I was think about storing emergency supplies for 2 people.
How affordable is it to store enough food and water for myself and my wife.
A few years ago hurricane Sandy hit New Jersey hard and the shelfs were bare.
Pandemic came and lots of shortages.
So could I reasonable store 30 days of food and water for my wife and I.
How much space?
How much food ?
how much water?
propane?
I am a diabetic so I use high protein and fat low carb diet.
30 days means
30 cans of chicken
10 cans of tomatoes
10 cans of chickpeas
10 cans of cannaelli beans
10 pounds of roasted peanuts
5 pounds of walnuts
5 pounds of almonds
a bottle of multi vitamins
and 100 ½ liter bottles of water
a dozen cans of peaches
a dozen cans of pears
some parmalot as it keeps
some cereal
The above should do the trick for my wife and I. For maybe 45 days.
I can afford to have the above list I am thinking a lot of people can’t.
So how exposed are people to a solid disaster.
No fresh meat
No dairy since refrigerated goods may be gone.
I would think most of the world is a short time away from real food issues if food shopping is shut down.
your thoughts and ideas are welcome.
That is a great plan. We never know when will the natural calamity or another pandemic will occur. Like what happened during the pandemic when the government declared the restrictions during the pandemic, it restricted the people of going out and it ends out people in a panic buying situations because they were not able to store foods and other necessities they needed. Same with calamity like hurricane, earthquake etc. How lucky are the people who can store and save food in times of calamity and pandemic, Because a lot of people do not have the capacity to buy excess food for storing in times of calamity and pandemic. But as for me i will store some food in preparation for calamity and pandemic little by little. As per your lists above just in case calamity and pandemic will not occur maybe you can consume them before they reach expiry and make it a point that you will buy some replacement so that food you stored will not go to waste.