You’d think that everyone and anyone would be able to keep three days of food and water on hand.....
We had a bad snow storm a few years ago with power out for 7 days. No problem for us - even had an old neighbor gal stay with us. Of course once the kids saw me crank up the wood stove (which we never use) then they wanted s’mores. Cross-country skied to the store, and they DID have marshmallows! (I had the chocolate and graham crackers).
Not much else was on the shelves, and the checkout lady looked at me funny when all I bought was a couple bags of marshmallows!
With the “just in time” shipping combined with bad roads, it doesn’t take long for the stores to run out.
What’s three days of food when the whole thing is down for two weeks?
Why should they? Politicians are elected to take of us, why else do we pay our taxes?
You'd think so, huh. Many people now days order out so much they have forgotten how to cook. Or maybe it's that they haven't a clue about managing and making do. I'm thinking they don't understand you can open, with a hand can opener, a can of corn and call it a meal. Even for people who have just the minimum food and don't have an alternative power source, the first day is ice cream day. Next it's the delicate perishables in the warming fridge. The freezer will keep for 3 days so day three is for the grill. Day 4 is whatever can be salvaged from the fridge and freezer. Day 5 and after, it's canned and pantry foods. For the unprepared, that gets them a week into the crisis and a fair amount of power being restored.