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.
Rule of thumb you should always store upwards of 3 months especially if its to prepare for disaster aftermaths like hurricanes and earthquakes. It's reasonable to think that things will get better in a month anyway but if you're struck at ground zero recovery will take longer so just to be safe, save some for yourself and your family for as longer as possible. As for the price, while I'm not really sure how much things are exactly in the US, in the country where I live it's within upwards of 800 bucks for 3 months of canned food and goods as well as sanitary kits and other important stuff. If ever, it may cost you guys upwards of I guess a thousand to 1600 bucks in the US.
You can't put a price on the safety and security of your family anyway so I don't think you should cheap out especially in stuff like these.