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Let us pretend that a severe disaster happened in your area... it could be any number of things... war, earthquake, etc. Suppose food became scarce and people began to be afraid. Check your home now. Do you have sufficent food an water to last you at least a month?

Now I am not asking if you have food enough to eat well, but just for survival. Most people also forget the importance of water which is more important than food for survival.

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Well I have plenty of canned foods and dry foods.  Actually we have enough to carry us for several months.  We don't have any bottled water in our house.  That would be my only problem in case of some kind of man-made or natural disaster.  I guess we take for granted that we will always be able to get water when we turn the faucets on.

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I don't know about food since we never have much in our house, probably but we would wind up eating things like warm ketchup and dry barley.  Water we would deffinetly have enough of since we buy in bulk.  Then again, we buy in bulk for a reason, I probably drink eight or ten glasses a day and so does my mom.
:-/

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We have "enough" I think to last for a month at least.  I have water stored, also, and matches (and more matches!) and an outside grill with charcoal, etc., so we can cook if the gas or electric is out.  I also have oil lamps (and oil!).  Also a portable radio and batteries.  I'm still working on our "bug out bags" -- emergency items already packed and ready by the door if we need to be evacuated, or worse, have to flee the area in a moment's notice.  (we live a mile from a large reservoir... we would be flooded out very quickly)

What a lot of people don't think about is, what do you do if the water is off for an extended period of time.  Do you have any idea what you would do about hygiene?  Do you have water for washing, and not just drinking?  I don't want to be too graphic here, but do you have a backup for your bathroom?  What would you do if you couldn't use it???

Preparedness is more than food storage.

In my opinion.

Roz

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Wow you guys are scaring me. I think I have to make a trip to the supermarket tomorrow.

I think my family is too dependent on electricity, because we only have 2 boxes of matches

also, I hate to say it, but I cant remember the last time I saw a battery in my house, except for inside the TV remote, but on the brighter side, we have loads of food, and alot of drinking water

Lets just hope that a severe disaster doesn't happen...to any of us!

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We don't mean to scare, but to prepare! But if getting scared is what motivates you, I can direct you to several scary websites.

Better yet, here's one that is for preparing... it's an LDS sponsored site... www.providentliving.org

I forget what company has the slogan "Just do it." I'm working on getting my storage up to six months... when I get that level, I'll work on having a year's worth. It takes time, especially for us on limited incomes. You just have to get what you can get when you can get it (and hopefully on sale!), make a plan and stick to it.

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Well my food storage is pretty sad at the moment. I think I have a can of pineapples, and a jar of homemade grape jelly. So if a crisis was to come up I would be in big trouble. I have to get better at it.

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Look at the C Crane website, for radios that don't require batteries. They will work on batteries, solar power, or a wind-up dynamo.

https://www.ccrane.com/wind_up_radios.asp

To start with, collect water in used 2 liter pop bottles. You may or may not put chlorine in them.

Next, you most likely do have water storage in your home. Most homes have a 40 gallon water heater. You can drain the water out of it for non-drinking uses such as washing or flushing. Of course, if you are in an emergency situation, you will have to give up the showers and baths. It is amazing how much water we waste in the name of cleanliness.

Finally, if you are getting deeply into storage, look at this site for some water storage solutions:
https://www.lastdaysunsealed.com/gotwater.html (modified: that is got water.html without the space.)

Now, while I have discussed this elsewhere, I would like to reiterate some basic storage ideas.

1. Store what you use, use what you store.

2. You could actually live on just wheat, for a very long time. It would be boring, but it would work.

3. Learn how to use what you are storing. For example, learn how to make whole wheat bread, sourdough, wheat sprouts, barley/wheat grass, and gluten. These are all simple things, but vital to living on your storage.

4. You can't really store more than a few weeks of water, so get some alternatives for drinking water. Get a purifier, some treatment tablets, some chlorine. Learn how to make a simple water still.

5. Get some books. Army field manuals, the SAS Survival Guide (if you can find it), the Foxfire books.

6. CAN OPENERS! https://www.sportsmansguide.com/ has military surplus tiny folding can openers, as well as a lot of other items that can really contribute to your preparedness.

7. Tents, sleeping bags, basic camping supplies. If there is a real disaster, these things may be your most important items.

Go to https://www.providentliving.org/ for some more information on both emergency kits and long term storage.

NightHawk