My thought is people who get on prepper threads and post comments like this will be among the first to report you and your ‘hoarding’ to the powers that be (That is if the don’t rob you themselves or blackmail stores out of you) in their efforts to make sure you too suffer just as they do. These are the type who hold preppers in such disdain that they will have the overwhelming need to punish you for having proving them wrong. May will go as far as blaming you for the ‘trouble’ thinking in their twisted minds that your prepping is what brought on the disaster. They seem to be conservatives, but they aren’t and place yourself and your family in danger if they learn of your preps. OPSEC always. Listen to what they say, think of this quote from one of my favorite westerns ’Open Range’: “Most times a man will tell you his bad intentions if you listen, let yourself hear.” I’ve ‘heard’ their intentions and they aren’t good.
Zombies, Deniers, Sociopaths, Schemers and Protectors:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2894923/posts
I am grateful that I had my prep supplies over the last few months. Meals would have been rough or non-existant without them.
One thing I ran through was canned fruits. It's not something I normally think about, and I did forget to resupply those last week on my big shopping trip. I'll probably increase the amount I keep on hand.
With the ups and downs in my income, I have to be a prudent steward and put stuff by when I can. Besides, it's not like stuff I buy going to get any cheaper.
/johnny
Homeland Security has a program CERT to train people for an emergency. They suggest buying dried foods while other parts of Homeland Security claim you are a criminal if you do.