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Laughing, at your cold trip. It is good you got away and could breate fresh air.

Once, when we were still camping out of a 55 Chev wagon, one kid had to sleep out of the car, the first night, it blew over the cot that Debra was on, so the next night we moved from Lake Isabella, to the Sequoia Park, Scott slept outside and it snowed on him........so we went on to Portland and visited Bill relatives......they had warm beds.

On the shoes and extra clothing, during WW2, shoes were rationed as was cloth for clothing.

Coffee, sugar, butter and meat were also rationed, some to be sent to our military, and some to remind us that we were all at war and needed to share what we had.

I remember buying horsemeat in the local one tiny room meat
market in Otay, California.

Of course tires, and cars were almost impossible to get.

Gas was rationed.

In 1941, we made our own needed supplies.

Today we will have a double hit, it has to be shipped to the U.S., then shipped to us all over the country.

It will simply not be on the shelves.

In my county we grow no food.

But in 1944, we went to Dallas and my uncle had a huge warehouse full of sugar and tires, I saw it and knew it was for the black market.

He did not enjoy his wealth, he dropped dead at about the age of 40, in the year of 1945 or 46.

And that is the way life goes.

My best advice is to learn the old ways of the 1800's, how
to make soap, bread and shoes.

For years on my bad feet, I wore only cloth shoes, Mary a dear friend made them from scraps on the upper parts and the soles were a couple layers of old jeans, with a soft inner sole of an old wool coat.

She took her pattern from the common canvas slip on deck shoe.

So many people wanted them, that she made them in all sizes,
and I sold them in the shop that I owned.

In those days, we went to our small town dump for old coats and jeans, that we used in quilts and shoes, etc.

For the next war, we will have many enemies and will need to either survive or die.

It will really be a matter of what you have learned and stored in your head, that will help you to survive.

Invest in a couple packages of good Dental Floss. It will be invaluable to you, you will need to have large needles and smaller ones.

With the floss, you will sew up wounds, shoes, tents, coats and other clothing.

You might even fish with it, or tie the branches of a tree into a shelter with it. It takes up no room and is
strong. Fish hooks if near water.

Most people think of gold for money, but brandy is both a
medicine and trading stock. Brandy is a good cough syrup, it can be poured in a wound, I would think for open wounds vodka or whiskey would be better.

Of course some drunks will trade all they have for booze.

I sent by freep mail a file of cosmetic recipes to several freepers, if anyone wants them, the simple kitchen based kind.

For real hard times, remember that any vegetable or nut oil will work on dry hands, lips and skin.