goes off
Hasn't she read Alas Babylon? sort of realising I may be a bit weird on the subject due to reading too many End of the World books all these years

[worldgonecrazy]

The problem with being well-prepared for any eventuality is that other people are simply going to come around and steal it if they know you have it. If everyone had enough to keep going for 2 weeks without electricity/gas, then society would be a lot better. But we don't.

Does his list of essentials include a shotgun,plenty of cartridges and a willingness to shoot first and ask questions later if someone tried to steal your survival kit?

[VerityClinch]

Pom Please don't give him the idea it might be acceptable to create a Supply Base. We have a whole double garage loft space lying empty. I hate to think how many Fray Bentos pies he could stash up there...

[HecateHarshPants]

Nasty? Hush your mouth! fray bentos pie sandwiches are the best thing EVER.

Although you may struggle to find bread after the apocalypse.

[Pascha]

I know this, PomBear, you know this, DH knows this, MIL knows this. FIL on the other hand, will not be persuaded .

Her reading tends towards the Jilly Cooper end of the scale so I will stick my neck out and say she has never read, or even heard of Alas Babylon.

I'm beginning to think OP's husband has the right idea with a generator and an axe.

[SkinnyVanillaLatte]

YABU.Your DH is right.We all need to prepare for the collapse of society.

I have a plan for most eventualities,but my 'hoard' of survivalist gear needs a few additions (so far I have two emergency ponchos and some face masks that were reduced in the chemists......)

[amillionyears]

I do think he is underprepared.Has he thought about medicines,wind up appliances,and a group of like minded friends to help support each other.
.Slightly written tongue in cheek,slightly serious.
Main problem with it all,that I can see,is the one of timing.
Im looking at winter 2014,spring 2015.Again slightly tongue in cheek,slightly serious.

[TheVermiciousKnid]

Has nobody thought of water? I assume the taps will run dry. We have a rain water storage tank. [smug] (It is rather full at the moment.)

[BarredfromhavingStella]

I'm with FreeButtonBee's dh-To me that sounds like the perfect plan, wish my neighbour had a Maserati-or even better, an Aston

[Kladdkaka]

We have our own well and a spider sanctuary nuclear bunker.

[Chandon]

It will not be the end of the world, it will be the end of mankind . Which will be good for all other life forms on this planet. Have you seen the flowers and weeds that happily grow in Chernobyl?

I grew up with a dad who always believed he would live to see the end of mankind. He forecasted religious war (called: War on terror), he knew that antibiotics would run its course (we are almost there, only 15 years of anti-B left, then we'll all start dying of pneumonia, strep throat, salmonella, plague?!) and disease would thin numbers of humans. He always said we were living in the longest interbellum (sp? Period between world wars) there has ever been, and that financial crises caused by greed would eventually lead to war.

He is a bit more cheerful now, as he feels that despite being right, we are still here. But he left me with a OFRS-attitude since I was a teen.

I have loads of tins (plus opener!), always a 10kg bag of rice, plus my youngest DS is a great shot and will get us rabbits (we're in the country) and fish (he has all the best skills! not fair...).

I have actually been in Argentina during the crisis there, 10 years ago, when the Peso collapsed and people lost their money overnight. People looted supermarkets, until supermarket owners climbed onto the roof with guns, shooting the looters. It was f&cking scary. These things CAN happen. Guess it happened in Tottenham too...

sorry, am I derailing the thread?!