BREAKING NEWS!!!

One of our dedicated followers, Christina, has brought it to our attention that the Scientologists, a noted crazy cult, has commenced building an underground bunker near Rock Springs, WY for purposes as yet unknown. We will continue to update this important story as new information becomes available...

Bomb Shelter Shopping List

First of all, as a follow-up to the two most recent posts-I am putting Pink Panda on the mission to further research the loo solutions for the bomb shelter, since this is a very important issue. Thank you Pink Panda, and we look forward to hearing what you found out!

Now, I am going to add some more items to the list of bomb shelter necessities, all of which can be picked up at your neighborhood bulk retailer:

1. Giant package of TP. Trust me, unless you want to start using leaves, you will want to get at least 1 package, if not 20.

2. Multiple bottles of chocolate syrup. For chocolate milk-DUH!

3. Large tub of oatmeal. Oatmeal is a delicious staple and can be made for all 3 meals of the day.

4. 20 lb. sack of rice, also a staple food that lasts a long time and really fills you up.

5. A massage chair to help relieve the stresses of living underground while who knows what is going on above you.

Bomb Shelter Loo Solutions Redux

Good question from one of our readers! HappyJeepGirl has some good ideas but I do want to take it one step further.

This has been a topic on my mind since we have started discussing the bomb shelter. My suggestion is to use a system where it recycles the urine back into the water drinking supply; thus, not running out. NASA is currently working the kinks out of their new system (ew, who would want kinks in their water supply?) but if it's good enough for NASA...

The other "stuff" can actually be used as fertilizer for the most part. So we can save this "material" in a special place in the shelter or we can dig a whole to drop this "stuff" back into the ground...like an underground outhouse. Add a few solar panels and a working system and this will become future compost in no time. Kind of what they do in some national parks with outhouses. At least in Kansas they do. :)

This way, nothing goes to waste (pun not intended but funny)...and we are not creating more waste than we can deal with. One of the reasons we are in the current state we are in, in terms of global warming, trash, etc.

Bomb Shelter Loo Solutions

Dear readers, one of our delightful blog followers, Ole One Eye, brought up this very interesting question--Where does one go #2 in the bomb shelter? Well, Ole One Eye, I am glad you asked that so I can address this very important issue.

Bomb shelter bathrooms are often overlooked on survival blogs. A Google search on "bomb shelter bathrooms" does not yield satisfactory results, so I am afraid we are on our own. My suggestion, and especially if you plan on being in your bomb shelter for a while, is to build a septic system underneath it and get lots of Rid-x. However, we realize that not everyone's budgets can afford this, so another good option is the good ol' coffee can. Think about it-it is large enough where you don't have to aim too much and it has a lid that can be replaced to keep in the smell. These coffee cans can also be used as defensive mechanisms--simply throw them at intruders; they will be so grossed out that they will turn tail and run, forgetting all about what they came to rob you for.

Bomb Shelter Reader's Advisory, Part 2

Sudoku. And I agree that it's a conspiracy! But I do love playing the game...online and with the hints on. :) On Monday's, it's the easiest so I can get that feeling of accomplishment in minutes while on Friday's, it's the hardest, when I have more time on my hands or don't want to be too productive very quickly.

I want to add to the reading list too!

1. Summer of the Apocalypse by James Van Pelt...takes place in Denver of all places! Great story and definitely worth reading when the world around us is falling apart.
2. Lord of the Flies...I will always feel like a kid and I think this book could teach us some lessons, you never know.
3. Farmer's Almanac...it would depend on what sent us to the shelter (i.e. bombing, disease, etc.) but this could prove useful.

What would you take to a shelter? I would like to think we would take a mixture of books to read for fun (to pass the time) and books that will help us rebuild society. Hopefully, libraries would survive and be intact when we emerge from the shelter, giving us even more resources...but you never know!

Bomb Shelter Reader's Advisory, Part 1

In addition to needing something to read while in the can, everyone is going to need something to read to keep their minds stimulated while they are in the bomb shelter. Dr. Oz on Oprah says that everyone should do at least 10 minutes of brain stimulating activity-reading, crossword puzzles and sodoku (however you spell it)-each day. And since I don't understand suodouku at all (nor do I care how to learn, I think it is an Asian conspiracy to control the minds of the Americans and make them waste all their time when they should be working instead of sitting around playing games all day) I am going to recommend some books that should be in everyone's bomb shelter library.

1-The Prince by Nicolo Machiavelli. This is the quintessential book for learning how to run a country successfully. And since we will be in charge of running the country that we create after it is ok to come out of the bomb shelter, we all need to be on the same page as to how we are going to handle it.

2-Utopia by Thomas More. For those of you unfamiliar with the Greek language, the word "utopia" comes from the Greek words for "no place." Well of course More's utopia was no place in 16th century England, they didn't even have to worry about bombs and nuclear war and the end of the world. But for us appraching the end times, this is another book that you should read, outlining the ideal society to create when you can start from scratch.

I am sure Pink Panda will have more to ad to this list, but for now, dear readers, I encourage you to go down to your local Barnes and Noble and pick up these two indespensible books. You will be glad you did.

More Things You Need to Survive...

Wow! I can add a lot to the list but I definitely like the idea of adding a ham radio...communicating with other pre-planners such as ourselves will be essential to survival. Or even communicating with those who don't pre-plan...

• Ham Radio...of course we are adding this to the list, especially since we have found an operator.

Jeep Girl brings up a good point. We also need to consider who will be in the shelter and for what reason. I definitely agree that we need spouses and at least a couple...so that we can repopulate the earth and they don't have to do imbreeding to accomplish this. So far we have:

• Jeep Girl and Spouse
• Pink Panda and Spouse
• Ham Operator and Spouse

How many would you include? Every extra person is another mouth to feed but also another person to help with the workload and to help repopulate and to even keep conversations going when you are stuck in the shelter.

That reminds...me need to include games like Cheater Uno...so much to collect!