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Do you own emergency long-term food supply?
I voted: I currently do not own an emergency food supply.
YumYum
10-18-2009, 09:33 PM
Do you own emergency long-term food supply?
I voted: I currently do not own an emergency food supply.
Why not??
Why not??
Well, I need to do research on the best place to do it at, and I've been pretty lazy, so it hasn't happened yet. I'm trying to also got to my grocery story and see if me buying a bunch of canned food there is cheaper.
hugolp
10-19-2009, 12:50 AM
I dont eat food. I buy at Burger King.
Sandman33
10-19-2009, 02:36 AM
If you have ANY extra money you should put it into food NOW....not tomorrow NOW.
Are any of you paying ATTENTION to how much food prices have risen lately? Just hit a fast food joint and look how any combo meal is nearly TEN BUCKS now. A SODA at most places is nearly TWO DOLLARS...water is a buck fifty....for WATER.
The fed has printed a FUCKLOAD of new dollars that their FRIENDS will get to spend at full value....but YOU will be left with the inflation and TAXES. You get bent over TWICE.
If you don't understand that hyperinflation is not only coming but has already landed you're FUCKED...do you understand me? You and your family are FUCKED. You'd better learn how to cook zombies and rats or something because thats all you're going to see very soon.
w00ter
10-19-2009, 06:53 AM
Just a 1-month supply of freeze dried food,
not even on your radar for the poll.
w00ter
pacelli
10-19-2009, 06:58 AM
Well, I need to do research on the best place to do it at, and I've been pretty lazy, so it hasn't happened yet. I'm trying to also got to my grocery story and see if me buying a bunch of canned food there is cheaper.
Buying bulk canned foods at grocery stories is almost always going to be more expensive in the long run.
squarepusher
10-19-2009, 07:17 AM
Do you own emergency long-term food supply?
I voted: I currently do not own an emergency food supply.
I do not, although I do a lot of cooking at home, and dehydrate food for my own biweekly use.
Well, I need to do research on the best place to do it at, and I've been pretty lazy, so it hasn't happened yet. I'm trying to also got to my grocery story and see if me buying a bunch of canned food there is cheaper.
eOs, lets talk in chat sometime, since im working on setting up a food system as well. I know you are pretty young, do you live with family?
5 people dont eat food?????
silverhandorder
10-19-2009, 07:20 AM
My dad is a hunter we have a lot of meat in freezers. Other than that we are not worried. Both of my parents lived through the break up of USSR and don't worry about food. I tried to argue that the time spent on the line is not cost efficient. In any case either way with the supply we have I don't think that will be a problem.
tangent4ronpaul
10-19-2009, 08:38 AM
Well, I need to do research on the best place to do it at, and I've been pretty lazy, so it hasn't happened yet. I'm trying to also got to my grocery story and see if me buying a bunch of canned food there is cheaper.
Read Me First!
http://www.survival-center.com/foodfaq/
http://waltonfeed.com/
http://www.internet-grocer.net/#
http://www.coopdirectory.org/
http://www.pickyourown.org/statelist.htm#
-t
pcosmar
10-19-2009, 09:01 AM
Currently I have a short term supply on hand ( I wish it were more) but I have years of supply in the land.
Between what I can grow, gather and hunt, I can live off natures supply.
Icymudpuppy
10-20-2009, 12:36 PM
Mine is represented by about 80 acres of woodland with a healthy population of game.
Oyate
10-20-2009, 02:03 PM
Hmmmmm. Yes and no. I got the woman and kids set up with 60 days worth. I myself just did a count and I'm around 40 days worth of food. Plus I keep 40 gallons of water cached and both houses have Berkeys.
Given as business got slammed hard bad this year, I'll be lucky to just hold this line going forward.
HOWEVER, and EMERGENCY food supply isn't bulk storage. Emergencies usually don't last more than a week so for emergency food you need stuff that is light and portable like this:
http://www.alwaysbeprepared.com/site/558697/product/FB36M
That's the stuff you have in your "grab and go" or "bugout pack". Most often an emergency is something you want to get away from, not stay put for. How far are you going to make it on foot with a ton of tin cans on your back? Water should be the heaviest thing you carry.
My wife is gonna be the heaviest thing I have to carry ;)
tangent4ronpaul
10-20-2009, 02:12 PM
Hmmmmm. Yes and no. I got the woman and kids set up with 60 days worth. I myself just did a count and I'm around 40 days worth of food. Plus I keep 40 gallons of water cached and both houses have Berkeys.
Given as business got slammed hard bad this year, I'll be lucky to just hold this line going forward.
HOWEVER, and EMERGENCY food supply isn't bulk storage. Emergencies usually don't last more than a week so for emergency food you need stuff that is light and portable like this:
http://www.alwaysbeprepared.com/site/558697/product/FB36M
That's the stuff you have in your "grab and go" or "bugout pack". Most often an emergency is something you want to get away from, not stay put for. How far are you going to make it on foot with a ton of tin cans on your back? Water should be the heaviest thing you carry.
My wife is gonna be the heaviest thing I have to carry ;)
Yeah life boat rations are good for a BOB - maybe some MRE's (say 3 days worth) are OK, water a quart - maybe? - weight is better spend on a good filter.
"It is better to be cold, miserable, shivering, dirty and living in a hole in the ground than well fed, warm, comfortable and DEAD!"
-t
Dr.3D
10-20-2009, 02:18 PM
Yeah life boat rations are good for a BOB - maybe some MRE's (say 3 days worth) are OK, water a quart - maybe? - weight is better spend on a good filter.
"It is better to be cold, miserable, shivering, dirty and living in a hole in the ground than well fed, warm, comfortable and DEAD!"
-t
I much prefer freeze dried rations for backpacking. Life boat rations suck and MRE's are heavy.
libertarian4321
10-20-2009, 02:36 PM
If you have ANY extra money you should put it into food NOW....not tomorrow NOW.
Are any of you paying ATTENTION to how much food prices have risen lately? Just hit a fast food joint and look how any combo meal is nearly TEN BUCKS now. A SODA at most places is nearly TWO DOLLARS...water is a buck fifty....for WATER.
The fed has printed a FUCKLOAD of new dollars that their FRIENDS will get to spend at full value....but YOU will be left with the inflation and TAXES. You get bent over TWICE.
If you don't understand that hyperinflation is not only coming but has already landed you're FUCKED...do you understand me? You and your family are FUCKED. You'd better learn how to cook zombies and rats or something because thats all you're going to see very soon.
It's good to see everyone is remaining calm and no one is hysterical...
pcosmar
10-20-2009, 03:03 PM
It's good to see everyone is remaining calm and no one is hysterical...
Easy for me,
I am not located in or near any large city. ;)
Cowlesy
10-20-2009, 03:17 PM
It's good to see everyone is remaining calm and no one is hysterical...
Your hair is on fire!!!!!!!!!!!
Cowlesy
10-20-2009, 03:18 PM
Easy for me,
I am not located in or near any large city. ;)
*gulps*
<looks out 36th floor window at Midtown>
:o
pcosmar
10-20-2009, 03:20 PM
*gulps*
<looks out 36th floor window at Midtown>
:o
Make sure you know where the exits are. ;)
Mine is represented by about 80 acres of woodland with a healthy population of game.
Now THAT is ideal.
amisspelledword
10-20-2009, 03:56 PM
Mormons are asked to have a year's supply of food stocked up.
Quite often, local churches host information programs about how to accomplish such a daunting task. Many members are pretty informed on the subject and could be a valuable resource if you need help getting started. I'm convinced if you called your local Bishop he'd be able to at the very least point you in the right direction.
Oyate
10-20-2009, 05:56 PM
It's good to see everyone is remaining calm and no one is hysterical...
ROTFL! It is hard not to be emphatic sometimes.
=Cowlesy;2376713]*gulps*
<looks out 36th floor window at Midtown>
One time I had to find new offices for the company I worked for in NYC. I wouldn't take anything below 2nd floor because, you know, that place could flood some day. Co-workers laughed. They laughed more when I brought my office bugout pack in. 125 feet of climbing rope to evacuate from the top floor, dust masks, flashlight, hand digging tools, water and food. They laughed and laughed all the way to 9/11. Then they bought about 17 of these packs from me. Ha ha ha! Ha ha ha ha ha!
For some reason when my gradparents taught me to plan for the worst and hope for the best, they really taught me PLAN FOR THE WORST. In any other time I'd be a screwball. In this day and age I'm prepared. There are, however, limits even to my methodology. When I saw guys on TV marketing parachutes meant to assist people jumping from burning buildings, well then I had to laugh too. But then I wasn't up in WTC 1 or 2 looking down from near-orbit. Right then a parachute would have seemed pretty level headed and sensible. The best I could have done with 125' of climbing rope then would have been to hang myself.
Danke
10-20-2009, 06:05 PM
I live in a very liberal neighborhood. So all I need are my weapons, food will be easy to procure. I'll probably even have my own cook and waiter.
Blueskies
10-20-2009, 06:11 PM
I think its foolish.
If it gets to that point, you should be more worried about killing marauders, not starving.
I think its foolish.
If it gets to that point, you should be more worried about killing marauders, not starving.
That's an interesting point, especially people that live in very close proximity to many neighbors.
Read Me First!
http://www.survival-center.com/foodfaq/
http://waltonfeed.com/
http://www.internet-grocer.net/#
http://www.coopdirectory.org/
http://www.pickyourown.org/statelist.htm#
-t
Hey, thanks tangent.
Oyate
10-20-2009, 10:10 PM
I think its foolish.
If it gets to that point, you should be more worried about killing marauders, not starving.
Perhaps you interpret the reasons for storage narrowly. Have you noticed prices going up in the supermarket? I'm still eating at 2 years ago prices. I'm saving money. Is it foolish to reward yourself with best value for your hard earned dollar?
People in snowy areas stock up on food for times when they can't drive to market. Is this foolish or is this responsibility? It seems foolish to me to go hungry because of inclement weather.
Do you assume that food shortages or hungry people will transition into killing marauders overnight or perhaps at the sound of a bell? That there will be zero lag time between hunger and criminal activity? The circumstances in which this would happen seem rather remote to me.
How about all the people investing in gardens. Why everybody knows that agriculture is a long-term proposal. Is growing food foolish?
Stocking up food is a form of savings. Durable savings. Are savings foolish?
Are all the people who lived through the great depression and learned to stock up foolish or experienced?
Perhaps you are independently wealthy and cannot imagine a situation where you won't simply be able to reach into your pocket and buy food no matter what the price. Perhaps those who must rely upon their skills, whits and two hands for survival seem foolish to you. After all, if they were as prudent as you, they would have been born rich.
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