Grocery Store Survival 1 Year: Everything in Here Expires

Grocery store survival for 1 year in a zombie apocalypse: the power dies, the dead are at the glass, and everything in here starts to expire. How long could you survive in a grocery store? Real survival facts from the USDA, CDC and NOAA, told day by day with dry humor. You're the night stocker at an Ohio grocery store when the lights die in Aisle 4. You lock the doors, and now you own the only pantry for miles. It's full. It's also spoiling, in order: the dairy first, then the freezers, then the bread, and slowly, the cans. Along the way you pick up real skills for a zombie apocalypse (or just a long winter power outage): how long food lasts in a fridge or freezer without power, how to stretch a freezer with dry ice (and why it shouldn't share a closed room with you), where to find drinking water when the taps die, how to treat rainwater with plain, unscented bleach, which moldy foods go in the trash, why the Thanksgiving grill never comes indoors, how to clean up after mice without sweeping, why bleach never meets ammonia, what to do with frozen or swollen cans, the warning signs of botulism, the early signs of scurvy, how late a spring frost can hit, why no rain shelter is safe when you hear thunder, where to shelter from a tornado in a big store, why canned food hates the heat, and what "best by" really means. And every night at exactly 3:07 AM, your inventory scanner beeps: someone at Store #0388 has scanned out one item. Can you crack the message before the story does? (Hint: pause on Day 6.) The story is fiction. The survival facts are real and sourced below, but they're general guidance, not medical advice. In a real emergency, call 911. Suspected botulism is a medical emergency: go to the ER right away. If you feel dizzy, light-headed or sick near anything that burns fuel, get to fresh air first, then call 911. Part 2 is coming. Subscribe so you're there for what happens after Day 365. Chapters: 0:00 Cold Open 0:32 Day 1 - The Four-Hour Wall 1:49 Day 2 - Make the Freezer Fuller 2:52 Day 6 - Where the Water Hides 4:02 Day 11 - The Fuzzy Aisle 4:48 Day 43 - Thanksgiving on the Roof 6:08 Day 61 - The Cereal Aisle Has Tenants 7:09 Day 97 - The Cans Freeze 8:26 Day 186 - The Tomatoes Can Wait 9:30 Day 228 - Small Room, Big Wind 10:32 Day 279 - The Can Clock 11:10 Day 365 - Best By Sources: https://www.fsis.usda.gov/food-safety... https://www.fsis.usda.gov/food-safety... https://www.fsis.usda.gov/food-safety... https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/covid-19... https://www.cdc.gov/water-emergency/a... https://www.cdc.gov/water-emergency/a... https://www.epa.gov/ground-water-and-... https://www.fsis.usda.gov/food-safety... https://www.cdc.gov/carbon-monoxide/a... https://www.cdc.gov/natural-disasters... https://archive.cdc.gov/www_cdc_gov/m... https://www.fda.gov/food/buy-store-se... https://www.cdc.gov/healthy-pets/rode... https://www.cdc.gov/natural-disasters... https://wwwn.cdc.gov/TSP/PHS/PHS.aspx... https://www.fsis.usda.gov/food-safety... https://www.cdc.gov/botulism/preventi... https://www.cdc.gov/botulism/signs-sy... https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/... https://www.weather.gov/iln/springfro... https://www.weather.gov/safety/lightn... https://www.spc.noaa.gov/faq/tornado/... https://www.weather.gov/safety/tornad... https://www.fsis.usda.gov/food-safety... #ZombieApocalypse #Survival #GroceryStore