How long could you survive?

ceadaoin.

Based on what you have in the house, how long could you survive if there was some sort of disaster/zombie apocalypse/societal breakdown where food was not readily available to buy?

I've lots of bottled water (and a swimming pool as a last resort ) and probably a couple of weeks worth tinned food,pasta and junk food etc. After that we'd have to roam the desert in search of supplies. That's if we aren't killed by gun toting neighbours first (it's America)

I'd love to be like one of those extreme coupon types who have a small shops worth of food stashed in their garage. Or a prepper with a full on underground bunker. Actually with trump now in power, maybe I should start!

Jack the Stripper

Well la di da a swimming pool.

Probably about 3 hours..

Tramore Tilly

Well, I did a survey on Facebook before, the result of which told me I'd be one of the first to die in a zombie/apocalypse type scenario. So I'm thinking, not very long!

Mr_Muffin

Thanks to my GF over indulging over the Xmas holidays and not bothering to hit the gym in the New Year I would probably get a good 6 months worth of meat off her if it came down to it.

qo2cj1dsne8y4k

Probably til Sunday evening. Haven't done a huge shop in weeks

ForeverYoung90

Thinly veiled "I have a f&@king swimming pool in my house" thread.

Jack the Stripper

Drinking your urine will give you an extra day

MRnotlob606

Please just take the children. Spare me!

snowflaker

The cats will eats me

Zaph

Presumably the swimming pool water is chlorinated, so I can't imagine drinking that for any length of time would be good for you. Unless of course you're planning to drown yourself in it to escape the clutches of the zombies?

Personally I think I'd last at least several minutes, although if they were those quick zombies like in 28 Days Later maybe not even that long.

ceadaoin.

ForeverYoung90 wrote: »

Thinly veiled "I have a f&@king swimming pool in my house" thread.

It's not in the house. It's in the garden! Fairly normal here

Beasty

I watched the Survivors when it first came out. Picked up plenty of tips, but I'm not telling anyone what they are:p

Steve

No need to worry about zombies in this country, FG would just tax them (well, they move so they are fair game). I'd give them a month at most.
In the meantime I'd hold up in the worlds most expensive hospital, zombies can't penetrate gold plated walls.

daheff

I might make it to the end of the first news report ....possibly not...reports probably about me being one of the first zombies...

RiderOnTheStorm

If ye are interested, there is a Zombie Survival thread, and they regularly discuss this sort of stuff.

I would say that the average house had a couple of weeks of food (cans, freezer, cereal, etc) and water (cistern, tank in attic, etc). Others have a couple of months ;-)

Apocalypse tip.... When it kicks off, fill your bath with water before the mains give out.

PS cloriene evaporates from open water, so the pool will be ok to drink after a few days. After some time, however, you will want to strain & boil it before drinking...

Calibos

ceadaoin. wrote: »

It's not in the house. It's in the garden! Fairly normal here

Ah! Its fairly normal there where you are wherever that is. Why didn't you say?

Capt'n Midnight

Jack the Stripper wrote: »

Drinking your urine will give you an extra day

Or pee in the pool to get another week.

Zaph wrote: »

Presumably the swimming pool water is chlorinated

So its OK to pee in it.

EndaHonesty

It depends, are the zombies the slow ones from The Walking Dead, or the fast ones from I am legend?

GritBiscuit

I read your question, thought about the food in the cupboards and then the cat caught me looking at him, his eyes widened and he left the room pretty sharpish. I think he read my mind....

Okay, food, cat, guinea pigs...maybe a month? House is pretty secure and shops are nearby but dodging zombies?

Hmmm...remind me to add more tins and dried food to the next shop...and water...no pee drinking!

DanMurphy

ceadaoin. wrote: »

It's not in the house. It's in the garden! Fairly normal here

Any Rhododendrons out there ?

If not your lucky, as we're all about to be eaten by them soon !!!!:D

Your Face

Will Tesco still deliver?

Mena Mitty

ceadaoin. wrote: »

Based on what you have in the house, how long could you survive if there was some sort of disaster/zombie apocalypse/societal breakdown where food was not readily available to buy?

I've lots of bottled water (and a swimming pool as a last resort ) and probably a couple of weeks worth tinned food,pasta and junk food etc. After that we'd have to roam the desert in search of supplies. That's if we aren't killed by gun toting neighbours first (it's America)

I'd love to be like one of those extreme coupon types who have a small shops worth of food stashed in their garage. Or a prepper with a full on underground bunker. Actually with trump now in power, maybe I should start!

You should fill the swimming pool with pike and you'll be eating and drinking for months :-)

Steve

All you need is 2 cockroaches and some rubbish.

They will breed like, well, cockroaches and provide an endless supply of protein. Water will fall from the sky, c'mon we're in Ireland, that's a given.

ceadaoin.

Steve wrote: »

All you need is 2 cockroaches and some rubbish.

They will breed like, well, cockroaches and provide an endless supply of protein. Water will fall from the sky, c'mon we're in Ireland, that's a given.

Problem is, we have scorpions and they eat all the cockroaches Suppose we could eat those. If they're good enough for angelina Jolie..!

I live in the desert, not much water falling from the sky around these parts

Steve

ceadaoin. wrote: »

Problem is, we have scorpions and they eat all the cockroaches Suppose we could eat those. If they're good enough for angelina Jolie..!

I live in the desert, not much water falling from the sky around these parts

Move back to Ireland then

/problem.

Pinch Flat

Thinly veiled I bought a MacMansion at the height of "de boom" thread. Let me guess OP you had an Artic Spa hot tub as well?

PARlance

Pinch Flat wrote: »

Thinly veiled I bought a MacMansion at the height of "de boom" thread. Let me guess OP you had an Artic Spa hot tub as well?

^^^
I'm guessing a lot of people just spotted "we've got a pool" and "jumped in" if you pardon the pun.





Having a pool in America only means you're not borderline poor. It makes up for the fact that you're living in America.

Pinch Flat

PARlance wrote: »

^^^
I'm guessing a lot of people just spotted "we've got a pool" and "jumped in" if you pardon the pun.





Having a pool in America only means you're not borderline poor. It makes up for the fact that you're living in America.

My bad. I thought the OP was living in Navan. I see America. I'm blaming this rather strong IPA I'm consuming.

Steve

Pinch Flat wrote: »

My bad. I thought the OP was living in Navan. I see America. I'm blaming this rather strong IPA I'm consuming.

Understandable.. I blame Trump for the OP's paranoia.

worded

I've got my preppers list done

https://www.google.ie/amp/www.theprepperjournal.com/2014/02/26/preppers-list-of-supplies/amp/

Graces7

DIscussed this on another forum. I have around 3 months supplies here; remote area and poor health make that sensible and needful. A mountain stream for water. We all decided that rural folk will fare better than urban. Surrounded by sheep and cattle too. And good at growing.

Thanks for reminding me though to start collecting rainwater for drinking. Fed up of lugging bottles in..

You need to think re things like prescription meds too of course. I have 2 months of those in stock.

Widdershins

I don't stockpile food at all but I'm resourceful so it really depends on whether I can get out for some initial supplies.Obviously the exchange of currency wouldn't be involved but you'd work something out. After that I can get growing stuff from my saved seeds. I have an appendix so I could eat grass if I had to.

Widdershins

RiderOnTheStorm wrote: »

If ye are interested, there is a Zombie Survival thread, and they regularly discuss this sort of stuff.

I would say that the average house had a couple of weeks of food (cans, freezer, cereal, etc) and water (cistern, tank in attic, etc). Others have a couple of months ;-)

Apocalypse tip.... When it kicks off, fill your bath with water before the mains give out.

PS cloriene evaporates from open water, so the pool will be ok to drink after a few days. After some time, however, you will want to strain & boil it before drinking...

Why would the mains give out?

the_syco

Maybe a day? Phone for size comparison.

Manic Moran

About a week. I'm in an earthquake area, they say we should have three days' supply.

That said, in event of utter disaster, I've a few week's worth of ammunition, and can probably acquire more food...

Manic Moran

delete. Double post.

Widdershins

the_syco wrote: »

Maybe a day? Phone for size comparison.

That sticky bbq sauce is going to be fun to get off your phone

force eleven

Shops and warehouses would be empty in two days. If power is down, your tap water will stop and your attic tank will be your supply. Within a week people scavenging for supplies. Within two, it is anarchy. We live by a thread in the modern world. I have plenty of rice n beans at least.

the_syco

Widdershins wrote: »

That sticky bbq sauce is going to be fun to get off your phone

It's on top of the cardboard. Otherwise I'd lick it off. The honey and garlic sauce was DAMN good

Lorelli!

I always said I'd fill the bath as well and any containers with water. If you have water, you'd last 4-6 weeks. I'd ration any food I have and eat all the perishable stuff first and save the other stuff for later.

There's cow's in a field near where I live too but I'm not sure? What would you do when stood there in front of a cow? It would probably be like that scene from "Me, Myself and Irene" where hes trying to put the cow out of its misery and it just won't die or would a cow attack you? I have no farming background

I haven't really thought about it much :pac:

whoopsadoodles

I've enough milk for tea for a few days.

After that sure what's the point.

Winterlong

We have one of those big chest freezers in the shed. Half full. Lots of wine and some beer. Left over christmas chocolate too.
Would be grand.

I live on the red line

Lol at ye that think the zombie apocalypse hasn't happened, we just carried on around em.

whoopsadoodles

Winterlong wrote: »

We have one of those big chest freezers in the shed. Half full. Lots of wine and some beer. Left over christmas chocolate too.
Would be grand.

Freezers rely on power. Your supplies might not last as long as you expect!

Winterlong

whoopsadoodles wrote: »

Freezers rely on power. Your supplies might not last as long as you expect!

Yeah, but wine, we have the wine!

Mongfinder General

Where would I go for a ****e when the toilets at home run out of water?

Mongfinder General

Mongfinder General wrote: »

Where would I go for a ****e when the toilets at home run out of water?

Next door

Teyla Emmagan

A month. I have thought about this before. I would have scurvy pretty quickly based on what I currently have in the house though.

Graces7

Mongfinder General wrote: »

Where would I go for a ****e when the toilets at home run out of water?

Ah this is where rural folk will adapt... the great outdoors...choose a spot to use consistently.

Teyla Emmagan

Mam and Dad have a generator and 3 freezers actually (2 massive chests and an under counter). As well as a vegetable garden. I might just head out there (if I could battle through the zombies).