How Long Can You Survive With What You Have?

[Blankity Blank]

I was just sorting through my canned goods the other day. Time to restock.

Right now I'm probably down to a week. I need to add a couple of cases of bottled water and another couple of dozen cans of chili, soup and some pot noodles. And a big bag of food and some cans for the critters.

[Doc]

I have about 2 weeks' worth of food in the house and 10 days of bottled water and soft drinks at 2L/day. ('Tho an adult male should probably have between 3-4L/day, 2L should be suitable for survival.)

If it came down to it, I'd drain the toilet tank and boil the water from my fishtanks to stretch that out.

[OWC Jamie]

Paul F. wrote:
No.. why do you ask? :devil:

:-)

well there's also your food expiry expertise.

[Paul F.]

I'm just cheap... I don't throw away perfectly good food based on some arbitrary date.

[Mr Downtown]

Living in downtown Chicago, I worry more about getting away from a dirty bomb than staying in the apartment for several weeks after an earthquake. There's a fair amount of food in the pantry, but I keep a couple of liters of bottled water and some pouches of tuna handy to throw in a backpack. I'm not sure what kind of protein I can keep around that wouldn't be so salty that it would cause me to drink through all my water.

[Mike Sellers]

All depends on whether rgG answers the door.

Considering her backup plan, maybe I should reconsider.

[Jimmypoo]

After the cows and goats next door, there are a few horses. After that, there are the owners,
who would conveniently be in the freezer from day one, for after the cows/goats/horses ran out.

Of course I'm only talking in the worst case scenario - such as, war or "The South Rising Again."
Or if the freezer I have now should die and I lose what's in there, by way of the previous neighbor's
cows/goats/horses/wife.

[davester]

Paul F. wrote:
I'm just cheap... I don't throw away perfectly good food based on some arbitrary date.

[davester]

Paul F. wrote:
You might be surprised how fast they "adapt" after three weeks of no electricity, no running water, taking a dump in the back yard in a hole, to eating food "they don't like'.....

That's just a summer camping trip. They don't seem to have had too much trouble so far, though one of them does have a phobia about mosquitos.

[Lee3]

"They say" a soldier can march on a handful of rice and and a handful off beans (before cooking). Not a very happy soldier.
I keep some rice and dried beans around because of that info..
I have always wondered how people survived in the wars, when you see their cities blown to rubble and under siege.