Can you survive?

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Carl01
Carl01 Posts: 9,301 Member
Nothing to do with politics as far as discussion but if we did have a massive worldwide economic collapse on the scale of the great depression (or likely now worse) could you make a go of it off the grid?
As of this moment if for some reason the crap hits the fan how long could you go with supplies on hand?
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  • jenbit
    jenbit Posts: 4,251 Member
    i live near there everglades and have many friends with guns . Plus walmart has lots of ammo.. I'll hunt gator is yummy anyways.

    We always joke about our Zombie team. We have a running plan for the end of the world. What can i say we are a bunch of nerds
  • dbrightwell1270
    dbrightwell1270 Posts: 1,732 Member
    not very long at all.
  • MikeM53082
    MikeM53082 Posts: 1,199 Member
    I'm joining Jen's Zombie Team in the Everglades. I have a small arsenal and a taste for alligators as well. Jen and I will definitely be OK!
  • jenbit
    jenbit Posts: 4,251 Member
    I'm joining Jen's Zombie Team in the Everglades. I have a small arsenal and a taste for alligators as well. Jen and I will definitely be OK!

    I really wish I had a high five smiley right now. Carl help me out you have all those smilies.
  • SherryR1971
    SherryR1971 Posts: 1,170 Member
    Between mine and my dad's house, I'd say a good while
    **providing it's economic and no Zombies-then I would be gone in a second!!! **
  • kristen6022
    kristen6022 Posts: 1,923 Member
    Interesting question. I have a full tank of gas, a pantry full of food, and a case of bottled water - I'm gonna say 2 weeks. I'll be alive but I won't be sane...in current conditions without heating, water, electricity. I think I have enough blankets and clothes to ward of hypothermia.

    So, we are assuming here that all public works shut down, no one has jobs and you are pretty much surviving on what we have NOW, right?

    Question is, who would actually want to live through this? I know I wouldn't. I'd prefer to just die, to tell you the truth.

    Is there any chance that things would go back to today's standards?
  • Carl01
    Carl01 Posts: 9,301 Member
    I'm joining Jen's Zombie Team in the Everglades. I have a small arsenal and a taste for alligators as well. Jen and I will definitely be OK!

    I really wish I had a high five smiley right now. Carl help me out you have all those smilies.

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  • jenbit
    jenbit Posts: 4,251 Member
    I'm joining Jen's Zombie Team in the Everglades. I have a small arsenal and a taste for alligators as well. Jen and I will definitely be OK!

    I really wish I had a high five smiley right now. Carl help me out you have all those smilies.

    five.gif

    Thank you :smooched:

    I would have no problem trying to live through it. I would miss AC though . But it would just be changing one sets of stressors for another set. Instead of stressing about money to pay for everything and working yourself raged for said money now your hunting and possibly trading for everything. I could never fight my basic need to survive.
  • Carl01
    Carl01 Posts: 9,301 Member
    Interesting question. I have a full tank of gas, a pantry full of food, and a case of bottled water - I'm gonna say 2 weeks. I'll be alive but I won't be sane...in current conditions without heating, water, electricity. I think I have enough blankets and clothes to ward of hypothermia.

    So, we are assuming here that all public works shut down, no one has jobs and you are pretty much surviving on what we have NOW, right?

    Question is, who would actually want to live through this? I know I wouldn't. I'd prefer to just die, to tell you the truth.

    Is there any chance that things would go back to today's standards?

    As far as the first part society would still exist but there would be massive unemployment so one would have to fend for themselves as far as growing food,getting money for electricity perhaps bartering.

    The second part is more along the Mad Max scenario.
  • Roadie2000
    Roadie2000 Posts: 1,801 Member
    I've done a lot of backpacking so I could probably survive in the wilderness for a while. But I live nowhere near the wilderness, the only food I ever have in my house are condiments, and I don't have any weapons. Just a dog.
  • jenbit
    jenbit Posts: 4,251 Member
    I've done a lot of backpacking so I could probably survive in the wilderness for a while. But I live nowhere near the wilderness, the only food I ever have in my house are condiments, and I don't have any weapons. Just a dog.

    Everyday items make great weapons. Golf clubs, baseball bats, frying pans, If it boils down to it break the kitchen table and use the leg on it as a club. Also kitchen knifes it always suprises me how many people discount those big knives.
  • Danielle_2013
    Danielle_2013 Posts: 806 Member
    Pretty sure I'd be trading sex for food in no time...or as I like to call it...a regular Saturday night date.


    JOKING!!

    Still in bed..my appropriate humor filter isn't on yet..
  • TheKitsune6
    TheKitsune6 Posts: 5,798 Member
    I've been into survivalism for a few years now, so I'm pretty prepared. I'd rather not go into full details or y'all will think I'm crazysauce (more than you already do) but I could survive and defend for a good long while until it's time to rebuild (Which I have also prepared for).
  • farmers_daughter
    farmers_daughter Posts: 1,632 Member
    Got a feeling I'd be slightly screwed, trying to keep my lil peeps alive. I would be absolutely insane....
    I'm gonna be optimistic and say a month....

    First I'd break into the ex inlaws garage which houses about 100 guns/ammo.... stock up there with ammo guns/knives etc.
    Then go to the neighbor's corn bin and fill a room in my basement with corn that I would later feed my kids with. (not your regular corn, but if this is all we got, hey? :ohwell: )
    I hunt so I'd use the guns/ammo to hunt.
    After that it would all go down hill

    If it was just an economic thing then I'm pretty good at bartering, I can grow my own food and be all organic and stuff. My kids might not like it but lol.
  • Danielle_2013
    Danielle_2013 Posts: 806 Member
    I've been into survivalism for a few years now, so I'm pretty prepared. I'd rather not go into full details or y'all will think I'm crazysauce (more than you already do) but I could survive and defend for a good long while until it's time to rebuild (Which I have also prepared for).

    Can we see pictures of your bunker?
  • farmers_daughter
    farmers_daughter Posts: 1,632 Member
    Pretty sure I'd be trading sex for food in no time...or as I like to call it...a regular Saturday night date.


    JOKING!!

    Still in bed..my appropriate humor filter isn't on yet..

    Your filter actually comes on???!!! :huh:

    I knew mine was broken! :tongue: Oh well if it's broken I see no need to fix it. :drinker:
  • poncho33
    poncho33 Posts: 1,511
    As long as a plane doesn't fall from the sky and hit me when the power goes out... I'd say my odds are 96% survival, it's all been worked out already.
  • TheKitsune6
    TheKitsune6 Posts: 5,798 Member
    As long as a plane doesn't fall from the sky and hit me when the power goes out... I'd say my odds are 96% survival, it's all been worked out already.

    Someone has been watching Revolution!
  • jenbit
    jenbit Posts: 4,251 Member
    Got a feeling I'd be slightly screwed, trying to keep my lil peeps alive. I would be absolutely insane....
    I'm gonna be optimistic and say a month....

    First I'd break into the ex inlaws garage which houses about 100 guns/ammo.... stock up there with ammo guns/knives etc.
    Then go to the neighbor's corn bin and fill a room in my basement with corn that I would later feed my kids with. (not your regular corn, but if this is all we got, hey? :ohwell: )
    I hunt so I'd use the guns/ammo to hunt.
    After that it would all go down hill

    If it was just an economic thing then I'm pretty good at bartering, I can grow my own food and be all organic and stuff. My kids might not like it but lol.

    Ok this is horrible but my friends and I have a joke that about if our kids turned into zombies. Basically we have each assigned someone else in the group to take them out. You cant shoot your own zombie kids. Also if the world goes ape **** crazy there is a chance my kids wouldn't be with me (they might be with their dad) so I might not have them with me
  • poncho33
    poncho33 Posts: 1,511
    As long as a plane doesn't fall from the sky and hit me when the power goes out... I'd say my odds are 96% survival, it's all been worked out already.

    Someone has been watching Revolution!

    I do like the show, but this has been worked out for awhile.
  • lniffa
    lniffa Posts: 675 Member
    Maybe for 2 months!

    I have the inside fridge, outside fridge and deep freezer stocked and the pantry. After that, either I will be eating people or hunting the cats around the neighborhood.
  • pa_jorg
    pa_jorg Posts: 4,401 Member
    Hmmm, very interesting topic to think about... I've got some staples in my house, but I think the best thing I have going for me in that instance is that I'm resilient and good at re-purposing things. Plus, I've got a guard dog :laugh:, know how to grow vegetables and live near the water, so I could learn to fish.
  • kristen6022
    kristen6022 Posts: 1,923 Member
    This topic makes me want to go get all my money out of the bank...LOL
  • lacroyx
    lacroyx Posts: 5,754 Member
    not very long at all.
    Same here. If anything, it would help me get off this mini plateau. :laugh:
  • RunIntheMud
    RunIntheMud Posts: 2,645 Member
    I'd say the little ones and I would be set for about 2 weeks on our own, maybe a month. After that I've got enough military and outdoorsy friends that we can link up with. I would assume that we'd be ok, however you never know who's really going to be there for you until the time comes.
  • Danielle_2013
    Danielle_2013 Posts: 806 Member
    Between Patrick Kane (blah), politics and end of the world scenarios..I feel like we haven't fought about feminism in like a couple days! Someone start a sexy new topic... and by that I mean make it about sex...lol
  • _JR_
    _JR_ Posts: 830 Member
    I could lock my doors right now and go 6-8 months on my stored food, water, ammo, fuel, and medical supplies. All of that could easily be stretched out by midnight excursions into the city and suburbs.
  • MissingMinnesota
    MissingMinnesota Posts: 7,486 Member
    If it happened just this minute with no time to prepare it would be over for me pretty quick unless I can use my people skills to get others to be the hunter while I do the cooking.

    If I had time to prepare I could probably make it for a couple months.
  • poncho33
    poncho33 Posts: 1,511
    Maybe for 2 months!

    I have the inside fridge, outside fridge and deep freezer stocked and the pantry. After that, either I will be eating people or hunting the cats around the neighborhood.

    If all goes to hell, you won't have any power to run your fridge and freezer. Also you will want to flee the cities ASAP and stake claim where one can live off natural resources.
  • jenbit
    jenbit Posts: 4,251 Member
    Maybe for 2 months!

    I have the inside fridge, outside fridge and deep freezer stocked and the pantry. After that, either I will be eating people or hunting the cats around the neighborhood.

    If all goes to hell, you won't have any power to run your fridge and freezer. Also you will want to flee the cities ASAP and stake claim where one can live off natural resources.

    But dont forget to hit your local gas station and raid all their beef jerky.. that stuff takes forever to go bad