I have about $25 in junk silver... current value, $300 or so... (another $20 0f 99% silver dollars)...
... 100 single dollar bills,... and an undisclosed amount of cash, hidden away...
...(total investment is less than big screen TV,.. so it ain't worth killing me for... and you couldn't find it anyway)...

I'm not paranoid,.. but, I have a boy scout mentality (never was a boy scout)...
I figure,.. you don't need to invest your life in these things...
Just take the time to act,.. and have more than the average guy...
...(plus,.. Mercury head dimes, and old quarters, and half dollars, are fun to play with)...
...

My zombie defense,...(this includes Tea Party'rs)... ...
Is a loaded snubby 38,.. and a sweeeeeeet Norinco copy of a Baby Browning 22 semi takedown rifle, with 4 bricks of .22 ammo... (that's a $40 ammo investment)...
Again,... I don't have to be the king,... just ahead of the average...

I'm not a foil hat kinda' guy...
... but, I've always been a "just in case" kinda' guy...
Say,... a minimalist preparedness kinda' guy...
99% of things I have stockpiled, are used and replenished regularly, and this money would be spent anyway...

SO,... What do you really need?... in case of,... natural disaster,... asteroid,.. govn't collapse,.. civil war,.. invasion,.. ecomimic collapse,.. zombie invasion?...

Fun,.. and serious... ...
...but,... keep it realistic... nothing the average guy can't do with beer money...
So,.. let's make a list...  nothing outrageous...
Just trim to the essentials...

I have tons of LED lights... a wind-up radio,... over 2,000 .22 rounds,... 3 months of canned goods,... 5 neighbors with pools,... and I feed the local pigeons in my back yard...
(I also have a 177 pellet rifle just for piggies)... ...
I have a 40 mpg car, and a 60 mpg bike...
... a stock of aspirin, strong pain killers, and doggie antibiotics that are highly recommended for anthrax...
Several gallons of bleach,.. some white vinegar, baking soda, vodka, salt, pepper, dried peas, beans, lentils, instant mash, rice, flour... (that's a couple of pounds of salt and of pepper...spices were much more valued in days before electricity)...

I wish I had solar power (working on it)... and a wood stove (working on it)... but, I'm new to this house... (and still payin' up on it)...
A ham radio would be nice... but, I might only need to listen...
I also have a good collection of knives,... and fire starting methods...

...and 3 acoustic guitars... ...

So,..  tell me where I'm wrong...
what I've left out?...
Add on... what am I missing?... or what have I forgot to list?...

also,.. tell me if I have thought of anything that might add to your preparedness... (just to make me feel good)...
... (I bet,... you're shocked... for a Lib, I got some baddass survival stocks)...

Whatcha' got?...
...

... 'scuse me,.. while I adjust my foil hat,.. and overcoat... ...

What are you doing?
You're supposed to be the voice of reason in the tall table, bot.



--Steve

Wood stove, check.

Ammo, check. Pellet gun, check. Single shot .22 and single shot 12g, check (you waste less ammo if every shot has to count).

2 surface acre stocked pond and a water purification system, check.

Couple of crazy Kentucky hillbilly friends who can identify and prepare all of the wild edibles on our 54 acres, check... and absolutely priceless if for nothing more than comedic value...

A gravity water filter, Bot,, they can take ditch water & make it potable.

Small 4k generator and 15 gallons of gas just to keep the freezer going till all the food is used up. Inground pool for water, lots of pasta and sauce thanks to my wife's coupons along with maybe 2 weeks of other dried food. For fire arms and ammo I'm good with a 30-06, 7.7 Jap along with a bunch of black powder muzzle loaders in .50 caliber. Also have a collection of .22's and 2-3k of .22 ammo and two BB guns. For hand guns I've a Colt Woodsman and a Ruger .380 ACP. Been reloading for all the centerfire guns and have more than enough ammo for them but if it comes to a shooting war I would probably be out of luck.
 Can cook on the grill and have a small 2 burner camp stove which can be run off a bigger tank. Can alway use my travel trailer if i need to bug out or downsize till the emergency is over but I would rather stay home and "bug in".
also have a little coin silver and some gold which is just for emergency use in case everything goes south bigtime. Strange I never thought of myself as a prepper but almost sounds like I am.

A sling shot and enough nuts and bolts to keep a walker mega-pack at bay.

A solar array, but as soon as the grid goes down I'll have to rewire it and use mobile inverters.  I have to look for a solar island type inverter.

The makings for a solar oven, rice and canned food for a month.

in ground pool and a drinking water filter.

I probably won't wait that long to bug out though.

After a few days those that can will take advantage of the weak.

Living on the gulf coast (4 blocks from the water) we have to be prepared for hurricanes, so we always have a kit, just in case.

100 rnds of 9mm ammo for the pistols
200 rnds of 22 cal for pistol
100 rnds .177 pellets for the pellet guns
8  31" carbon arrows/w target & hunting heads for bow
numerous hunting and flip knives
5 ea. 5 gal plastic containers for gas (8500 watt roll a round generator)
1 ea. 12" x 15" flat electric grill
1 ea. 2 burner electric grill
2 ea. 5 gal collapsible containers for water
4 ea. small propane bottles for campstove and lantern
2 ea. shake'm up flashlights (requires no batteries)
1 ea. wind up lantern (can charge different cell phones with adapters)
1 ea. wind up flashlight/warning light with am/fm  weather radio
3 portable coolers from lunch box size to monster size
In the way of foods, we always have 4x as much can goods as we need
we always have canned meats and non-refridgerated meals (Hormel makes some good ones, just heat'm up in micro or drop them in a pan over a fire)
Lotsa noodles and rice and instant taters and such
If we get hit, we could last for at least 3 weeks or more if we knew for sure so we could go down to one meal a day and snacks and last for about a month.
The problem is in this society, if there was a meteor, bomb , war what ever most folks would want to grab everything they could and horde it in the house they live in. However I would not, I know enough folks in places that are rural, that I would probably pack up and go to one of them to get away from the craziness that would follow.
I doubt we would make it farther than Alabama, but that is as far as I would need to go for the "first shelter"

Have a plan, realistic or not make one, always plan for the worst that you could imagine, that way if its not that bad, your golden, and if it is, you at least be prepaired.

I've got too many guns to list, I collect em. My prize is a Colt AR15. Have 400 rds of ammo for it. Got a new Mossberg pump 12 gage that shoots 3 and 1/2 inch shells. My wife can shoot a lot better than I can and she's got two Glocks. I aint going to no Fema Camp without taking a few of em down!