[familyop]

"I cooked those meals over camping stoves. Under one of those camping awnings."

That would be well over 100 gallons of camping stove fuel per year and many awnings for surviving the end of the world. ;-)

"...when power was out after a storm...local disasters."

The authoress of the posted article included "...canning supplies, medical supplies...garden tools, hand tools, fishing equipment,..." She was writing about the end of the world.

But that's fine. You city folks do things your way. ;-)

[JRandomFreeper]

I'm much more concerned about the one week outages that occur here after extreme weather events than the end of the world. But I can handle longer term disasters as well.

"...canning supplies, medical supplies...garden tools, hand tools, fishing equipment,..." She was writing about the end of the world.

Or, she could have been writing about my barn/shop and living through the here and now.

I don't pretend to know people's motivations. I do know that the more folks prepare for themselves, the more ammo I save. I damn sure don't sneer at them.

/johnny