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What to put in your underground bunker (for two persons’ stay for up to six months)

Nope, I’m not planning to build a bunker. But if I was, this is what I’d put in it:

  • At least 772 liters (or 204 gallons) of distilled potable water. (This calculation is based on 1 oz of water per kg of body weight per day for two persons weighing 60 kg and 80 kg.)
  • 1 hotplate, 1 spatula, 1 pan, 1 small pot
  • 360 cans of black beans
  • Can opener
  • 1 50-lb box of powdered eggs
  • 1 pallet of medium salsa (104 ct – 16 oz jars)
  • 1 case (180 ct) dark chocolate bars
  • 5 cans (200-gram each) instant Greek coffee
  • 2 stainless steel plates
  • 2 stainless steel sporks
  • 2 stainless steel cups
  • 1 small shovel
  • 1 Leatherman tool
  • 1 first aid and trauma supply kit
  • 2 bottles of 200 mg ibuprofen (500 tablets each)
  • 3 bottles of Pepto Bismol (40 ct each)
  • 1 copy of “Where There is No Doctor” by David Werner
  • Solar battery system
  • 2 pedal-power stationary bikes
  • 2 heavy-duty battery cells and power outlets
  • 2 radiation suits
  • 2 boxes of o.b. regular tampons (40 ct each) per female of childbearing age
  • 2 GI-style folding cots
  • 2 (-40F) sleeping bags
  • 2 wool blankets
  • 2 pillows (synthetic fill)
  • 1 artificial sunlight lamp
  • 2 long planter boxes
  • Assorted vegetable and flower seeds
  • Compost bucket
  • Portable folding toilet
  • 15 pkgs of toilet bags (12 ct each)
  • Portable toilet chemicals
  • 2 hand-powered flashlights
  • 1 First Alert NOAA SAME weather radio
  • 1 Ham radio
  • 1000 ct package of wet nap moist towelettes
  • 4 toothbrushes
  • 3-7.8 oz tubes of toothpaste
  • 3 – 40-yard spools of dental floss
  • 1 pack of playing cards
  • 1 copy of “According to Hoyle”
  • 1 copy of Lord of the Rings trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkein
  • 1 Mac laptop computer and charger
  • 1 digital copy of the Encyclopedia Brittanica
  • 2 sets of polyhedral dice
  • 1 copy of Dungeons & Dragons
  • 1 copy of Duel of Ages board game
  • 2 journals
  • 2 pkgs of Bic ballpoint pens (12 ct each)
  • 1 24-ct pkg of original flavor Chapstick
  • 4 thermal zip-front jumpsuits (cotton/synthetic blend)
  • 1 bottle of multivitamins (385 ct)
  • 5 – 2.1 kg pkgs of Gatorade mix
  • 2 dosimeters
  • 1 bottle potassium iodide (KI) tablets (360 ct)
  • 2 gallons povidone-iodine solution
  • Oxygen mask and extra tanks
  • Wills and insurance policies
  • Passports, Social Security Cards, Immunization Records
  • Bank account numbers
  • Birth certificates
  • Digital tape recorder and package of tapes
  • 1 cannister of pepper spray
  • 1 copy of the Kama Sutra
  • 2 pkgs PVC tactile gloves (12 ct each)
  • 2 bottles penicillin VK tablets 500 mg (40 ct each)
  • 300 doses anti-depressant
  • 6 cycles of birth control pills per female of childbearing age
  • 2 hypodermic syringes of morphine (240 mg each)
 
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Posted by on January 12, 2009 in Uncategorized

 

Back at home in Durham

After an extra-long, uncomfortable and boring layover in Atlanta – due to the inclement weather and Air Tran management – we made it back from Puerto Rico to our cozy home in Durham in the wee hours of Sunday morning (after 2:00 AM to be exact). Sunday was all about laundry and napping and catching up on pet love.

Clinton was back to work today while I did errands and suffered through a post-vacation migraine. This evening we’re in bed with our laptops while the dogs chomp rawhide. It’s good to be back!

Photos of our trip are coming soon.

 
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Posted by on January 6, 2009 in Uncategorized

 
 
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