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Depends on how hot it is (Score:5, Informative)
My food in the freezer would last me a good month, but that's only true if it stays frozen (easy in winter, hard in summer)... If the power goes out I would keep the freezer running on battery while I stuffed myself with as much fatty food as I could eat.
You would live a lot longer without food than you think. It's the lack of water that will get you. Missing poll option: "I am Bear Grylls, and am drinking my own piss while i type this"
Re:Depends on how hot it is (Score:5, Informative)
You can have enough food to last several weeks/months/years without going out of your way to do it and you do not need to shop anywhere but your local grocery store. Canned goods! Spam, vegtables, chili, tuna, soup, vienna sausages, etc. They all have sheve lives of 3+ years and they are still good after that if the can has not expanded. Buy enough that you feel comfortable storing somewhere. Use them as you normally would and replace the "stock" as you use it. Everything in a can is already cooked, it can be eaten right from the can, and most veggies and fruits are packed in water that you can drink. It would be cool to have some of the dried bulk grains and dried fruits packed in 5 gallon buckets but you don't need those if you have enough cans of stuff.
I see so many people thinking they need a portable generator. Those are for people in the suburbs to feel comfortable and ride out a 3-12 hour power outage. Save your money by not buying a generator and buy some extra canned goods, an extra propane tank that is always filled for your gas grill, some paper plates and utencils, a keroscene heater with 5-10 gallons of keroscene, a few 5 gallon water jugs, batteries, cheap handi wipes, flashlights and some old mp3 players with an fm radio and a set of $5 portable speakers. For about $200 (1/2 of that the keroscene heater) + the cost of what food you want to stock pile, a family of four can easily make it a week or so winter or summer with no power/gas/heat/transportation.
I have guns. (Score:2, Informative)
I can survive for as long as there are people to rob.
Let's hope it doesn't come to that.