Im just being prepared, not a fanatic.

Shit, ain't that the truth.

But yeah, I've made preparations. No where near the distance some of you have, but enough water for probably 5 days, enough food for a week - not counting food in the pantry already.

As for "best" foods, that depends. MRE's have approx 1500 calories per meal. Problem is, 12 meals are bulky, usually about $5 per meal and weigh 30 lbs. So the weight/calorie is kind of bad. The 5 year shelf like is a guideline - I've eaten original MRE's (in the dark brown pack) that were pushing 15-20 years and most were edible. Some were pretty rank though.

Dehydrated ("backpacking") food is light, better weight/calorie, but pricey and require water. Finally, if you go blow your money on fancy long-term food, you may realize that you hate the taste of it if the SHTF. Best bet is to stock what you already have/like and rotate it in. Ie, most canned commercial food in supermarkets has a 1-2 year shelf life anyway. pasta and rice can last years (so can most dried fruits or grains, if kept dry and out of heat and light).

Personally I have 1 case of MRE's, some dehydrated food (I actually camp...) and whatever is in the pantry. I figure that gives me some variety. If need be, I can learn to hunt with my .22.

 

EMP is a probably over-rated event.

Assuming the item is off during the EMP event, it should work fine upon turning on. EMP only affects powered-up electronics.

 

Just checked out the titan its huge I've been thinking about upping my vest to mollee armor or something or atleast getting level IV plates

 

Ive got my IV-D plates and some smaller covert plates, they work great. and will stop 6 hits of 7.62x39 before they are supposed to fail.

 

whats emp?

 

ElectroMagnetic Pulse.

It's a byproduct of a nuclear detonation. If a nuke was exploded in the upper atmosphere, it could send an EMP over most of the nation, thus screwing our technology heavy society and throwing us into the 1800's.

 

Read one second after if you want more information or Alas, Babylon. Good food for thought.

 

I just finished One Second After. Very thought provoking. Alas, Babylon is on the list.

 

Sweet, what kind of vest do you have?

 

my carrier is a custom Eagle that they made for my team a while back and my low pro stuff is blackhawk.

 

...good luck fighting the masses. How many others do you think have that same idea?!

I have access to all the plates and soft armor you could imagine
We also have a weapons vault

Working base supply/mobility has its advantages

 

so meet in the middle eh? your not that far from me.

 

sounds like a plan.

I got those magpul dvd's. I watched the concealed carry disk last nigh, lots of good info

 

I picked up two 7 gallon water containers from walmart yesterday. rinsed them out and cleaned with bleach, rinsed again, and filled. I have those for emergency's and I have a good stock of about 7 cases of bottled water that we rotate out for day to day drinking.

Check out your local CVS, they have 24 pack waters right now for $2.22
I picked up a gallon of milk for 2.99, got $1 back in reward bucks for my next purchase. so I rang up the water separate and used the reward buck and got that case of water for $1.22

 

I got a phalanx vest from blackhawk its nice cause it has the pockets but only MOLLE part on it is the back

 

Check this out!!
http://bpreparedproducts.com/hosuki.html

 

some guy at the show i talked to was funny about all this stuff he was like ya waste all your money on this stuff and ill take you out with my .22 and take it from you haha

 

what if your neighbors dont have any supplies either?!

 

then i grab the .308 and start working down the street hahaha

 

lol. I dont plan on killing innocent people for a 2 week shutdown of the city...