re: OT Survivalists...What is your survival plan for a prolonged catastrophe?

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Area I live is perfect for a SHTF scenario. No road access, 70,000 people in an area the size of Florida, amazing abundance of fish and game, relatively mild climate.

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Peninsular Alaska isn't a bad spot to be, but hyopthermia would be a constant source of concern. I know the weather is relatively mild for Alaska, but even temps in the 20's/30's/40's for much of the year would be very concerning. Lack of daylight would make surviving winter an annual affair as well.

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Funny you mention this, because the #1 thing in long term shtf survival scenario is 'who do you trust'.

Everything else...food, water, ammo, supplies, etc is a distant second.

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This is an excellent point and something I forgot to mention earlier.

Skills like making alliances, politicking, planning and so forth are vital, probably even more important than logistics.

A former co-worker and I used to discuss this (while discussing the previous night's episode of The Walking Dead.)
Food, water and shelter are the necessities. At some point, you would be at a disadvantage by hunkering down in one place. Living in a large group in one location has a large footprint and would attract others who are in survival mode and will kill to stay alive. Your best chance is a group of 2 or 3 or doing it yourself.
I'd move to some remote place the north west. I'm pretty sure I could hunt, trap, fish and harvest vegetation for food and stay close to fresh, moving water. So instead of living in a place, my shelter would be hasty like a tent. Weapon of choice? .22 rifle, because I can carry a lot of ammo and stay mobile. Outside of that, a compass, magnifying glass (to make fire) and clothes for cold and wet weather.
Not saying I would be comfortable, but I think I could survive for years.

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Try drinking unfiltered and untreated water out of any ground source for a week and see what happens.

You'd get sick as frick with a quickness. Salt tablets sorta/kinda work, but that's not a long-term solution. You can boil water as well, but that takes something of a logistics trail and also leaves you vulnerable if you're lighting a fire.

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Is water from a standard well-pump system (like out in rural areas) filtered or treated? I don't know for sure but don't think so.

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Actually, most of us will die from starvation within the first month following a total collapse of our society.

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Nope, medical supplies will be the biggest killer. The amount of people that won't be able to get basic needs like heart pills/insulin/etc round the clock, not to mention all the elderly/terminally ill people that need basic services. Plus you have very basic illnesses that normally aren't fatal that will become much more dangerous. We easily forget how important modern medicine is to our society.

Starvation die off amounts can swing very wide depending on the time of year. If we are able to plant and harvest not long after it happens, we will be in much better shape when it comes to starvation. There will still be a massive die off, but it won't be the massive one from lack of medicine.

Out of the blue a few years ago my neighbor (former marine chopper pilot and sniper) asks me " what is your survival plan in the event we lose the power grid for a few weeks." Started feeling uneducated.

In response to his query, I mumbled something about having a generator which then got him excited and talking about guns, planting seeds, and damning up our creek for fresh drinking water.

Needless to say, I have a plan, but will not reveal here as it will be survival of the fittest in a post power grid apocalyptic world and my plan is classified family business.

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Thanks assholes, I just spent the last hour scouring over planting info and guides.

Good news is I have a lot of good info. Bad news is it takes a lot more than that.

Sucks because it seems like a lot of work to do it (grow crops) "for fun" to learn, but worth it.

Next I need to find out what soil types I'm dealing with.

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Hey now, there is always room on the island for a Marine with your skills. I don't think that clan would reject an obvious choice. Seems like our island clan is shaping up to be all surviving and all powerful - although, of course, we would be of the peaceful sort unless threatened.

Everyone talks about needing three years for the land to start producing enough to survive. I find that to be a load of shite. Think about settlers who moved into new areas - they didn't have that kind of time for the gardens to become profitable. Find a garden supply store, get some seeds and go from there...

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I'd like to stress the point to all that this is not easily done

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That is the understatement of the year. But not impossible, though. Its good to have the knowledge of how to do it just in case it is ever needed. Might be time for me to revisit some of this stuff...

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OT Survivalists...What is your survival plan for a prolonged catastrophe?

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Ample supply of weaponry.
50' sailboat.