Or stashed in a back closet somewhere. I lived in hurricane country for a long time, and having a week's worth of bottled water & shelf-stable food in the hous

Or stashed in a back closet somewhere. I lived in hurricane country for a long time, and having a week's worth of bottled water & shelf-stable food in the house just made good sense. (I was without power for 10 days after Hugo in 1989). I will say the taste has really improved over the years. I was fed some of the original MREs back in the 80's (guard duty at a USAF base) and the ones the military have today are way more palatable. Same with the freeze-dried food.