I think anybody who doesn't have at least some 'preps' is nuts. The world ending in 2012 is farfetched. A few days without electricity, water is not. Losing your job and having something to hold you over (foodwise) for a month or three is a good idea. Particularly for those of us living paycheck to paycheck. When we lost power here during the blizzard. I was able to snuggle up to my kerosene heater to stay warm. There was gasoline here so that when the weather broke, I was able to run the furnace from a generator. And while I didn't need to hit the canned goods (not that we have much).... it did give me an excuse to eat the half gallon of ice cream in the freezer. (it might have melted!!) :D ...and I don't expect people from LA (or anywhere else) to care about those of us in boonieville Illinois... so that's why I'm 'prepped'. hahaha
I get that people need to be prepared for a week or so of no power, but I don't get the hoarding. What are they expecting to happen? Why do people need to bury guns? It's like those defense shows they have on the outdoor channel. Not sure what that's all about either.
Guys...we have enough food to last a week at any given time in my house. Other than that, I am not really sure what I have to be worried about unless something comes up unexpectedly. I live .9 miles from the nearest food store.
Burying guns is twofold: 1) Survival in case house or such is destroyed and you can get to them. Also, think about it, if the SHTF, wouldn't someone possibly want to take another person's house or other structure? you don't go digging the ground up for something that most likey isn't there. 2) Keeping the gov't away from them.
I think of it as another form of insurance. We have about 3 months of food stored up. Better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it. Also, should the SHTF, my family will be more able to help our neighbors as we will (hopefully) be able to provide for our own basic needs. Which gives us opportunity to help.
If the end of the world is going to be like that movie ,I don't think their is any use in stocking up.lol.
I agree, I have far more brass and carbon in storage than tin. I do keep this shelf in the dining room tho'.
Wanna venture a guess how many people in Japan used to say the same thing? And I'm not talking about those whom have lost every thing, the shortages that their whole nation are dealing with are monumental,and long standing. Gardening and canning have always been a part or rural America and it seems to be getting more popular every day. Canned stuff needs no refrigeration and will last a very long time, just sayin.
I found a box of cereal at my mother inlaws house today unopened, best if used by 11/17/1999, !!! Needless to say I ate some anyway. She is definelty a food hoarder!!!!!
Christine, I have enough venison to last my family a month. We have water and other things to supplement that meat for at least several weeks. I feel fine mentally with that... Plus I have guns and bows which means those little squirrels out back are not safe.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/03/17/tainted-pork-is-latest-food-scandal-to-hit-china/ Tainted pork is latest food scandal to hit China By Agence France-Presse March 17, 2011 @ 6:40 pm SHANGHAI – China has been hit by a fresh food scandal after the country's largest meat processor was forced to apologise when an illegal additive was reportedly found in some of its pork products. Henan Shuanghui Investment and Development Co said it had halted operations at one of its subsidiaries while authorities investigate the case, in a statement to the Shenzhen Stock Exchange Wednesday, where it is listed. In a separate statement dated Wednesday its parent Shuanghui Group expressed a "deep apology for the incident in the unit, which had troubled consumers". The news follows the 2008 milk scandal in which a chemical was found to have been added to watered-down milk, leading to the deaths of several babies and left thousands sick. Products marketed under Shuanghui Group's Shineway brand were produced from pigs that were fed clenbuterol, an additive that can speed up muscle building and fat burning to produce leaner pork, the reports said. The additive, known among farmers as "lean meat powder", is banned in China because if eaten by humans it can lead to dizziness, heart palpitations and profuse sweating, the reports said. The listed company said its shares were suspended Wednesday until official findings were released "to avoid major impact on the company's stock price". "If it spreads to other producers, it will send shockwaves across the nation's meat industry, similar to the 2008 milk scandal," Zhao Yong, an industry analyst with Haitong Securities, told the Global Times newspaper on Thursday. As supermarkets pulled Shineway products from their shelves, the China Meat Association tried play down the possibility that tainted pork was widespread. "It's only an isolated case and was only found in one Shuanghui company. It won't bring destructive damage to either the industry or Shuanghui," the industry association's spokesman, He Zhonghua, told the Global Times. China reported 18 outbreaks of food-related clenbuterol poisoning between 1998 and 2007, according to a report on the Shanghai Food Safety website. One person died and more than 1,700 others fell ill, the website said. The latest batch of tainted pork products was first reported by state broadcaster China Central Television earlier this week. China's dairy industry still has yet to fully recover from the loss of trust caused by the 2008 milk scandal where melamine, normally used to make plastics, was added to watered-down milk to make it seem higher in protein. Twenty-two dairy producers were found to have sold products laced with melamine that killed at least six babies and left nearly 300,000 others ill.
