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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wait, are you guys all worried about a nuclear attack? I’m not, but if you are and you want to plan for it you need a goodly stick of food that needs no heating or cooking and water (a month). If that happens you’ll be in your basement with no electricity and no way to make a fire, because you won’t be able to vent it to the outside (all cracks etc need to be sealed with plastic to prevent radiation getting in).

That’s a whole other level of planning and worry! Unwarranted, I think.[/quote]

I *think* think OP was worried about inflation?  (If so, I’m not sure she understands inflation). The other preppers seem worried about something else. Though I’m not sure what. [/quote]

I made my suggestions based on basic emergency preparedness.  As to the rest, or some of the rest, [b]many of us were startled by the empty shelves two years ago[/b], coupled with this current,  second round of rising prices. As someone who used to shop when I needed things, I will probably always have extra toilet paper and enough food that doesn’t require cooking to last a few days. [/quote]

But you know what?  You all survived, right?  I mean, being without toilet paper or having to conserve it wasn't the end of the world right?   And no one in the DC area starved because of empty shelves.  Maybe there wasn't the particular kind of food they wanted, but there was OTHER food.  Right?

That's the lesson to be learned - be adaptable.[/quote]

Sure. And the other lesson learned from being unprepared is that it doesn't take much effort to have some basics on-hand just in case.

There are all sorts of things that can happen. Such as, losing power for 5 days from a derecho. 
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We were out of power more than five days with the derecho and it was so hot. We definitely learned no one was coming to help us.[/quote]

Yep. and we had downed power lines laying onthe ground blocking two of three exits to our street. \

in post katrina new orleans, it took about 2 weeks to get stuff back up and there was nothing to eat. Port of New Orleans and Biloxi stopped receiving stuff so Huston backed up and trucks could not get through so it was months before a fresh vegetable was free for purchase.[/quote]

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