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
* 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
* 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
* 1 pedal-power stationary bike
* 2 heavy-duty battery cells and power outlets
* 1 radiation suit
* 2 boxes of o.b. regular tampons (40 ct each)
* 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
* 2 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
* 2 hypodermic syringes of morphine (240 mg each)

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

  1. Chad Says:

    Awesome list, Crystal. The stationary bike and batteries made me think that you should also have a generator: hook the generator drive shaft up to the bike to recharge the batteries–in case the sky is too dark from apocalypse to charge the solar cells…

  2. Crystal Says:

    Totally, dog! I include 2 heavy-duty battery cells. Luv, Sis

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