You're overestimating the cost to store years of food (dense portions of dried beans, rice, chocolate, liquor, etc; rough estimate $120 / twelve 20-lb bags of r

You're overestimating the cost to store years of food (dense portions of dried beans, rice, chocolate, liquor, etc; rough estimate $120 / twelve 20-lb bags of rice per person per year) and the basic educational precautions that can mean a world of quality of life; the kind of precautions you won't be able to educate yourself on if something does happen, you'll have to rely on previous gathered knowledge. Things like how to best shelter at impact and prevent exposure to radioactivity after the fact.