If something HUGE was to happen ..

[MaDuggar]

... how long could you survive with what you have in your house right now?

Do you have any tins/bottled water etc put away in case of a emergency?

Have been frealing myself out reading some wacky conspiray sites (all baging on about something huge happeneing in the next 2 weeks) - Im not be;lieveing it, but it has made me think that one day there could be an event and I probably would only last a week with my store cupboard!

Hamster = worlds tiniest roast

Will the milkman still come after the apocalypse? It rather depends on that...

[going to Asda later emoticon]

Powdered milk

We have plenty of food but would die of dehydration before we ate it all.

Oh dear God we'd have to put CoffeeMate on our cereal. Once we'd grown the cereal, obviously. I think I'd rather become a zombie.

haven't you heard of the 4 milkmen of the apocalypse?

Should we be channelling ?

I've just realised I don't have any good shops nearby to loot. I'd be fine for sweets, cigs and nasty cider - any other looting would involve a lengthy walk and the risk of meeting zombies. I should have thought it through properly when we bought this house.

pmsl Cereal :o

I might not eat horse. He will, after all, be very suitable transport plus free fertilizer for the milkless cereal crops.

I shall rustle a couple of pigs instead

why oh why did I read this thread

I have no doom cupboard!!

no penknife, no gun (although do live close enough to walk to a zoo should we need food - what does raw giraffe taste like - of course, everyone else will have got there first)

I am due a big shop, so we probably have enough food to last till Tue/wed used sparingly, no bottled water though.

I have a toolkit and a horse but no doom cupboard or oh fuck ruck sack. I am sadly lacking and even more worrying I am lacking space to put a doom cupboard anywhere. The house is full of copper pipes and reels of cable but at least I do not have heating to miss.

Yes, keep the horse - I'd imagine you could do some good looting on horseback. You could loot and fight off zombies simultaneously on a horse.

Living near a zoo, now - you'll be fine, PerpertuallyAnnoyed. I'm quite jealous.

What's an oh fuck rucksack?

I have a polo stick to beat off zombies with. It was very useful yesterday when the plumber's soldering kept setting off the smoke alarms. I used it to whack them into submission

we always have stock for about a week and a few large bottles of water (unreliable thames water). water would not be a problem, live next to a river, not nice but could be boiled. have camping stove+gas and loads of teacandles.
don't give to much for conspiracy theories though, there are too many and I just would be too spooked...

I thought we were well prepared for an earthquake (live in NZ) and then went to a recent civil defence presentation which advised keeping a getaway kit at work or in the car (backpack, waterproof coat, snacks) AND asked did we have an emergency plan for our cat?

Am torn between thinking you are all quite mad and panicking slightly. We get paid in dollars. Not sure how much of our assets are still in dollars.

Cat? Oh heck I have horse covered but what about Big Dog, Little Dog?

I have my plan.
House down the road has one of those huge American pick-up trucks with the row of 4 lights on the top. I'd kick his door in, rob his keys and load up that baby with my provisions. My dad's generator and giant can of fuel. The garage near me does giant bottles of water so im good for stealing those. Plus all the fags and alcohol. Then I'd set about finding me a gun.

I'd have to do things all spur of the moment, we live in a flat at the moment and have no room to store things. But I desperately want an oh fuck ruck sack.

PS and yes we do have emergency water, food, gas BBQ, matches, candles, radio etc as we would need to be self-sufficient for up to 3 days following a major quake. My DCs all have an earthquake kit at their school as well (they all need one).

I am going to set up a Doom Cupboard as soon as the house is sorted. It will be in the basement, there is loads of storage there and it will be nice and safe too. I like your idea of 'acquiring' a fuck off pick up truck, I may borrow that idea.

Help me here!!!!! What's an oh fuck rucksack??? I don't have one! I'm sure I should have one! We're all going to dieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!