I can basically live off of homebrewed liquor and frozen pizza for months (only actual life skill college taught me) but if the crap hits the fan, It'd be better to have some better sustenance. I always have at least a 7day emergency supply on the ready, but I'd want to hear from you guys which one would be better if stuff goes real for a couple months. Also, do those solar water boilers work ? I'm thinking of getting one.
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First things first. You can survive for up to 30-days with little food. You can't survive for more than 3 days without clean water.
If the SHTF, the absolute #1 killer of people in North America (with possible exception of other people) is lack of clean water. Waterborne illnesses and diseases will wipe out the populace. Most people have some access to water, but drinking unsanitary water will have it's toll.
I would highly recommend getting a Berkey water filtration unit with a pair of filtration elements. The two elements will filter up to 6,000 gallons of water, removing greater than 99.999% of viruses and greater than 99.9999% of pathogenic bacteria, inorganic minerals, heavy metals (including arsenic, lead, mercury, chromium), etc... In short, you could pour lake water, rain water or swimming pool water into your purifier and within an hour, you are drinking purified water free of contaminants. However, Berkey does have a great design, is stainless steel and looks good, but a decent system can cost $300 to $500 through them.
You can build the same system yourself for 1/4th the price. Those exact same elements are sold on Amazon for maybe $40 for 2-elements. You can then build the rest of your system using clean plastic 5-gallon buckets with lids, simple valve and spout and a few minor modifications. You can have an entire setup for possibly $60 in materials and a little labor. Spend the rest of your money on buying a few spare elements for future.
Focus on CLEAN WATER access before you even think about food. When 50% of the population is dying or incapacitated due to lack of clean drinking water... you can then take THEIR food.
I already got this one scratched off the list. Clay filters. They're dope, easy to mantain, and the water always comes fresh cold. Got bottled reserves aswell.