where do you live that you can have that much space??
Alaska
@Dave26. Thereās indoor plumbing but the toilets run off my water tankā so In he event of zombie apocalypse weād have to ration flushes or only poop indoors when it rains.
Iāve actually tried to figure out how to connect them to my shallow well which is not potable waterā but thatās a pretty major plumbing project to make it not look stupid and be functional
ah. okay that all makes sense now!
Iād join such a diabetes group. Iām paranoid enough about earthquakes and living in a city connected by nine major bridges (one of which is between work and home, and sometimes Iām two major bridges and an underwater tunnel away from home during work) or otherwise being stranded that I do carry enough diabetes supplies to last several days at all times. (Itās come in handy in many day-to-day instances as well, like if I have super high BG unexpectedly.) And I do keep a well-stocked earthquake kit in a backpack (I use some of the bits in there to travel, which makes packing easier and makes sure things donāt expire). But I donāt think Iād survive an actual apocalypse for long.
I donāt think many other people in cities would either. I feel vulnerable, overwhelmed and borderline paranoid even going on vacation in a city. So many variables outside individual controlā¦ not for me
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I tend to think weād band together and cooperate in a major disaster. 
Plus, being unable to drive, Iād be seriously limited and dependent on others to drive me around living anywhere that didnāt have an extensive public transit network, so Iād never move out of a big city if I had a choice.
Before I moved from San Francisco to Portland, I felt like I had some buffer of emergency resources in the event of a bad earthquake or other natural disaster. I lived in a sailboat. My boat had a 50-gallon water tank that I kept more than half full. My refrigerator and lighting ran off of my batteries and I could go several days before needing to recharge.
If utility power was out, I could run the auxiliary diesel engine to recharge the batteries. My main diesel fuel tank could run the engine about 54 hours. I usually kept this tank full. I could cook with propane and one tank could last three months; I had four propane tanks.
My boat seemed to be a good structure to ride out an earthquake. The other appeal of the boat, in emergencies, is that I could move it to another location if necessary.
Now I live in the middle floor of a three story apartment building. The building is 108 years old and built of unreinforced masonry ā the absolute worst place to get caught in an earthquake. Compounding my vulnerability is the fact that the Pacific Northwest is overdue for a large earthquake. Needless to say, I am particularly vulnerable to an earthquake emergency.
I donāt plan to stay here long term. My plan is to adopt traveling in an RV full-time for several years. My boat is up for sale and I will but the RV once it sells.
So, Iām concentrating on the things that I can effect. Whenever I leave the apartment, I take a backpack with me. I now have all the medical supplies wth me for seven days. I know that leaves open important issues of food, water, and shelter. At this point, Iāll have to live with this risk. One thing Iāve learned is that you can manage risk and makes things relatively less risky. You cannot, however, reduce risk absolutely. Only dying eliminates all risk.
This is a good topic to think about. Having a plan that will help with a 3-7 day loss of basic services seems rational to me. A worse catastrophe will be harder to survive.
How much insulin does everyone keep on hand?
Iāve built up 2 months by refilling at 24 days since last prescription, the earliest theyāll let me refill.
In an emergency, going very LCHF I could probably make that stretch to 4 months.
Oh, and if the apocalypse comes, I aināt sharing. The rest of you can be zombie food.
(j/k, of course Iād share 
keep in mind that with my insulin resistance, 2 months of insulin for me is enough to share with all the T1 diabetics in northern CA and all of us still make it 1.97683 months)
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I currently have 17 pens of tresiba / lantus / levemir (I can definitely ration to 1 pen / month in a pinch
15 pens of various rapids (I could easily ration each pen to last 2 months (I suppose I better request a novolog refill to add a little more )
10.5 boxes of afrezzaā would last essentially forever if I was rationing and avoiding carbs
And 12 vials of R / NPH / 70/30
I have no doubt I could get by for 3+ years in an emergencyā¦
Bear in mind I could blast through that much insulin in a big hurry too it ENTIRELY depends how many carbs I eat
Does anyone know if thereās something similar to a generator (but more like a giant battery) that one could get to keep in an rented apartment that would be able to be used to charge devices and maybe even boil water during a days-long power outage? I have a little power bank, but it recharges my phone about one and a half times and thatās about it.
It would take a very large / costly battery setup to have enough power to boil waterā¦ something could be jerry rigged to charge your phone and Dexcom, etc quite easily from a car battery with very little wiring skillā¦
Youād probably be better off with a little camping propane burner for cooking, something like this:
Coleman Bottle Top Propane Stove Amazon.com
Would a car battery be able to boil water?
Anything with fuel/fumes and apartments kind of scares me, if only because I donāt have depth perception and am always scared Iāll judge my reach wrong and knock it over. I donāt even like having candles for that reason. I do not want to be the one to blame if the building burns downā¦
Would a car battery be able to boil water? Sure it could be made to happen but itād be pretty impractical and inefficient. Iād just get the propane burner and take it outside if you need toā¦ itās really no different than using the stovetop thatās already in your apartment if you donāt knock it overā¦ maybe practice learning to use it before itās an emergency
You may want to look into a UPC battery, like what they use to keep computer servers running during an outage. It could only supply one or two items at a time, but my old roommates successfully āborrowedā their labās old UPC and used it to power a small fridge on a weekend camping trip.
OK, so thereās no open flame? Iāve clearly never used one of these, though my parents had a (much larger) propane stove they used on camping trips when we were kids. Iād definitely practice using it before there was an emergency!
That one and most other propane burners have a small open flame just like a natural gas oven cooktop would
Another idea is one of these vehicle jump starters which is cigarette lighter style port and a USB cord portā plus the added benefit that they can jump start a car
Ps I havenāt actually researched specs of one vs the other model of these so this one is just an example and not a specific recommendation
Stanley J509 1000 Peak Amp Jump Starter Amazon.com
Thatās all?
And you call yourself prepared?!?!? 
I also have the ability to procure more through other methodsā¦ plus a good network of very capable friends
Good lord how does one acquire this much insulin? I live in Seattle so I am constantly thinking about the big one. Literally the only thing going for me is that I could walk home in about 45 minutes if I had to.