Spreadfire Arms
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after reading that short story on here, and watching "War of the Worlds," i thought it was a good time to look at exactly what food i had in my house in the event of a SHTF incident.
i know i have enough ammo and guns (im a C3 FFL ). but what i didn't have is a whole lotta food and supplies.
last time i bothered to stock up was a few months back during Hurricane Rita which was poised to hit Houston and possibly Austin or Dallas.
panic buying ensued, since we had all seen the footage of Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans. i happened to be at Glock Armorer School in Fort Worth. my friend called me from Austin and told me people were at Super WalMart buying everything. you couldn't buy gasoline, flashlights, batteries, or bottled water.
i went to the Super WalMart in Fort Worth, to find nobody there gave a ???? about stocking up.
i spent that time, about $200 on supplies. i bought chemlites, AA and D cell batteries, canned food, 4 cases of bottled water, a roller bag suitcase to put all my crap in, etc.
i drove back to Austin to find absolutely nothing had happened and i had all these supplies. no biggie, they were not perishable.
as usual, i got complacent like everyone else and used some of my supplies i had saved up. tonight i looked around. 1 case of water left. i still had all the batteries and canned food. i had eaten some of the granola bars and crackers.
i took an inventory. hmmm. i had about one week's food for one person (me). i don't have a family to feed, just a few pets.
tonight i went out and spent another $100 to augment my current supply of food and supplies. two more cases of water (should have bought way more, hell i can still do that tomorrow), about another week's worth of canned food, dried food like pasta, etc. this time i found myself looking at forms of packaging vs. expiration dates.
i found that i didn't want to buy anything with glass containers, since, as you know Murphy's law, when i bug out (if i choose to, or have to, vs. just staying put in my house) im bound to break glass containers. however i saw that many of the plastic containers' expiration dates were not as far out as that of the glass ones.
i bought some 32 oz. fruit juice containers that had been pasteurized, in plastic jugs. not bad, with an expiration date in mid 2007.
i bought other dry food like cup o' noodles, and canned food for the dog. i bought about $5 worth of tuna cans (50 cents each) which can serve as double duty for both me and my cats.
i loaded up on campbell's chicken noodle soup, and chef boyardee pastas. i got the ones with the pull-off tops in the event stupid me forgets to bring a can opener.
i came home and put the cans in a neat stack in a sturdy, plastic crate that i can just pick up and go if need be. it is sitting in my pantry. i got one of those cardboard thingies they stack the cans on at WalMart so i could double stack them neatly.
i decided to put all of my disaster food/supplies in one central location in my house in the event i need to get them and go immediately.
i just have to grab my bug out bag, gear, food/supplies, and ammo (which is already positioned to go).
im wondering if anyone else has done the same, after reading the short story?
i know i have enough ammo and guns (im a C3 FFL ). but what i didn't have is a whole lotta food and supplies.
last time i bothered to stock up was a few months back during Hurricane Rita which was poised to hit Houston and possibly Austin or Dallas.
panic buying ensued, since we had all seen the footage of Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans. i happened to be at Glock Armorer School in Fort Worth. my friend called me from Austin and told me people were at Super WalMart buying everything. you couldn't buy gasoline, flashlights, batteries, or bottled water.
i went to the Super WalMart in Fort Worth, to find nobody there gave a ???? about stocking up.
i spent that time, about $200 on supplies. i bought chemlites, AA and D cell batteries, canned food, 4 cases of bottled water, a roller bag suitcase to put all my crap in, etc.
i drove back to Austin to find absolutely nothing had happened and i had all these supplies. no biggie, they were not perishable.
as usual, i got complacent like everyone else and used some of my supplies i had saved up. tonight i looked around. 1 case of water left. i still had all the batteries and canned food. i had eaten some of the granola bars and crackers.
i took an inventory. hmmm. i had about one week's food for one person (me). i don't have a family to feed, just a few pets.
tonight i went out and spent another $100 to augment my current supply of food and supplies. two more cases of water (should have bought way more, hell i can still do that tomorrow), about another week's worth of canned food, dried food like pasta, etc. this time i found myself looking at forms of packaging vs. expiration dates.
i found that i didn't want to buy anything with glass containers, since, as you know Murphy's law, when i bug out (if i choose to, or have to, vs. just staying put in my house) im bound to break glass containers. however i saw that many of the plastic containers' expiration dates were not as far out as that of the glass ones.
i bought some 32 oz. fruit juice containers that had been pasteurized, in plastic jugs. not bad, with an expiration date in mid 2007.
i bought other dry food like cup o' noodles, and canned food for the dog. i bought about $5 worth of tuna cans (50 cents each) which can serve as double duty for both me and my cats.
i loaded up on campbell's chicken noodle soup, and chef boyardee pastas. i got the ones with the pull-off tops in the event stupid me forgets to bring a can opener.
i came home and put the cans in a neat stack in a sturdy, plastic crate that i can just pick up and go if need be. it is sitting in my pantry. i got one of those cardboard thingies they stack the cans on at WalMart so i could double stack them neatly.
i decided to put all of my disaster food/supplies in one central location in my house in the event i need to get them and go immediately.
i just have to grab my bug out bag, gear, food/supplies, and ammo (which is already positioned to go).
im wondering if anyone else has done the same, after reading the short story?