I, living with my parents, would probably survive for two weeks.
- In terms of food, we have plenty of canned and non-perishable food in the house, and all of our water comes from a well, so we don't rely on a town water system.
- The house itself is primarily heated by wood fire-stoves. Going into winter, we have enough wood piled to last us a few months.
- Being a family of mechanics, we have plenty of tools and hardware, as well as multiple vehicles and extra gasoline.
- In the event of a power loss, we have a gas powered electricity generator, as well as hand-cranked radios to stay informed about the outside world.
- We also have a few firearms, hunting rifles, shotguns, etc, in case we need to hunt our own food (Or if things turn into 'Mad Max'
).
We have never really worried or prepared for any 'catastrophic' event. Even now, we rarely even have any power outages because of the way our power grid has been set up and re-enforced. Where I am geographically, we are not effected by very many 'big' storms, and when one does pass by, we often get the better half. That being said, my hometown is about 40km from the Nuclear Power plant, so if something big were to happen there, it may shake things up a bit.