This survival forum is a great addition. I like it!

Food for a year is relatively easy to build up. Just buy a little extra in non-perishables each time you shop and before you know it, you got a lot of food saved up.

TP - Never gave that much thought.... guess I better start stocking up!

Gas mask - Good idea as well. Though if we get nuked or hit with chemical/biological, you're only delaying the inevitable. You will get contaminated eventually when your entire environment is toxic.

Water - That's tough. You can't store water for as long as food without treating it and it isn't exactly portable in sufficient quantities. I've thought of making one of those solar stills so I can purify water without power or chemicals. Hopefully I'll get around to tinkering with that one of these days. I'm sure most of you know this already but I didn't even think about till I read it: your hot water heater has 40 gallons of drinkable water in it at any given time. That'll get you through a few weeks at least.