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the chaos scenario lasted for 6 months and they estimated 7m people dying. So is the lesson to have 6 months worth of food and water storage in your home and ma

• in_cahoots 9y ago
  No, because as soon as other people catch on to the fact that's you're relatively well off, you've got looters to deal with. You'd need a way to hide your supplies and the discipline to ensure that nobody else can catch on.
  • mullen 9y ago
    Or a gun or two.
• defined 9y ago
  You need about 1 gallon of potable water per adult person per day. For 6 months and a household of three people, that would require 540 gallons (2052 liters) of water. That's about 110 water-cooler sized bottles of water. I'm not sure where in your home you would fit that. A small swimming pool would easily hold that, but keeping the water clean and potable would be very difficult. I would guess you'd need to have a special water tank made, and to avoid detection or damage, it would probably need to be underground. How the water would stay drinkable is another challenge. Just saying that the logistics around long-term survival appear to be daunting and expensive. Maybe those "crazy" survivalists are not so crazy after all.
  • drusepth 9y ago
    For water, you probably have much better luck finding a place (home) next to a natural spring, while leaving the storage available in your home/bunker to food rations and other supplies.