Let's imagine some super disaster strikes tomorrow. Perhaps it's a wildly infectious bird flu spreading faster than anyone expected. Perhaps it's
a volcano or flood that is destroying everything around you. Perhaps it's a terror attack or martial law.
Whatever the disaster, it happens tomorrow. You can't go to the store. You can't go to the gas station. You can't go to work. You currently
have water and power, but you don't know for how much longer. You're one of the lucky ones - the disaster struck when your family was at home.
You learned from Katrina that FEMA probably won't show up any time soon to bail you out.
My first thought would be to start putting potable water into any and all water bottles that would be in the house. I would walk/bike to the grocery
store and stock up and then hunker down at the house in hopes of just staying there until it's over. Our neighborhood is a pretty close knit
neighborhood and I could see a lot of us banding together as a group to work through whatever it is that had happened.
I'd be okay until the water in my cistern and reserve tank ran out. Thankfully my property borders a river, even if it isn't the cleanest water in
the World. I have plenty of purification tabs though, and there's always boiling.
No matter how well you prepare you will always be *crewed one way or another.
My advice is this. It happens. Write down everything you need on a slip of paper and make enough copies for all your neighbors. Hand them out and ask
for lists of things they need. Supply and demand. don't sell out cheap but trade extra to get what you need.
I would definitely be out of luck. I have camping supplies though, and I know where to go if I really need to get away from everything. Problem is,
it's far too cold to attempt living in the mountains right now. I know I could do it, but I would be gaunt by the time summer was on me... not sure
what I would do after that.
What really frightens me is knowing that I am young and strong enough to survive in the wild but that my family is not...
I would be as close to all set as you can get. I would just hunker down or bug out with my Fiancee's family. Of course my father in law says I am
not coming in the house in a sit X in less I bring my own BOB. they stocked enough supplies for me and there daughter but As he put it if you get
separated you will need your BOB.
One thing I recently did was start to use a water service. They bring unlimited 5 gallon jugs to the house every month. Currently I am having them
bring 6 at a time. Only problem is if something happens at the end of the month than time to fill up the bathtubs drain the jacuzzi and refill it with
fresh water.
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