SURVIVING THE EBOCALYPSE (WIP)

MONKIE'S GUIDE TO SURVIVING THE EBOCALYPSE

things you need:
-source of purified water (not tap/bottled, that's horseshit)
-disinfecting solutions en masse
-food, nonperishable, healthy, in bulk
-means to preserve food
-air filters for outside air
-means to maintain general health/vitamins
-some kind of safe room to store this shit, preferably no windows+rubber seals on most entry points
-means to prevent looters. locks are great until people break them
-means to dispose of waste in a hygienic manner
-equipment for leaving your safe room without getting infected
-staying sane in a dank ass bunker for months on end
-electricity generation
-insulate room for winter/sound dampening

WATER PURIFICATION:
You can go with some super fancy equipment if you're a richfag, such as Berkey, Katadyne, or System One, but a system I will use is the Lifestraw Family 1.0.; it's a really damn good filter which doesn't use electricity and will automatically stop working after its filter fails. Plus, it can do about 2700 gallons before dying on you, so that's good.
http://www.amazon.com/LifeStraw-Family-1-0-Water-Purifier/dp/B00FM9OBQS/ref=pd_sim_sg_4?ie=UTF8&refRID=1JPZ4SZ3FYJC5M8T86AD
($75)

WATER STORAGE:
It's safe to say that when SHTF, people aren't going to be operating water infrastructure. For this, we'll want to get as much water out of our taps, sinks, and baths as possible, then store them in a safe container for later use. Men will typically need 13 cups of water daily and women need only nine, but it's suggested that we really only require eight cups. This means, daily, a person will consume half a gallon of water, but we also need to factor in culinary use, bathing, et cetera. Now, water isn't as efficient to store as rice or beans, so we're going to need a lot of storage to survive beyond a few weeks. 55 gallon food drums are the only really cheap way to do this and should keep you alive for 3 months per barrel if you're being frugal. Make sure to get closed barrels. Their sanitation isn't a major concern, because you're going to be filtering it before you drink it. You don't want to go cheap with your water supply.

http://www.uline.com/bl_8154/plastic-drums
65 dollars each in a 4 set, seems like a solid choice.
($260)

FOOD:
Carbohydrates are god's gift to mankind. We're going to utilize them. Ideally, we want food which already lasts a pretty long time without preservatives and then will store them further through other means (see below). Pinto beans are cheap, healthy, and come in bulk.
https://www.ifsbulk.com/pinto-beans
($25 for 25 lbs. Not bad! By the way, this translates to about 3 1/2 gallons of pinto, so keep that in mind)
Rice is also a great choice, but keep in mind that brown rice contains oils and can spoil quicker. Parboiled rice is great because it has almost all (80%) of the nutrients of brown rice and less of the oils in brown rice; if stored in an oxygen free environment, they can last up to 25 years.
http://www.nuts.com/cookingbaking/grains/rice/parboiled.html
($50 for 25 lbs.)
You'll also want salt both for flavor and valuable iodine. We don't need a shitton of it though.
http://www.amazon.com/Morton-Table-Salt/dp/B001YXRRPI
(~$30 for 25 lbs. You're probably not going to need this much if you only get 25 lbs of other food.)

Potatoes are a great source of carbs and contain a lot of water. They last about 4-5 weeks in a cool environment, so you'll need to preserve them somehow. I can't find how to order them online aside from buying a literal ton of them from alibaba. Get off that pudgy ass and get to Costco or something.

Try to bring spices as you like them, i.e. tabasco and whatnot, but make sure they're stored in a sanitary environment. Vinegar-based sauces would probably do good.

FOOD STORAGE:
You're going to want to store these delicious piles of potatoes and beans somewhere, but sackcloth isn't renown for its ebola-filtering properties. 55-gallon food drums seem to be a good choice for this task, but they can run for up to 75 dollars per. A better solution are these mylar bags which come with oxygen absorbers: they remove oxygen from a container, are fairly cheap, can hold a /lot/ of shit, and resist punctures/tears/the sun. But your basement-dwelling ass probably never sees it anyway. Get individual bags for each type of food. Most importantly, keep them in a cool environment! NO amount of oxygen removal will stop food from spoiling in high heat.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00967K6DO?psc=1
($35)

STAYING HEALTHY:
I love me some potatoes, rice, and beans, but they're not going to provide perfect nutrition. You need to have a good supply of multivitamins and whatnot to not die painfully of scurvy or something. The main vitamins you'll want are C, D, and general multivites.

VITAMIN C IS EXTREMELY GODDAMN IMPORTANT. It can work as a treatment (not cure) for ebola. Read following article:
http://i.imgur.com/n7KQo2a.png

Don't skim.

Vitamin C:
http://www.amazon.com/Foods-Vitamin-Sustained-Release-Tablets/dp/B0013P1GD6/ref=sr_1_2?s=hpc&ie=UTF8&qid=1412217030&sr=1-2
($15, 250 tabs. BUY A LOT OF THESE. Take twice daily, double dose if you feel symptoms. Building tolerance for more Vitamin C is key to survival.)

Vitamin D:
http://www.amazon.com/Nutrigold-Vitamin-Softgels-GMO-free-Preservative-free/dp/B004N8TTBQ/ref=sr_1_2?s=hpc&ie=UTF8&qid=1412217100&sr=1-2&keywords=vitamin+d
($16, 360 softgels. Don't worry about the 2:3 thing with these.)

Multivites:
http://www.amazon.com/Kirkland-Signature-Vitamins-Minerals-500-Count/dp/B002RL8FCU/ref=sr_1_1?s=hpc&ie=UTF8&qid=1412217162&sr=1-1&keywords=multivitamins
($19, 500 tabs, thank you based costco)

AIR PURIFICATION:
EBOLA IS NOT AIRBORNE. Regardless, we need to stay noided in case of other diseases and whatnot. While it's not absolutely necessary, having an air filter with true HEPA filtering should keep you safe, just in case. By having an air filter, you lessen the risks inherent with introducing outside air into your safe room. Change filters every 6 months.
http://www.amazon.com/GermGuardian-AC4825-Cleaning-Reduction-22-Inch/dp/B004VGIGVY/ref=pd_sbs_hg_1?ie=UTF8&refRID=1JMKT0BGK926545J580M
($90)
http://www.amazon.com/GermGuardian-FLT4825-Replacement-Filter-AC4800/dp/B0055521W0/ref=pd_sim_hpc_1?ie=UTF8&refRID=08SB98TRTDJYBQECDDZJ
($25, replacement filters)

ELECTRICITY:
Ideally, we want a good source of energy for local appliances in case the power grid cuts out. Unfortunately, generators are both loud and need a lot of fuel to keep running, along with fuel being finite and you being in a basement or something (i.e. no smoke dispersal). To prevent people from stealing your solar panels, stick them high up and at an angle; I doubt people are crazy enough to bring ladders and whatnot to break them off your roof. The only real problem is that they're an investment, but as with most of the stuff in this guide, you can still use them if shit doesn't hit the fan.
http://www.amazon.com/Renogy-Solar-Panel-Bundle-200Watt/dp/B00B8L8MD2/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1412905893&sr=8-6
($325)

With a source of power, you can easily charge a lightweight laptop and MOST IMPORTANTLY HAVE SOME WAY TO BOIL WATER.
Boiling water is the SHIT because you can:
-Clean yourself (dip hand towel into water, apply generously)
-Wash clothing
-Purifies water again, just to make sure
-Cook all those grains
-You can fill out the rest
Our choice is a pressure cooker, as it's efficient and quick.
http://www.amazon.com/Presto-6-Quart-Aluminum-Pressure-Cooker/dp/B00006ISG3/ref=sr_1_5?s=kitchen&ie=UTF8&qid=1412905664&sr=1-5&keywords=pressure+cooker
($60)

HOME DEFENSE:
The best weapon against raiders is stealth. A lot of the stuff within this guide is centered around not leaving your safe house and there's a good reason for it, too: nobody's going to turn over a house that doesn't look lootable and is somewhat annoying to enter. With barricading a home, try to simply make it hard to get in, but not insanely overprotected (reinforced glass and steel walls or some shit). Set up furniture in front of door entrances, board up windows really well, et cetera. If your assailants are smart, they won't want to make a lot of noise either. If you're really sneaky, try to paint a "safehouse" sign pointing down the road or something, but remember, the goal is to make your house look just like all the ones everyone else passed by. Make sure nothing valuable looking is in plain sight, either. Since most of your time will be spent inside your safe room, the inside of your house aside from it should be very spartan with decoration in case they actually look inside; open and empty pantry doors, no electronics, tip over your refrigerator or something, the works. It should look either previously looted or desolate as hell.

In the off-chance that they get in, have some sort of weapon ready to handle them. Odds are, they'll have melee weapons or civilian arms. Not everyone's a /k/ommando. Make sure the door to your safe house is well-defended; consider a lowerable wooden bar, metal door, unscrewable handle, et cetera. Lock should be on your side. Keep a firearm at hand as well, suppressed with subsonic ammunition if you've got the time and money. Gun suppressors aren't like in the movies, no quiet "pew pew pew" so to speak, but they conceal the direction the noise came from. If people hear gunshots in the distance, they won't want to enter the area unless they're really insane. Aim for center mass and keep distance from looters in case they're infected. There's no substitute for training so put those rounds in at the range. Keep a box or two of ammunition ready, but don't go all John Rambo at the first sign of trouble. A gun is a last resort.
Get a spam can of ammo if you just want to be sure that you're not going to run dry.
http://www.luckygunner.com/9mm-115-grain-fmj-tula-tin-900-rounds
(205 dollars, but 22 cents per round. Not bad. Also comes with a can opener!)

If you want a "cheap" gun suppressor, look into the Econo-Can. It modifies an oil can into a gun suppressor for about 75 dollars, plus registering it (200).

A good set of weapons to own would be a Mosin-Nagant rifle (innawoods, hunting, shooty), some sort of shotgun, and either a revolver or semiautomatic pistol.

If you're more interested in quieter, ammo-free solutions, try using a bow, sling, or some kind of melee weapon (blunt, we don't want that blood spray, use a kanabo if you're a weebshit). Improvised weaponry isn't as favorable due to not being intended for combat, but sometimes a bit of elbow grease and a fire extinguisher is just as lethal as a hollow point.

EXTERNAL SAFETY:
While this guide covers you for roughly nine months to a year, at some point your ass is going to have to go outside. Water filter breaks down, solar panels damaged, out of water or food; the list can go on and on. Fortunately, preventing infection by ebola is fairly easy with the right gear. The first thing to get is a respirator: either get a cheapo face mask with attached respirator (20 dollars, ten pack, not linking) or get a full-face respirator from 3M. The filters are cheaper than a regular gas mask and this seems far more reliable. Keep in mind, it's an ebola-loaded environment, but not chernobyl, so you don't need to worry about changing filters every 45 minutes. They should work for twelve hours.
http://www.amazon.com/3M-Respirator-6800-Respiratory-Protection/dp/B007JZ1LG6/ref=zg_bs_2257619011_12
(90 dollars with Prime)
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B009POHLRC
($~23, two-pack)
If you're going for the mask respirator, get a good set of face covering goggles. You want as little of a gap between your mask and your goggles as possible to prevent infection and duct tape wasted.

Up next are coveralls. You don't want to get nasty virus laden crap on you while in THE ZONE so just get a regular set or wear a second over it for max protection. While they are disposable, we don't want to burn through them every time we step outside, so decontaminating them by simply soaking in bleach is a perfectly viable option. Obviously, if it gets breached, scrap it and disinfect the area immediately. Bleach on skin isn't nice, but it's better than ebola.
http://www.amazon.com/DuPont-Protective-Coverall-Disposable-2X-Large/dp/B000RMH08Q/ref=sr_1_8?s=industrial&ie=UTF8&qid=1412925961&sr=1-8&keywords=coveralls
(9 dollars with Prime, get multiples)
You'll also need gloves, you can figure out why. While wearing, dip them into a bucket of water to check for leaks. Go up to ~1cm of the end of the glove to make sure it's hole-free.
http://www.amazon.com/Wells-Lamont-167L-Heavyweight-Gauntlet/dp/B000BZ8K4M/ref=pd_sbs_indust_3?ie=UTF8&refRID=0M0DAN6RX5SM5X0G5HQG
($10)
Galoshes are a must. As with the gloves, dip into water to check for leaks. You don't need to wear them while checking.
(http://www.amazon.com/ONGUARD-87401-Buffalo-Outsole-Height/dp/B000QCBJJS/ref=pd_sim_indust_4?ie=UTF8&refRID=1Z152AH7PWTQP1WT9ZGZ)
($21)
With your suit complete, duct tape shut every single entry point (mask+hood, gloves+suit, boots+suit) and triple check that there aren't any holes.