Emergency food, long-term storage for lazy people like me

[Lusche]

Truly lazy people, like me, are just hoping someone else has done all that prepping for them   

[Brooke]

I forgot to ask.  What are you preparing for?  The end of Aces High?   

No way.  AH can't end.

Where I live, there are things that should be considered, and no one will call you a kook for considering them:  large earthquakes, tsunamis, (magnitude 9+ is possible and has happened along the coast of the Pacific Northwest), large volcanoes (St. Helens, Rainier, Hood, Baker -- lots of big volcanoes around here), storms that do things like knock out electricity for 750,000 people at a time (the last one put my parents and their area out of power for more than 2 weeks -- if that happened along with travel problems because of snow at same time, you'd be glad to have supplies).

Then there are the ones where, if you want to take them into consideration, some people think you are a kook, such as EMP attack or large solar flare that takes out electricity in huge area, some other act of war, economic/civil disruption that is large enough, etc.

I estimate that the odds of me needing stored food are very low, which is why if it's costly or too much work, I likely wouldn't get to it.  But if stored food takes me a few days of work once every 30 years and costs $1-2 per man-day of food, I can manage that.

It's cheap and easy enough for me to have this insurance for my family just in case.

[rabbidrabbit]

That's maybe what I work on as a next step.  (By the way, nice to see you.  )

I should have said hi when we were in town last week. 

I would be more concerned about 2 weeks to 2 months supplies since that is a far more likely possibility than armageddon/ long term anarchy.  If that predicted mega quake hits there will likely be no power for weeks if not a month plus.  That makes civil society much less civil.

[craz07]

No way.  AH can't end.

Where I live, there are things that should be considered, and no one will call you a kook for considering them:  large earthquakes, tsunamis, (magnitude 9+ is possible and has happened along the coast of the Pacific Northwest), large volcanoes (St. Helens, Rainier, Hood, Baker -- lots of big volcanoes around here), storms that do things like knock out electricity for 750,000 people at a time (the last one put my parents and their area out of power for more than 2 weeks -- if that happened along with travel problems because of snow at same time, you'd be glad to have supplies).

Then there are the ones where, if you want to take them into consideration, some people think you are a kook, such as EMP attack or large solar flare that takes out electricity in huge area, some other act of war, economic/civil disruption that is large enough, etc.

I estimate that the odds of me needing stored food are very low, which is why if it's costly or too much work, I likely wouldn't get to it.  But if stored food takes me a few days of work once every 30 years and costs $1-2 per man-day of food, I can manage that.

It's cheap and easy enough for me to have this insurance for my family just in case.

Maybe you should consider changing where you live.. hmmm?

[craz07]

since you could theoretically die during the emergency, before you get to use your buckets of rice n' beans.  Getting ur pants blown off when a volcano explodes you would probably think differently..

[Brooke]

Maybe you should consider changing where you live.. hmmm?

Every place has potential issues.  The whole west coast has earthquakes.  The whole east coast and whole south coast has bad storms or hurricanes.  A large portion of the country has winters that are a survival hazard without heat.  The whole southwest has no water, and big parts of the midwest don't have surface water accessible all over either.  The whole midwest has tornadoes.  Lots of the west can have enormous forest fires.

Western Washington State has the risks I talked about above.  However, on the positive side, it has plenty of fresh water all year either 10 feet from you (based on regular rainfall) or at most within easy walking distance no matter where you live; an enormous number of large trees everywhere for fuel; very mild winters (so you aren't dead if you don't have heat); a major city area that would be a priority of supply for the government, yet you can be in lower population density not too far away from it; rural areas that aren't far away; wilderness areas all over the place; and the ability to grow food and keep animals without needing water pumps or trucking lots of stuff in from elsewhere.

I would say that there are large portions of western Washington State that are good for survivability.  Just don't locate next to a volcano, in a major city, or on the shore.  If you take those things out, it still leaves lots and lots of places to pick from, including being a good area for job prospects, etc. in the times outside of disaster.

[craz07]

i will always think of you as brooke with your pants being blown off as a volcano explodes... lol

[guncrasher]

Truly lazy people, like me, are just hoping someone else has done all that prepping for them   

that reminds me of this dude at work that has been hoarding ammo.  his reasoning was that he can sell it for a premium in an emergency.

I told him, if it was me, I would just walk up to him and shoot him in the head and take his ammo.

the weird expression on his face told me that he hadn't thought of that.


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[ghi]

  The whole southwest has no water,

But they have this ingenious solution to save it;
  I watched this story in news, desperate solutions,  but why black balls? Dark colors are absorbing  heat and ...if wind spins the wet ball  increases the vaporization suface ,right ?
water gets very hot in my dark color  garden hose, well they know better ;

[Brooke]

I wondered the same thing:  why black?  Why not white ping-pong balls?

[BaldEagl]

Yep.  Been wondering the same thing myself.

[68ZooM]

I wondered the same thing:  why black?  Why not white ping-pong balls?

#blackballslifesmatter

[Lusche]

But they have this ingenious solution to save it;
  I watched this story in news, desperate solutions,  but why black balls? Dark colors are absorbing  heat and ...if wind spins the wet ball  increases the vaporization suface ,right ?
water gets very hot in my dark color  garden hose, well they know better ;

http://space.io9.com/why-are-drought-balls-black-instead-of-white-1724040253

[BaldEagl]

It takes a lot of balls to live in California.

[Ripsnort]

Don't forget a truck bug out bag!