Anonymous wrote:You need to add an armory. How long can you hold off a group of hungry armed people?

How hungry are they for lead?

A long time for food/water, but mentally probably not even a week.

Anonymous wrote:Are we allowed in the yard? Maybe a year. We grow fruits and veg and have chickens

Tough to do in the winter.

We could probably last 2-3 weeks as long as the electricity, natural gas, sewer and water keep flowing. Without those, a couple of days.

At our house in Alexandria, maybe a year if we push it.

At our cabin in Greene County, Va, pretty much indefinitely. We have 11 acres, well, septic, fenced garden space 20 x 20, a basement with probably 500-700 cans of food stuffs, tons of meds (both of us are docs) lots of guns and 400-500 rounds of ammo.

Ooh, late night thoughts. I'm in.

Essential question: Do I have water?? Without it, and with no warning to stock up, I'd last like 2-3 days.

Secondary question: Do I have power? With running water, but without power, I can probably go 2-3 weeks. The stuff in the fridge and freezer would go bad, and I'd have no ability to cook beans and pasta. If I can go outside the house safely, I could push that a little, using the grill for fire cooking.

If I have water and power, but no ability to bring in additional supplies, I think I can squeeze 2-3 months out of what's actually in the house right now. That's with rationing, and the meals would start to suck pretty quickly. Lots of pantry staples that require inputs to be edible, and more inputs to be tasty.

I do think about defending those resources. I don't own a gun, nor would I be able to use it if I had one. But I DO have burglar bars, leftover from a shittier time in the city. So not the easiest of targets. If we hunkered down, kept the lights off, I'd give us even odds of not getting victimized.

Anonymous wrote:My husband would die when his meds ran out in two months.

And that's the real problem people don't consider. Diabetics, asthmatics, etc. You can get food a lot easier than you can the meds.

My husband would die when his meds ran out in two months.

Anonymous wrote:I randomly saw a trailer for some Netflix movie called "The Last House" about a family that was legit trapped in their house for over 1,000 days. Got me to thinking about how long we could survive in our house if we couldn't leave but still had electricity and water. We currently have 3 full fridges with attached freezers, plus a chest freezer and a tall freezer. Plus a full pantry and additional excess food in the basement pantry. We are a family of 5. I would think we could make it at least a year? Maybe more if we actually rationed our food.

You do know this is a sci-fi thriller?

OP “I’m a prepper! Look at me!”
Most of DCUM - not prepping.
With rationing my family would last 3 weeks. We have 20+ canned food (soup, tuna, beans) and several boxes of pasta. Would eat refrigerated food first if we loose electricity.

You need to add an armory. How long can you hold off a group of hungry armed people?

Anonymous wrote:“I got some groceries, some peanut butter,
To last a couple of days.”

Same. "But I ain't got no records to play."

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I randomly saw a trailer for some Netflix movie called "The Last House" about a family that was legit trapped in their house for over 1,000 days. Got me to thinking about how long we could survive in our house if we couldn't leave but still had electricity and water. We currently have 3 full fridges with attached freezers, plus a chest freezer and a tall freezer. Plus a full pantry and additional excess food in the basement pantry. We are a family of 5. I would think we could make it at least a year? Maybe more if we actually rationed our food.

What happens to all of the food in the fridges and freezers when you lose power?

OP here - we have a natural gas generator. So it will do until the natural gas goes out. Whole house generator.

So that's how long you'd last. Without some way to refrigerate and freeze food, you'd have to eat it all and rely on fresh/perishable stuff.

Anonymous[b wrote:]I don’t leave my house for weeks [/b]but as long as I can get food and other deliveries I can last forever.

Seriously?

Like two weeks if we immediately started to ration. We run pretty lean on supplies.