There are good individual / household tips here, but the best long-term success strategy, imho, is to have a community of relatively self-sufficient people with

There are good individual / household tips here, but the best long-term success strategy, imho, is to have a community of relatively self-sufficient people with you. You can find such folk everywhere: Farmers, mechanics, handymen, ... any non-white collar person to speak very stereotypically (sorry). First thing I'm doing if things get hairy is moving to the country with my in-laws and helping them.