Good topic..lots of variables. But simplistically, I'm in OK so in the summer here it hits 100 (but it's the humidity that kills ya) <img src="/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> so I want to have 3-4 gallons of water per person per day. I acquired a food grade 55 gallon drum..used to have syrup in it, but should fit the bill and it was free. I also have a 33,000 pool that could be used for bathing, flushing.

7 days of food shouldn't be that hard to store up..especially since I plan on eating out of my refrigerator the first day..freezer the next two assuming no power. The fozen food in the garage should be just thawed and ready to cook for day two and three. Charcoal grill...and also have propane grill with several full 20 lb bottles just for that purpose.

Once the freezer and Fridge are empty I would start on my stockpiles of canned and dehydrated. Of course you gotta have side dishes, so I might start on them early to have something with the deer, pork ,beef and fish in the freezer.

Again..assuming summer..staying cool would probably be the most difficult, so a small generator to run some fans to keep air circulating....or battery and solar set up to run those 12 volt fans. The charger is pretty expensive, but when you figure the price opposed to how long a generator would run for the price, I think solar is the way to go. I would still like to have a generator.

I could discuss this for hours. <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />