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A friend asked me the other day....
Posted: Oct 7, 2016
She said I have a strange question to ask you, and now don't laugh. But, a lot of my friends and neighbors are stockpiling food and water. Are you doing that? Should I be doing that?
After reading the below documents, news reports, and my peers' comments on this page, my answer is ABSOLUTELY! The question is now, when will we need it, what will be the circumstances. It is so odd. I have been writing a novel for about 5 years now (yeah, need to get it done, but keeping editing, rewriting, etc and putting off), and my book is so coming true.
Batten down the hatches!
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Disaster can come in many different forms - both natural and man-made.
[ In Reply To ..]We live in a society that is utterly dependent on a complex framework of infrastructure that's much more fragile than we care to think about.
It's only prudent to provide the means by which you and your family can survive for at least several weeks without the support of this infrastructure if it becomes impossible to get water from the tap, electricity from the plug, food from the grocery store, medications from the pharmacy...or protection and medical aid from the police and emergency services.
We have been reading and preparing for when the SHTF. - I've larned how to sew, can, fix my own
[ In Reply To ..]stuff when I can. We stockpile toilet paper, food, Band-Aids, pet food, duct tape.
We live in the country so we plan to bug in rather than bug out. We tried living off the grid for a week. It's hard especially in the winter, but at least I know what to expect. It's easy to get distracted with all the drama today.
It's sad that someone has to even ask this. - sm
[ In Reply To ..]Absolutely everyone should have food, water, medication and first aid supplies, and whatever else they need to survive at least 1 week without power or water. (Obvious additional needs are something to cook with, waterless soap and shampoo, a way to launder at least some clothes, provision for sanitation without a flush toilet, something for heat if they're in a cold climate, and lights and a radio with AM, FM, and shortwave bands that can be powered off batteries, the sun, or with a crank.)
If you live anywhere you know is prone to natural disaster, at least a month of food and water would be better, and you should probably have a tent and sleeping bags. The ideal would be if everyone would act like the 7th Day Adventists and try to have a stockpile of a year of everything needed for their family.
You should have at least 6 months supply of food and water. The, you won't have - to deal with this...
[ In Reply To ..]Two women became embroiled in a brutal scrap over the last case of water in a supermarket ahead of Hurricane Matthew , its reported.
The can be seen repeatedly battering and pulling each others hair in the middle of a Walmart store, apparently after one of them put the store's last water bottles in her trolley.
The taller of the two women then grabs a trolley and starts ramming it into the other woman, forcing her into a display unit where she crashes into several boxes.
She then turns and starts throwing the packages at the woman behind the trolley, who in turn charges towards her.
When the SHTF for real, people like this won't last very long. - They probably don't even have a week's w
[ In Reply To ..]of food in the house (but surely they have a big-screen TV and video games...)
Here's the You tube link... - NM
[ In Reply To ..]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPmHM7Zaklo&feature=youtu.be
Who took the case of water while they were fighting? - Prepping 101, water filter.
[ In Reply To ..]This is what socialist Venezuela looks like.
Guess they don't have enough sense to turn on a spigot and - fill a jug. That little one
[ In Reply To ..]has spunk.
Hippopotamus attacks fawn at watering hole - That video needs the old Star Trek
[ In Reply To ..]“fight music” as its soundtrack.
Better to be prepared - nn
[ In Reply To ..]I have stockpiled a couple years now. I have about 30 gallons of water (not enough) and lots of rice, beans, canned foods, et cetera that we could survive on if need be. You just never know WHAT could happen, and stores only have food for about two days before they are completely wiped out. Rice and beans are cheap and keep along time. No reason to not have at least that along with water. I store in 5 gallon containers. I keep a few medical supplies around as well and things like matches, lanterns, et cetera.
I recommend a site called The Survival Mom. - It's focusd on women and
[ In Reply To ..]families.
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