I will never be able to understand why 99% of the population is absolutely braindead when it comes to emergency preparedness. One does need to spend much time or money on food and other items that will make a huge difference in a natural disaster like this.
Being prepared makes a huge difference in your comfort and mentality during a disaster. When shopping, spending 5-10% on food and hardware to put towards your emergency preparedness kit is a good way to build it up without feeling the pinch if money is a major hurdle. Once it is stocked, you can rotate and eat the older food before it expires and restock with fresh, that way you only deal with the upfront costs.
This site has some good info: http://www.ready.gov/
Stocking food and supplies: It's not just for doomsday preppers and Mormons!
Why should they be prepared? Especially when we have groups of politicians and a entire political party dedicated to telling them that they should be dependent on government and that more government is the answer to all their problems
Those who are prepared more often than not realize that government is flawed, that government does not always have the answers for their own needs and interests and that their own safety and well being will not be secured by a bunch of politicians and bureaucrats looking out to maintain their own political self-interests when the shit hits the fan.
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