What about the tuna?
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Been there done that. Conservatives can always find ways to survive,
You'll look back at this year down the road, and just smile.
Yes, you will.
Yep, power went out here for a lot longer when we had the crappy windstorm back in the summer. I always keep my pantry stocked and try to go through things in the order it came in so we don't throw things away by expiration. Anyway, what it all means is in times of hardship, the kids and I will have meals. They may not be our norm, but we certainly could survive for quite a qhile on peanut butter, tuna, using the rest of our fruit and vegetables up in the fridge, cooking meat up before it goes bad and using that in makeshift meals, etc for a couple weeks before we even started hitting the rest of the pantry. The thing is nobody likes doing it and I think the primitives confuse what people like doing or what is convenient versus what they can do. No doubt some idiots will riot because they are inconvenienced more then anything, not because it's a matter of life and death.
Oh and like bally said, there is always some resource in these modern times. When we went through Andrew, even before stores could open again, the national guard, red cross, and *gasp* local churches had places to go to get food, water, diapers, wipes, etc etc etc. And we were pretty cut off down in Miami because of geography. Still, we managed to find food if needed. The church 1/3 of a mile from our house distributed as did many others. Nobody would have to walk more then a mile to find a distribution point for such things. I can't believe its all that much different in Jersey. We aren't talking a national apocalypse, but a local weather event that yes, covered a wide area, but to varying degrees. We enjoy the benefit of living in a society of a well organized relief situation and the geographical expanse to help ease the burdens of those going through things like this. Thank God for that!
