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Lemmee help you out with that question about 90 days worth of prep stuff. Obviously it’s a guess and considers many possible things that could go wrong. But remember this: It doesn’t have to be natural disaster or even bizness failures that could cause disruption. During WW II we mobilized something over 12 million men, most of whom were going overseas. We had food rationing, not because we were having production problems but because gummint wanted first choice. One of my jobs, when I got big enough, was to separate the ration tickets so we could spread them out as we needed stuff. Rationing lasted about 4 years. We traded, the folks shopped very carefully, and we dam sure didn’t waste. I remember my Mom trading cars just to get a fresher set of tires.

It’s not hard at all to visualize Mumbles getting us into an overseas wartime situation again that would require great hoarding of food stuffs, etc.
I well remember farmers being prohibited from selling livestock to anyone but gummint. Same thing with dairy. Food processing plants could only sell to gummint. I well remember going out to the edge of town to pick up cull potatoes from the discard pile. The farmers were nice enough to put them where folks could find them since they were prohibited from selling them.

Even timber was screwed up. Gummint bought only knot free, clear lumber.

I only grocery shop every second week and in recent times I can’t help but notice the sorts of things others buy. Most carts have only a few days worth of TV dinner kinds of stuff. Maybe one in ten shoppers has more than a weeks worth of foodstuff.

Bottom line is if any kind of disruption hits it will get nasty in a hurry. Gummint could activate rationing almost instantly. So do what you can to plan a bit ahead and try to rotate your stash so’s it stays reasonably fresh. You might need trading stock. Don’t say later I didn’t explain it well enough?

90 Days of Prep I forgot to discuss a YUGE reason to have 90 days worth of food on hand. It's not just for natural disasters or supply chain shutdown. It's for economic reasons. If we reach a point where it takes a wheelbarrow of cash to buy a loaf of bread, you'll be forced to deplete your life savings just to buy food. But not if you have a big stockpile of food on hand. I have long believed that we won't turn the corner with the Q plan until the economy crashes. The patriots may be able to prevent DS-caused weather disasters, but they will not IMO prevent an economic crash. I believe (again, JMO) that a crash is part of the Q plan. A painful but necessary part. The patriots are doing all they can to help us prepare, to help us minimize the pain. But we need to do our part by stocking up on food. We're already (IMO) seeing the early stages of this. When Trump was President, eggs were $1/doz. Now they are $5. A can of soup was $1. Now it's $3 ($2.50 on sale). Not everything has doubled or gone up this drastically, but everything I can think of is AT LEAST 25% higher than it was just 3 years ago. EVERYTHING. At least everything that I buy. How much more of this level of inflation can people tolerate? Some people can cut back on gasoline when the price goes up, but no one can cut back on food. Some people buy 90 day survival packages sold by various prepper companies. I have no opinion on which of those are good. They are probably all a good hedge. But they can be expensive. Not everyone can afford that. My advice is to stock up on food whenever you see a sale on non-perishables. Think about what you could survive on if you had to. Canned foods especially. (I have a full freezer, but that won't help me if there is no electricity.) Dried foods, pasta, rice. Powdered milk. Don't forget things like soap, shampoo, laundry detergent, toothpaste, etc. And especially don't forget about meds. That might be the hardest for a lot of people. I know people who take various meds daily and they tell me their insurance won't let them refill the prescription until they are down to a one week supply. Then they can only get 30 days worth. If I'm right and we end up needing to live off of our stockpiled food, you'll thank me. (Actually you won't because you'll have forgotten. Haha. You'll be congratulating yourself on your foresight. Yay!) If I'm wrong, the worst outcome will be that you have a stockpile of food built up which you can eat at some point anyway. So when is this all going to hit the fan? IDK. I've been prepping since the early days of Q. It's been something that I've just incorporated into my lifestyle so much that I forgot to mention it when discussing prep. Honestly, I'm getting tired of tripping over those extra cans of stuff I have stockpiled. I really want this to all be over so I can cut back a little. But for now, I don't know how big a supply I'll need or how many friends and neighbors I might have to help out. For now, I'm waiting and praying. God bless you all. WWG1WGA NCSWIC