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Originally Posted by dyna mo
cd, did ya stock back up after the experiment? !
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That was the other benefit of doing it, it gave me the opporunity to clear out my old stores, and yes I have begun replenishing my usual amount of on-hand foods with new stuff. For example I found some old bread-making kits that were a good 10 years past their expiration. Tossed a lot of stuff out. Except now I'm a bit more aware of things I would run out of quickly and am now taking at least some minimal steps to alleviate that problem from happening again.
But I'm nowhere near in the same league as some of those preppers on TV. Some of them have bunkers (both in-home and remotely located) stockpiled with enough provisions to last them a year or in some cases many years. Many have dozens of weapons, thousands of rounds of ammo, they run drills and train their kids in maneuvers and weapon handling, water collection and purification systems in place, backup generators, etc etc.
I doubt I'll ever take it that far, hopefully never had to at least. But to those nay-sayers who think it can't happen to them I say it definitely can't hurt to have at least a few things put in place. I mean, do you have life insurance? Car insurance? Do you have a spare tire and jack in your car? If so.... why? What's the point of having any of that?
"Just in case?"
People need to think of having some stored food and water, security, etc, as another kind of insurance policy.