Oh boy. Here we go again.
It's called panic buying until the need actually occurs. Then the namesayers are on the web complaining. On another web site there was horrible name calling for shooters that had brought a lot of primers before the last shortage occurred. The whiners were going as far as to say that shooters should be only allowed to buy 100 primers at a time.
Panic buying, hoarding, prepping, stockpiling or whatever you want to call it is simply capitalism at work. It is the individual's choice on how to spend their disposable income. You have the exact same choices.
I will give you a perfect idea of what some of you would consider a panic buying decision I am making. We are buying a 91 year old farm and there is not a tornado shelter. Goodland, KS and Joplin, MO have be hard hit and large portions of the cities were destroyed. I have been looking at underground shelters and pretty much decided on a 7 -13 person size.
Some of you no doubt are laughing at my decision because;
While tornados are very common where we live the actual probability of get hit by one is low.
The only ones using the shelter is my wife, our dogs and cats (well maybe on the cats), myself and adult daughter who is home infrequently.
The shelter is going to run around $6,000 installed.
The shelter will be rarely used as storm protection.
However I am making my decision on the following:
We stood on the porch of our home during one storm and watched 10 (thats right 10) funnel clouds form and drop down. Most of them did not touch down but it is believed at least one did causing property damage (the storm was front was 10 miles away and passing north of us).
I can save $2,000 by buying a smaller shelter but it will be used less than the bigger one.
On the other hand we can use a larger shelter for storage of food items, canned goods, and survival items. Big Sis recommends that you have enough food and water for at least two weeks in the event of a disaster. Not only can we store food but other survival items and guns. If our house is blown away we can even safely sleep in the shelter so we can stay on site during the clean-up and waiting for Big Sis to arrive.
Will I be able to recoup the cost of the shelter if I was to sell the farm? Probably some. Maybe not. I consider a lot of people every ignorant of the power of tornados.
While I also consider living on farm raising chickens, growing gardens, having a year supply of beef on the hoof in the pasture just everyday living I can see how some would consider it extremism since everything you need is just at the store....just like primers, powder, bullets....right....well maybe.