At least 1 yr supply of food per person hidden away so it cannot be easily found. Water from gutters to cistern. 2 gal per day per person is comfortable & have 60 days on hand at all times. Keep it a secret. See “The Shelter” Twilight Zone episode 68.
Don’t tell the kids, they will tell friends and the neighbors will beat a path to your door.
Many many folks that I have told I was storing food have not seen any value in it but the say “But if it gets really bad, I will know where to go”. That is why I do not keep my food stores at my house, they are well hidden in a retreat so well disguised that it won’t be found by roving gangs and looters, they couldn’t spot it if they were standing right in front of it.
Within days of a breakdown in law and order there will be chaos, anarchy, murder, rape and torture. Desperate people will do desperate things.
In the event of an EMP 250 miles over Kansas, Dr. Graham, EMP Commission Chair, believes less than 20% of the US population would survive due to food production and distribution constraints.
Desperate people will indeed to desperate things.... to those who do not prepare in advance. Start today.
I had someone say that to me once. I told him if he showed up at my house empty handed I'd shoot him dead in the driveway. That was about a year ago. Now he asks me for advice on how to care for his stash. LOL.
The little writeup by the producer of the show mentioned that idea – but what happens when 100+ decide to do the same thing?
Some of the people profiled lived in suburban neighborhoods – do they realize that it only takes a couple of their neighbors who didn’t prepare, that they may have too much?