Is anyone stockpiling nonperishable food?

[angel.white]

ok, now ya'll are scarin' me...

Reminds me of being a kid and hearing my parents talk about underground bunkers and such.

...Runs to find a happy place.


In all seriousness I do agree to the extent of being practical. It's not a bad idea to be prepared. You never know what's around the corner. I just choose not to let it turn to paranoia and consume me. That's my happy place. Ahh, I feel better now

Lol, like Branden Frasier on Blast From the Past.

Seriously, I don't know what the people in this thread are going on about. The only explanation I've heard so far is terrorist attacks.

 

[mrwade01]

Well aren't some of you being a bit on the nasty side!! Wow, Kate isn't gone but a couple of days and already the fangs are out in full force! What is it, you think because you see one person gobsmack a Nun, its okay to toss civility out the window? Well let me tell you a little secrete, just because I haven't got a ton of supplies laid in, doesn't mean that I don't have the addresses of a bunch of Mormon households that do!
All kidding aside, what the hell huh? One of our own makes the mistake of feeling safe to mention a personal concern and they have to be beaten up for it? I seriously didn't want to have to say this but some of you have it coming. And to those, I have no choice but to say,
SHAME ON YOU!!
Robert.

 

[Frankie]

I think they are still under the influence of recent elections.he goon are after their guns, their money, their freedoms... But the people elected the goons...

 

[mrwade01]

ok, now ya'll are scarin' me...

Reminds me of being a kid and hearing my parents talk about underground bunkers and such.

...Runs to find a happy place.

ROFL, is there anyone else here who actually remembers the old duck and cover drills?

 

[mrwade01]

Nah. I just have designs on surviving. Plus, the extensive amount of survival horror gaming I've done has made me paranoid.

LOL, join me for a little left4dead?

 

[Faethe]

Nope not yet but Hurricane season is a comin soon.

LOL you live down here too, then.

For everyone else - you are going to find that the more crap you stockpile, the less you will ever eat of it. You also can not do this all at once. You build up a collection of Gilligan's Island goods once a year. That's what we do in Florida. Every year you add a little more onto it, and get rid of other stuff.

If you have no supplies and what to know what's most important start with this - mobility and information. If you can remain mobile (have access to a car, scooter, etc) and access to information (radio, TV, internet) and you do not have any essentials (water, food, fuel) you can usually find a way to them.

I don't know about snow. I know in Florida if you have a flooding issue it's best not to be home for it to begin with, unless you have a boat.

 

[OutWest]

ROFL, is there anyone else here who actually remembers the old duck and cover drills?

*starts to raise hand then realizes he'd reveal his age*

Actually I'm not that old, cause ours weren't the old atomic blast ones. Ours were a general purpose duck and cover with emphasis on tornados. In the early years of my schooling the vietnam war was still going on and the cuban missile crisis was still fresh in everyone's minds.

As for stockpiling - I dont do it very much, but do stockpile a little bit. If worst comes to worst, though, I know how to get in sister's house and get in best friend's house (both of whom stockpile)

 

[Frankie]

hehe, lie down head from the blast, place a newspaper over your face...

Did your drills also include putting gas masks on? I remeber lost of fun with the snouts.

 

[Alpine77]

Stockpiling is a good thing. However, stockpiling in the right place is even better. For those living in big cities, where if anything ever did happen, your stockpile would most likely be ransacked by the tens of thousands who did not stockpile. So to do it right, you must have some remote location, an "off the map" location to stockpile all your goods. Then when the world goes to hell, you can nestle in and be safe and sound. Just make sure you pack some heat to, you will be found sooner or later, maybe by only a few, but you will want to be able to take care of them, haha. Anyway, for all sorts of fun information about end times, status of our current economy, and other things that do not make primetime tv, check out www.coasttocoastam.com

 

[tribalmasters]

I'm stockpiling 'stuff' thank you for your time

 

[Wildsky]

When I save/put up food, 99% of the time it gets used up at thanksgiving and christmas time, or in January when we're stone broke - so its a good idea for us, when something is on sale (corn normally in our area) I'll buy lots, or folks give it away here - I steam and freeze it.
I have 2 apple trees that give WAY too many apples for us, some get fed to the horse and goat, we give some to other folks (by the bucket load) and I will either dry them, make apple butter or apples for pie and freeze that too!

 

[gep]

• Pay attention to what is going on around you.
• Be prepared for anything. (I grew up in Tornado alley.)
• Know your rights and do not surrender any of them without a fight.
• Stay informed: Don't use one source of information as the basis of your understanding. As I stated before, try to educate yourself on all sides of the issue. Somewhere in the middle of it all, lies the truth. Think.
• Don't choose to remain silent when you can speak out.
• Protect and care for those who cannot do so for themselves.

My comments were direct replies to specific posts. It wasn't my intention to minimize the OP's concern about shortages of E-cig supplies, but only to expand on the idea. My dark sense of humor invades everything I do. I mean no harm by it.

And for the record: This administration is no different than any of the ones that came before it. I am neutral about it. I have no more control or influence over it than I had over any of the ones before it. I write my representatives and sometimes they actually act in the interest of their constituents, most times they do not.

The only control I have on my life is within my direct sphere of influence and the choices I make. Whatever happens to me is my sole responsibility. I just try to make sure that my choices do not adversely affect others around me.

And I agree, basically, all anyone is trying to say is: Do what you feel you need to do to be prepared and feel secure in your life no matter what happens: Natural disasters etc.

Take care all!

GEP

 

[MonkeyMonk]

Wow! Thank you for so much participation! (I haven't been able to click all the links because the thread grew so fast.)

To be honest, I started the thread merely out of curiousity.... wondering what everyone else was doing? ... wondering if there was a crossover for stockpiling in general. Like an addiction/ OCD behavior tendencies... etc

Those of you that have gardens and mini-farms, you are so lucky!!! It's wonderful to grow things and to be close to the animals. That for me would be heaven on earth!!! What beautiful lessons your children and grandchildren are learning!

 

[MonkeyMonk]

Great post Gep! Love your thesis statements! And, I believe that too, that we are or must be responsible for ourselves. Excellently thought out, excellently presented post!

• Pay attention to what is going on around you.
• Be prepared for anything. (I grew up in Tornado alley.)
• Know your rights and do not surrender any of them without a fight.
• Stay informed: Don't use one source of information as the basis of your understanding. As I stated before, try to educate yourself on all sides of the issue. Somewhere in the middle of it all, lies the truth. Think.
• Don't choose to remain silent when you can speak out.
• Protect and care for those who cannot do so for themselves.

My comments were direct replies to specific posts. It wasn't my intention to minimize the OP's concern about shortages of E-cig supplies, but only to expand on the idea. My dark sense of humor invades everything I do. I mean no harm by it.

And for the record: This administration is no different than any of the ones that came before it. I am neutral about it. I have no more control or influence over it than I had over any of the ones before it. I write my representatives and sometimes they actually act in the interest of their constituents, most times they do not.

The only control I have on my life is within my direct sphere of influence and the choices I make. Whatever happens to me is my sole responsibility. I just try to make sure that my choices do not adversely affect others around me.

And I agree, basically, all anyone is trying to say is: Do what you feel you need to do to be prepared and feel secure in your life no matter what happens: Natural disasters etc.

Take care all!

GEP

 

[Lika]

Wow! Thank you for so much participation! (I haven't been able to click all the links because the thread grew so fast.)

To be honest, I started the thread merely out of curiousity.... wondering what everyone else was doing? ... wondering if there was a crossover for stockpiling in general. Like an addiction/ OCD behavior tendencies... etc

Those of you that have gardens and mini-farms, you are so lucky!!! It's wonderful to grow things and to be close to the animals. That for me would be heaven on earth!!! What beautiful lessons your children and grandchildren are learning!

To the OP:

You should feel special since this is twice I've quoted you today I'm kidding about that but I do want to say that I'm glad you started this thread. It has been quite an interesting read. Thank you.

In General:

I know I was being silly on parts of it but there was also some seriousness to what I said. I think it's smart to be prepared but not to the point of paranoia. I had a friend once who just knew everyone was out to get her and the world was going to end the next day, etc., etc. She and her family moved away some years ago and I haven't seen them since. For all I know she's sitting in a chair somewhere still waiting...

 

[MonkeyMonk]

Lika, that's so sad about your friend... and more so because you don't know what became of her. There are many people that we lose track of, but that we always keep in our heart. I always write their name on an imaginary balloon and send it up to heaven. (BTW for my sister's funeral, I got 12 huge hellium butterflies and at the end of the service each of us released our butterflies to be symbolic of her movement from this world into the next, and as a final gift or accompanyment to her new home. It was beautiful and it helped all of us!!!)

 

[skullsoup432]

I don't know about anyone else, but I take The Zombie Survival Guide as gospel. lol

 

[Momof3]

I load up on stuff we use when I get a good sale. Used to live totally in BFE and kept tons just because you have to when you live in BFE. Still own the place, so if I missed some big news event, I guess I've got a place to go and a pick-up and trailer to get essentials there. Have a juice stash hopefully enroute if this was e-cig related, but just because I could so did.

We do have chickens. Started with just for kids 4-H. Chickens are an addiction unto themselves and I highly recommend everyone get a couple. 4 RIRs, 2 BRs, 2EE/BB mix and 2 BB roos whose days may be numbered. Looking to add some silkies if anyone KS/OK/AR area knows where I can snag some. DH loves to garden, so we have a huge garden, or did depending on what all happened with this last snow. Also grapes and some fruit and nut trees. I can and freeze, but I never thought of it as stockpiling, just not wanting to waste all DHs hard work and I'm cheap.

I do share eggs and veggies/fruit with family/friends/neighbors, so if anything truly horrible went down, I'd probably get bombarded anyway.

 

[Bellinghamster]

I don't know about anyone else, but I take The Zombie Survival Guide as gospel. lol

Y'know? I thought that book was funny at first. Then it got SO deeply paranoiac, bleak, and fatalistic, that I just had to put it down. I used to like that kind of stuff [Alas Babylon, Red Dawn, etc], but gave it up for the same reason I don't listen to Nine Inch Nails anymore: I got tired of being angry, depressed, and scared all the time.

I have a nice stockpile of e-smoking gear, and that's about it.

 

[skullsoup432]

Y'know? I thought that book was funny at first. Then it got SO deeply paranoiac, bleak, and fatalistic, that I just had to put it down. I used to like that kind of stuff [Alas Babylon, Red Dawn, etc], but gave it up for the same reason I don't listen to Nine Inch Nails anymore: I got tired of being angry, depressed, and scared all the time.

I have a nice stockpile of e-smoking gear, and that's about it.

Actually, I started to type that though written tongue-in-cheek (Zombie Survival Guide), it shows some fatal flaws in our thinking. And it does.

If there ever was a major catastrophe, the powers that be have a powerful weapon. Food. Once food is controlled, so are we. If your small children were starving, 99.99% would do anything to get them fed. Be it digging ditches, selling your body, or executing neighbors.

I am far from a doomsday believer, but it is scary what humans do to each other with out starvation as a motivation.