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I keep a few months of food/medical supplies in the house in case of emergency. People think I'm weird for it. And to be clear I'm not a doomsayer and believe I

I keep a few months of food/medical supplies in the house in case of emergency. People think I'm weird for it. And to be clear I'm not a doomsayer and believe I will not likely ever need it. But once I was looking at insurance and considered what I care about in the house. Two things I wouldn't want to lose, my photos and my family. So I got cloud backup for my photos and pulled together some suppliers that would keep the family going in case of emergency. While I don't think I will ever need it, on a long enough time scale there is bound to be some emergency be it my generation or following ones. I find it strange most people have contents insurance on their house, to protect tables/chairs/TV's and think I'm strange for this. The way I see it, is while I'm significantly likely more likely to lose my house contents via theft/fire etc, I don't care about these things. And there is nothing a few shopping trips wouldn't fix. However in the rare event food supplies were cut, then I really would care. Also its significantly cheaper than contents insurance actually saving money as I bulk buy food on special I already eat so a bunch of what we eat is on permanent special. As a side comment the crazy test for people to prep seems to be ask them how the world will end. If they think they know how or when, they're crazy. Otherwise its just being prepared.

mkaziz 12y ago
That's interesting, I never looked at it that way. What exactly do you keep around the house, if you don't mind me asking? Do you also keep any arms to protect supplies in case of catastrophe? I imagine the neighbours wouldn't mind taking some by force if food was scarce.
- SpecialAccount 12y ago
  Ask away. I don't keep that much. I have food, water, some limited medicine and a bunch of household stuff like candles & matches. Some hygiene things like soaps and planning to add some bulk fishing equipment (lines and hooks) as I live close to a place this would be a food option. Also I'm looking at some wind up radio/torch/usb charger combos to buy. Between that and my gardening/camping equipment I think I'm reasonably placed to have a buffer against supply issues. I haven't planned anything for defending my property. If something did happen I would likely try and round up local family/friends for safety in numbers. And hopefully try to help people vs hoard.
  - junto 12y ago
    Here in Germany lots of houses still have bunker type cellars. Huge heavy steel sealable doors and the like from the cold war period, when Germans expected to get bombed by the Russians. I've been looking at buying a house here, so I've seen a lot of cellars recently! I was surprised just how many have this kind of thing built in.
  - JoeAltmaier 12y ago
    Yeah if you haven't planned on defense, there's a chance its all for nothing. A sad commentary on the human race, but unavoidable.
    - joeclark77 12y ago
      And even if he doesn't need to use them, his guns and ammo will be great trade goods after the apocalypse.
bikamonki 12y ago
Make sure you have tons of honey I read somewhere that it never goes bad and it is an excellent source of energy.
- JoeAltmaier 12y ago
  In 7 Days To Die its the best food option possible
- anonbanker 12y ago
  Good luck finding bees. Most honey is corn syrup nowadays.

mkaziz 12y ago

That's interesting, I never looked at it that way. What exactly do you keep around the house, if you don't mind me asking? Do you also keep any arms to protect supplies in case of catastrophe? I imagine the neighbours wouldn't mind taking some by force if food was scarce.

SpecialAccount 12y ago
Ask away. I don't keep that much. I have food, water, some limited medicine and a bunch of household stuff like candles & matches. Some hygiene things like soaps and planning to add some bulk fishing equipment (lines and hooks) as I live close to a place this would be a food option. Also I'm looking at some wind up radio/torch/usb charger combos to buy. Between that and my gardening/camping equipment I think I'm reasonably placed to have a buffer against supply issues. I haven't planned anything for defending my property. If something did happen I would likely try and round up local family/friends for safety in numbers. And hopefully try to help people vs hoard.
- junto 12y ago
  Here in Germany lots of houses still have bunker type cellars. Huge heavy steel sealable doors and the like from the cold war period, when Germans expected to get bombed by the Russians. I've been looking at buying a house here, so I've seen a lot of cellars recently! I was surprised just how many have this kind of thing built in.
- JoeAltmaier 12y ago
  Yeah if you haven't planned on defense, there's a chance its all for nothing. A sad commentary on the human race, but unavoidable.
  - joeclark77 12y ago
    And even if he doesn't need to use them, his guns and ammo will be great trade goods after the apocalypse.

bikamonki 12y ago

Make sure you have tons of honey I read somewhere that it never goes bad and it is an excellent source of energy.

JoeAltmaier 12y ago
In 7 Days To Die its the best food option possible
anonbanker 12y ago
Good luck finding bees. Most honey is corn syrup nowadays.