Beau of The Fifth Column

Ideally, the place you're holding up in shouldn't look like a fortified compound.

It should look abandoned.

These tactics work in both zombies and conflict zones.

Try to look unimportant.

The enemy might be low on ammo.

Next is inventory and collection.

Food.

Hopefully you've had time to put a little bit back of needed stores.

In every zombie movie, you see them popping open canned food in the first week.

Nope.

Organize your food so that you're eating the perishable stuff first.

Canned foods might be good for literally years.

This is also probably a good time to learn the difference between best by and expiration dates.

They aren't the same.

There's a lot of variation from food type to food type, so just hit up Google.

Generally, it'll be bags first, boxes second, and cans last.

Water.

All of our videos have mentions of water purification, but they're also geared toward rural people who are literally using rivers or ponds.

What about in the city?

The first step is to make sure you have as much as you can to start with.