37 Critical Disaster Food Items
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Can You Find The Food You Will Need?
How would you survive a terrorist attack that caused widespread panic and shutdown all shops and stores in your area? Would you be forced to beg neighbors for food or be shipped off to FEMA camps?
Are You Prepared for the Rapid Descent into Madness During Survival Conditions?
While some may avoid referring to it as a survival event, the arrival of Hurricane Katrina on to the Gulf Coast of the United States roughly six years ago could certainly be characterized that way. Most such events like Katrina are called "natural disasters," and, while they certainly are that, they clearly facilitate distressed conditions that warrant a survivalist approach to negotiating them.
How many of you remember some of the incredible images of distress and even lawlessness we saw from Katrina? What was particularly fascinating, from a sociological perspective, is just how quickly people turned on one another and anarchy reigned in a modern, American city in year 2005. We're accustomed to seeing images like that from unstable, poorly-developed countries far away from the U.S., but here, in one of America's most popular tourist destinations?
Are You Prepared for the Rapid Descent into Madness During Survival Conditions?
While some may avoid referring to it as a survival event, the arrival of Hurricane Katrina on to the Gulf Coast of the United States roughly six years ago could certainly be characterized that way. Most such events like Katrina are called "natural disasters," and, while they certainly are that, they clearly facilitate distressed conditions that warrant a survivalist approach to negotiating them.
How many of you remember some of the incredible images of distress and even lawlessness we saw from Katrina? What was particularly fascinating, from a sociological perspective, is just how quickly people turned on one another and anarchy reigned in a modern, American city in year 2005. We're accustomed to seeing images like that from unstable, poorly-developed countries far away from the U.S., but here, in one of America's most popular tourist destinations?
Feed Your Family In A Disaster
Could you and your family survive hurricanes or snowstorms that whipped your neighbors into a "panic-buying" frenzy - grabbing any food they could get their hands on? What if the stores weren't restocked for weeks?How would you live during weeks of "rolling blackouts" making it impossible to store food or for stores to get more food in stock?
What would you do if your home was hit by floods, washing out roads and making it impossible for stores to supply food for weeks - would you survive?
How would you deal with protesting labor unions refusing to ship food - would your kids go hungry?
What would you do if an earthquake rocked your home and disrupted all abilities to get supplies in or out (this would be devastating anywhere, but especially in a city)?
The sad part is, people don't think any of these very real disasters will ever happen - or at least, won't happen to them (maybe this is what you're thinking)
Remember these recent disasters that cost thousands of lives? How did they eat?
In 2011 after the Tsunami in Japan over 300,000 people were evacuated to camps where some died. Survivors lined up for blocks outside of 7-11s and grocery stores for a scrap of food.We have seen how the US Government, FEMA and Local Authorities respond to disasters when Hurricane Katrina hit.
During Hurricane Katrina in 2004 stores closed, looters ran wild and everyday, hardworking people were forced into begging and ended up at FEMA camps.
The 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami wiped out the shops, stores and food transportation channels for many people.
In the 2010 Haitian Earthquake, followed by the massive Chilean Earthquake as many as 316,000 people were killed and are still struggling to reestablish consist access to food.
And every year in the US alone there are tornadoes touching down in the southeast, blizzards throughout the northwest, earthquakes out west, severe droughts in central US, wildfires in California, and floods literally everywhere.
In fact, FEMA states that every American lives in a flood zone. The only question is if you're in a low, medium, or high-risk area.
It's common sense, Without Food And Water...You Won't Survive
Any 5 year old can tell you - without food and water we're in trouble.A human can die just hours after dehydration - especially if they're physically exerting themselves (like running from a mob or fighting off an attacker).
And life without food means a slow and painful death, starting with confusion and diarrhea and ending with spine-wracking convulsions and hallucinations from hell.
It's not fun to think about, but even if a crisis only lasts a few weeks it can be deadly to you and your family if you're not prepared.
What You Don't Know About "Just In Time" Inventory Control Could Hurt Your Survival Chances
Are you familiar with the "just-in-time" inventory system used now throughout the modern world as a way for manufacturers and retailers to control costs? If not, you need to become acquainted with what it is and, more importantly, what it means to you when distressed conditions arise quickly and essentially wipe out any preparation time that might have remained if the onset of trouble occurred at a much slower pace.
Have you ever gone into a retail store to look for an item, only to find its labeled space on the shelf but no actual item in its place? Sure, we all have. When you ask the clerk if they're really all out if there are any "in the back," what are you normally told? You're told, "No, everything we have is out here; the item you want is going to be in on the next shipment."
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Disaster Food Supplies
Some are completely worthless nutritionally. And your family's health is too important to waste money of foods that will kill them slowly in a crisis.The sad part is, even though the average American doesn't know what to look for, they'll grab anything and everything from the store in a crisis.
Please don't get the crazy idea you can live off just MREs (in fact they're not even on the list...)
That's why you need to know in advance.
Why you're KILLING your family if you're counting on a garage-full of MREs or other "survival food" for a crisis.
There are facts that you absolutely must know.
Make a list of what you need and start acquiring the resources you do not already have.
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Do you know other items that are a must have when trying to survive a disaster?
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krobison
May 26, 2012 @ 1:19 am | delete
- great article...I have listened to my father speak of this type of disaster many times...better to be prepared...
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krobison
May 26, 2012 @ 1:19 am | delete
- great article...I have listened to my father speak of this type of disaster many times...better to be prepared...
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JustinDoody
Apr 1, 2012 @ 11:09 pm | delete
- I think the most important thing is food, water, and medicine. storage food to growing your own food, a high quality water filter for questionable water sources, and medicine liken which you can take internally or apply externally, it kills more germs and diseases than antibiotics do.
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