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Yeah, I have three tubs of survival food in the basement of my suburban home.
If some event took out the power and all the food in the fridge and freezer went bad, we really don't have enough food in the pantry to go more than a week or two.
So I think it is worth it to have some 20-year survival food. I'm no prepper, but I think everybody should be ready for at least a semi-major disruption. if it is a bigger event, more survival food isn't going to help, given what I have read about situations like that.
Pretty much everyone should have at least 30 days of emergency supplies. Natural disasters occur in virtually every corner of the world. The "Prepper" term is only derogatory to morons who expect someone else to come and save them after a natural disaster. I live in hurricane country, I used to live in Earthquake country. Suffice it to say, I have lived through major earthquakes (1989 East SF Bay), several scary wildfires, and a couple of hurricanes. We have gone over two weeks without power and had roads blocked by fallen trees. If you don't prepare for an unexpected event, you are going to be very unhappy when it actually happens.