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, TP, 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.
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https://majorsurplus.com/
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