This supply list is for a post apocalyptic survival colony is not written with an over-emphasis on zombie survival. materials would be collected prewar and colonists would be transported to the colony at the first sign of trouble. probable locations are the west cost near oregon, Idaho, Wyoming, or Utah, as close to the mountains as possible and above the water table, as the majority of the shelter will be underground. Please don’t reproduce or edit it without my permission. If anyone has suggestions leave them in the comment section or contact me. The list is sorted by the subject which the items are related to.

Livestock and related facilities: All numbers are estimates; breeding pairs are preferred unless otherwise noted. More specific advice on facilities is available on-line.

• 12 hens 1 rooster plus 3 hens per extra person and 1 rooster per 20 hens

Reasons; Meat, Eggs, possibly down.

• 2 goats or sheep, plus one per 3 people

Reasons: Meat, milk, wool, goats provide companionship, so can sheep if you’re Scottish

• Dogs

Reasons: Herding, Hunting game/Zed, companionship, protection, emergency food

• 2 Oxen, plus one per 5-10 people

Reasons: Milk, Meat, Leather, Labor, riding

• Mule, horse or other riding animal if fuel is not available, extra’s as necessary.

Facilities: Barn, Stable, Chicken Coop, Corral, Vet facility.


Crops and related facilities/equipment: I didn’t include specific acreage because I don’t know much about crop yields.

• A Grain (Such as wheat or rice)
• A Legume (a bean)(Any combination of a grain and legume will provide all 8 essential amino acids)
• Corn for animal feed and human consumption
• Potatoes
• Tomatoes, sweet and hot peppers and assorted vegetables such as onions, peas, radishes, spinach, squash, tomatoes, watermelon, and egg plant (the more variety the better)
• Spices such as rosemary, oregano and basil which are easy to grow (these go a long way towards ensuring the happiness of your people, and medicinal herbs can help ensure their health)
• Fruit trees, preferably citrus as a source of vitamin C (strangely enough humans and guinea pigs are the only mammals which cannot produce their own Vitamin C so an source must be found and maintained)
• Luxury plants such as Nut trees/ grapes, and aromatics if possible, to provide variety to an otherwise bland diet.
• Bio-diesel or ethanol producing plant such as soybeans or corn
• Enough canned food and MREs to last 2 years until your crop can be established (so a start doesn’t mean certain death)

Equipment: tractors, combines, wheat threshers and other harvesting equipment, fertilizer, plow pull-able by oxen. You should have backup equipment that allows you to harvest your crop without fossil fuels.

Facilities: Storage barn, silo, very large refrigerator/freezer, Small bio-tech lab (not as expensive as you’d think) for small scale drug production (penicillin, not meth) and food safety testing (especially important if your collecting canned goods from the wasteland)

Miscellaneous Food/Livestock\Medicine Related stuff
· smoking ,Curing and drying equipment for food preservation
· Materials and equipment for canning food.
· Source of yeast (Unless you really like flat-bread)
· ALOT of salt for flavoring and curing food. (this must be kept in a dry container or it wont keep, if your close to the ocean you can extract it from seawater)
· Tanning equipment and chemicals (for making leather goods)
· Butter churner
· Cheese cultures (keep them alive, you can use the bio-tech lab for this and the yeast)
· Lye for making soap from fat(can be produced using wood ash, consult the US army survival manual for instructions)
· Horse and other animal trailers
· Mill-powered water well and other source of water suck as lake, stream, etc for irrigation and regular use
· Antibiotic producing molds
· Bio-diesel reactor (to produce fuel to power generator, vehicles, etc
· ethanol still (drinkable alcohol And fuel,)
· Forest, public or private nearby for hunting, wood gathering, foraging
· Loom for weaving wool into fabric

Communication, Manufacturing, and Production

· Machine shop equipped for Mechanical, electrical, Metal, and woodworking, including automotive repairs.
· CB/ Ham Radio
· AM/FM transmitter
· Satellite TV, Internet, phone, radio
· Building Supplies AKA lumber brick metal
· Spare parts for all equipment
· Office Supplies
· Cleaning Supplies
· Hand and power tools
· Alternative energy generator, Solar, Wind or Geothermal depending on conditions
· Big batteries for power storage and emergency power
· Rope, Knives, and other basic survival items

Weapons these may vary from person to person based on preference, these are what I would like
Scottish Claymore
wakasashi
Bowie Knife
Trench Spike
Sniper rifle: Remington model 700
Shotgun: 12 gauge Mossberg, improved cylinder, smooth bore, pump action
Crossbow
Semi-Auto pistol: .45 ACP
Revolver: .357 Magnum S&W revolver
Assault rifle: AK-47
Mounted machine guns
Mortars
Flamethrowers
Improvised explosives
Silencers
Note: I don’t have any of these and wont seek to acquire any of the illegal things listed, although after the apocalypse all bets are off

Additional Facilities:
· Communal entertainment area/lounge with board games, TV (there are plenty of series I’ve never watched on DVD), Card Games, Puzzles, Video Games (Have things that don’t require power to run preferably)
· Living Quarters for Individuals/ small groups (try to keep as many things private as possible unless impractical. If space is limited allow unskilled survivors to sleep in larger groups.
· Library containing how-to books and manuals teaching survival, farming, Mechanics, plumbing, repairs, blacksmithing and other important subjects, along with entertaining books, and Homeschooling materials (Can’t let the children group up mindless)
· Garage for vehicle and farm equipment storage
· Generator Room
· Utilities maintenance room
· Personal and Public Storage, Including armory
· Defensible positions for raider and Zed defense
· Facility must be hidden always, and fenced in during a zombie invasion, although this is less important under other circumstances. (although still recommended)
· Gym area (farm work is an acceptable substitute during the summer)
· Airstrip for resupply
· Medical Facility both Animal and human equipped with a room that is kept Aseptic at all times for emergency surgical procedures. May be merged with bio-tech/drug lab
· Heated Greenhouse for year round growing\Tropical produce growing
· Multiple escape routes
- Method of Purifying water such as Ozonator
-Fully equipped kitchen and cafeteria(meals will be taken cafeteria style to increase comradeship and eliminate the waste that would be generated by a dozen or so separate kitchens. this also allows me to control rations effectively.)

Vehicles preferably powered by renewable sources such as bio-diesel and ethanol, or electric (solar would be nice)

· Sedan or other inconspicuous vehicle for trips to town before Z-day/ apocalyptic event

· Military Jeep or Humvee (Mounted Gun preferred) for Border control and defenses, and for raids of infected territory
· Large Truck preferably armored, preferably military for supply transport and escape in emergency
· All terrain vehicles and snow mobiles for winter excursions
· Aircraft such as helicopter or amphibious plane, or cargo plane for supply runs (if contact is made with other survivors or government) Hot air balloons may be used for surveillance
· If necessary a quarantine facility will be set up. This will contain newcomers in separate rooms for an amount of time equal to the maximum incubation period of the disease (plus 15%)
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People These are the ones I would need to run this facility, and others that would be nice to have around. All must be experienced

· Veterinarian
· Mechanical or similar Engineer
· Doctor (Trauma Surgeon preferred)
· General Practitioner or Nurse
· Soldier (Combat experience necessary, experience in special forces or instructing preferred)
· Teacher (Ignorance is the enemy)
· Farmer(s) with experience in growing crops and raising livestock
· Mechanic(s) with experience with farm equipment and bio-diesel/ethanol run engines, and alternative energy generators
· Machinist
· Carpenter
· Electrician or computer engineer, preferably with experience repairing medical and pharmaceutical equipment
· Chemist/Biologist (I’m in college for this now)
· Good leader (not necessarily me, democracy is preferred except during crises, during which the most able leader takes charge. Also my equipment, supplies, crops, is under my jurisdiction, not the group leaders)

Notes:

· Other workers may be necessary to care for livestock and farmland

· The experienced Soldier/instructor will teach the other survivors in the art of war, and the other specialists will take on apprentices and teach the others the basics of their crafts so losing one of them isn’t a death-blow.


· Other survivors will only be allowed into the colony only if they satisfy some or all of these requirements.
1. They have a necessary skill
2. There are enough supplies to feed them
3. They are not infected with any communicable disease
4. They have a supply we need

As quartermaster I will decide who gains entrance to the colony. Only the group as a whole can banish a member of the colony

· The facility I have in mind is either a disarmed nuclear silo or communications bunker from the cold war era, which in the United States are occasionally found for sale to the public, thus many of the necessary facilities would be found underground to allow us to survive a prolonged siege from raiders and Zed, and be capable of withstanding a nuclear explosion. The facility must be above the water table of the area to avoid flooding, and must also be near arable soil. Because it is underground heating costs will be minimal and escape hatches will provide an easy route to escape even the largest swarm or raiding party should a breach occur (there isnt much that can breach a silo).

If i had this facility i wouldn't have to worry about getting there because id live there full time. you could join me if you had any of the above listed skills (Ill let you know if i win the lottery) pessimistic cost estimate with silo=20-40 million US Dollars.

-Quarantine time calculation by pedroasani