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You are absolutly right. Food storage plays an important part of preparedness, but we must also look at other areas as well.

For instance, precious metals are a good investment in case we lose our jobs or need emergency money for any reason.

Electrical generators are good for when we have sudden power failures.

Another good idea is to establish neighborhood preparedness groups in case of natural or manmade disasters.

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I think my food & water storage would last for a while but I' m not sure I'm as organized in other areas as I could be. I think my biggest problem in an emergency would be trying to find everything in my house that I would need apart from food & water. Most things are tucked away behind or under things or at the back of cupboards because I don't have enough space to keep them in easily accessable places.

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Here is a suggestion.  This is basically what we have done.

Get a good backpack.  We paid about $80 for a very nice one.

Get some candy bars, put them in a plastic bag.  Put them in the backpack.

Purchase a few MREs.  Readily available on the internet.  They last for years.

Get a couple of flashlights, some candles, and some matches.  You might consider the new flashlights that you can wind up, so if the batteries are dead, you can still have some light.  There is also a flashlight that you just shake for a few seconds, and it will provide light for about ½ hour or so.

Put a change of clothes in the backpack, along with a couple of extra pairs of socks and underwear.  Wrap them all up in a nice, sturdy towel.

Get some emergency water packs.  They are inexpensive, and store for many years.  Just get enough to last about 3 days.

Consider some items such as an emergency or camping cook stove, a camping mess kit or just a couple of small pans.  Store some plastic cups and some flatware in the pans.  Make sure you have at least one roll of toilet paper.  Don't skimp.

Put in some asprin and some other minor medications.  Don't forget the insect repellent!  Make sure you have some basic bandages, antiseptic cream, soap, a small bottle of shampoo.

Put it all together, and you have your emergency kit, easy to pick up and get out of the house with when you need it.

After that, it is just a matter of building up the storage piece by piece.

NightHawk

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Another thing we don't think about for food storage is spices! If you have to eat beans every day for a month, how about dressing 'em up a little? Salt, garlic powder, cayenne pepper (woo!), etc. Even dehydrated onions or bell peppers.

I've also learned recently that cinnamon (among other amazing things) acts as an anti-bacterial, and will actually kill E. Coli!

Store what you use, use what you store. Don't store foods you know your kids (or your spouse, or you) won't eat. Learn to cook what's in your storage. Don't just buy it and sock it away in a closet and forget it. Rotate everything by using it up and then replenishing what you use. (First in, first out)

Roz

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A very interesting book about a disaster, and what people might have to face is: Lucifer's Hammer by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle. It is an old sci-fi book, but extremely well thought out.

One of the points that they brought up in the book is that spices can make an extremely good trading medium after a disaster. A small bag of pepper, for example, was worth a king's ransom in the middle ages in Europe.

NightHawk

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I don't need canned food. Just give me a knife and I'll be fine. If I run out of animals, there's always cannibalism.

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Raven, I hope you are not serious, plus I am not sure how that would work in a radio active environment? At least food stored underground can give you a fighting chance? Besides... if it is economical based, then I am sure that the family won't want to eat rabbits each night for dinner.

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Am I being serious? I guess we'll never know.

Anyway, radioactive bunnies may not be a good idea to digest, I give you that. I was thinking more in the line of earthquakes and such, not the apocalypse. But if nuclear holocaust did occur, and I somehow survived, I guess I would trek and find a place far from the devastation where nature was still intact. I believe that would be the optional place to restart my life, not in the remains of our former civilization. Who knows what I might bump into there. Marauder gangs or plague infections. Not to mention the radioactive killer bunnies.