Dodany: Feb 8, 2012

Od: smart4abLonde0006

Czas: 2:21

"http://prepare-for-the-global-food-crisis.blogspot.com/ Unless your cupboard is bare, you have food storage. Most families in America can eat from the food stored in their pantries and freezers for three days to a week (depending on when the last trip to the store was made) and some even more. Because food is readily available, most of us don't think about food storage...ever. We're used to making daily or weekly trips to the grocery store and having everything we need available when we want it. Food shortages are unthinkable. In 1999, many families decided to beef up their pantries for Y2K. It was thought computer chips would fail with the rollover to January 1, 2000. Computer chips hold our energy grid together and there was concern food distribution would be effected along with other services. Thankfully, Y2K turned out to be a non-event and the millennium began as any other year. Why have food storage? Turns out computer chips were a new concern. Since Adam and Eve were thrown out of the Garden of Eden, it became necessary to store food. It's only recently that families don't grow and prepare their food for at least a year's storage. One group, the Mormons, still encourage their members to store a year's food supply for their families (and neighbors in case of a disaster), but only 15 percent actually do it. It's 2012 and Y2K is long-forgotten; so why have food storage? Convenience is one reason. I get irritated when a favorite item isn't available at the grocery store. Just recently, the brand of applesauce I purchase has been unavailable. To avoid this in the future, I decided to buy a case of applesauce when it's restocked. With the recession, many families have found their pantry was more than a convenience. A friend of mine, whose husband was laid off six months ago, told me during the past months they have been eating the food she had in her freezer and pantry. The food in her home became a savings account, which they could draw on in their financial crisis. In recent years, we experienced natural disasters disrupting the food supply and the energy grid for various regions in the U.S. We've all seen what happens when a weather alert advises families to stock up for a hurricane or blizzard. In short order, grocery shelves are emptied. Disasters include more than the weather or losing a job. Other disasters include a terrorist attack, illness, injury, divorce, and death in the family. These almost always have severe financial repercussions. When you have food storage, it's comforting to know that your pantry won't be empty in a couple of days. There's one more important reason we should be looking at storing food, today. Food storage is a hedge against inflation. Last summer, when the price of gas jumped to over four dollars, the cost of food went up, too. What will happen, when inflation hits hard and everything goes up...a lot? http://survivalkitsbook.info/ "

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