Look into your pantry. Count how many meals you have available should all the grocery stores close their doors today. One meal of spaghetti will consist of at least a pound of ground beef and a can of spaghetti sauce. One meal for a family. Now, think about three meals a day. How many meals do you have in your house, right now? If you cannot feed your family for a month or longer, why? Do you think this country is going to get put onto the right track in the next few months? Do you want to bet your children's empty stomachs on that non-guarantee? What happens if Trump does not come back, DeSantis's plane crashes on a quick hop to the Keys and the US Capitol is attacked by whomever during a State of the Union Speech. In one short day all food security could be washed away and the only thing available to you is what you currently have in your kitchen cabinets. All I'm trying to do is to get folks to start planning on getting food while it is still available. Plant some corn and beans in the back yard, and make friend with your neighbors so you can begin trading if the need arises. If this country goes sideways we all will be tossed back intot he 1800's real quick. Are you ready or even been thinking about it? God bless.
Comments (41)
sorted by:
And get AWAY from the cities if SHTF.
If it all goes sideways, most people have access to 2 days of food (remaining civil). By day 3 people are running out of food, worried about finding supplies.
By days 4 & 5 people are getting hungry. Those who had food are running low. Every grocery store has been stripped bare.
By days 6 & 7, people are desperate and dangerous.
No matter what, take advantage beforehand and get out of cities as quickly as possible.
Good advice. In a food shortage scenario the cities are going to be hell.
I'm shifting to Dr Gundry's diet. No lectins and only 2 meals a day with one day a week of fasting. We all eat waay too much and bad stuff at that.
Well,if you wouda' prepared like I told you;last year!
I've been prepping for over eight years. Have lots of canned chicken with 2014 dates on them. Have finally seen the light of my teachings getting through to some nephews and nieces plus a SIL. It takes a while plus an economic downturn to get people motivated, but I saw this coming when Barry was in office. That spurred me to begin prepping. Glad I've got a lot of knowledge in book form to rely on when the electricity goes down. Peace on, bro.
Rock on! Make sure to stock up on ammo,ya' just never know what the hell these dems are going to demonize next!
Make sure to have "food ammo" too. Copper jacketed 22lr and FMJ for hanguns and steel shells for shotguns. And maybe buy a book of field dressing/butchering wild game. The Lord provided plenty of food before geocery stores were a thing.
Damn good thinking! Thanks!
Properly stored, unopened canned chicken will generally stay at best quality for about 3 to 5 years, although it will usually remain safe to use after that.
2014 was 8-years ago. It's WAY beyond the expiration date.
It may still be safe to eat, but maybe not. Time is ticking away.
At this point, the canned chicken would either be a desperation food (when nothing else is available) or a good dog food.
How imma store all that food with a family of 3+ in an apartment in a city??? Asking for people like me with 0 storage.
Under beds. Under dressers. Stacked in closet. Be inventive. It doesn't have to be conventional :)
My house is small, only one bedroom however I do have 1 really large closet. I've managed to stash 6 months worth of goods for me and the same for my dog. Ya just gotta get creative with the space ya have.
I have a friend that had the same issue. She and her husband opened up the walls in their closets using the space between the studs and there was space over their kitchen cabinets that was not open so they opened it up and made it so that they could use that space as well. I asked what they were going to do if they had to move out, she simply said they would put the wall back up. I was kinda confused so she actually showed me. They take a few screws out of the drywall and put stuff in there and then put it back up. I was like, yep, you got this. Where there is a will there is a way. For those who say they don't have the money to just buy a bunch of extra food, again my friend, she started with just adding $20.00 worth of canned food to her groceries every week. Added up fast.
in a closet
Look closely at calories per serving.Prioritize calories.Water will become undrinkable quickly in city's.Stock up some pool shock powder or tablets.Buy a bathtub water bag.
Pool shock is not a good idea for drinkable water treatment. It has extra chemicals that will kill you.
This, incidentally, is why you can't relay on drinking pool water.
Even in small amounts?
Swallowing some water when you're swimming in a pool is no problem, but drinking the amount you'd need to sustain yourself is another issue.
I don't know details, just do a search for 'treating water with pool shock' (or something similar) and someone more qualified can answer your question.
Straight bleach (or similar) is better, but bleach turns into useless saltwater all by itself over time -- so you need to get water treatment pills, or bleach in dry form, etc. (After I read that, I grabbed some old bleach that had been stored for a while - and sure enough, it didn't smell like bleach anymore, just saltwater.)
Again, search for details -- I'm not an expert.
Apologies here,,bleach tablets is what we use,not the same as pool shock.Good catch,again apologies.
Good post. A lot of people are woefully unprepared and need a butt kicking. I’m always amazed even in hurricane country the people that have nothing. I have friends in evacuation areas who have nothing except generators sometimes. No water. Nada.
And a gallon of bottled water per day per person for at least two weeks.
Don’t forget the pets.
Learn all of the edible plants that are growing around you. Most would be suprised at how much is out there.
sadly, not everyone has money for groceries for even a week right now , let alone putting things up for the future. Nevertheless, we have to keep the faith. A water distiller would be wise, too.
I couldn't agree more. I hope some capitalist autist will bring it to fruition.
I've got emergency rations for 3 months plus rolling long life foodstocks that should last 3 months, on top of the usual 'what's in the cupboard' groceries of about 2-4 weeks.
I don't think that's enough, but it's better than none.
The canned chicken at Costco currently has an expiration of 2025. I did a massive stock up the other day.
I'm not sure my garden will be all in and fully producing by Month 2.
Just sayin.