Column: Costco's shopping list for Armaggedon Not only Mormons preparing for Earth's Final Days

Vancouver Sun ^ | 10/9/10 | Alan Abel

[Kartographer]

Back to Costco. On sale for $149.99 is the Food for Health Extreme Emergency Preparedness Kit, which includes, among dozens of other items:

25 servings of Western Stew 25 servings of Potato Soup 20 servings of Oatmeal Water Filtration System

Crank Flashlight/Radio/Cellphone Charger

Survival Knife

Emergency Blankets

Compass/Whistle/Thermometer

4 N95 Safety Masks

1 Roll Duct Tape

Toilet Paper

"Especially developed for Costco members," the megastore assures

[Kartographer]

A prudent person foresees danger and takes precautions. The simpleton goes blindly on and suffers the consequences. Proverbs 27:12

[Kartographer]

PING!!!

[Kartographer]

Those who wish may download my Preparedness Manual at:

http://www.mediafire.com/?ars5bsi2p6foery

[Shadowstrike]

Ya know it’s getting serious when stores are getting into ‘survival mode’.

[rfp1234]

Not final days, just increased terrorist threats. The energy grid is vulnerable, to it pays to be cautious.

[MamaDearest]

FReeper Appalachian Dweller also has excellent survival information. Hoping he is able to post/add his input here as well. Thanks Kartographer!

[jonrick46]

Good night! There is hardly anything to eat!

[padre35]

Eh, or a marketing opportunity to sell a band aid to a worried Suburbia, no different than in the late 70’s with Carter running herd.

[sockmonkey]

Sam’s Club has a 99 dollar version but the Alpine Aire food packs are separate at Sam’s:

Pack includes sufficient life saving supplies and more for family of four
Unique to the kit are an Emergency Power Station, 10 yards of duct tape and multifunction pocket tool with pliers
Kit also contains US Coast Guard approved food and water (5-year shelf life) for four people
Power station is a four-function hand-crank unit that features a flashlight, AM/FM radio, cell phone charger and personal alarm
US Coast Guard approved food and water (5-year shelf life) for four people
4 survival blankets
4 ponchos
First aid kit (107 piece)
Leather work gloves
4 goggles
4 NIOSH N-95 dust masks
Multifunction tool with pliers
12-hour emergency snaplights
Emergency Power Station
Emergency whistle
Emergency communication plan
Duct tape - 10 yards
Bio hazard bags

[MamaDearest]

Good night! There is hardly anything to eat!

I love Costco, but IMHO one could put together a lot more food and other items (matches, scissors, first-aid supplies, batteries, soap, personal protection weaponry, water, shampoo, candles, paper plates, plastic silverware, etc. etc.).

[screaminsunshine]

Is Spam and Yellow Rice any good?

[screaminsunshine]

Obama..Get off my cloud.

[Netizen]

Sure don’t want to get the duct tape and toilet paper confused! lol

All in all it looks like a better package than the one where most of the meals were made with textured vegetable protein blech.

[Kartographer]

If anyone does not provide for his relatives, and
especially for his immediate family, he has
denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
1 Timothy 5:8

But then some one has to be sitting on the bridge waiting for ‘gubermint’ cheese for the tv crews to flim.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Whatever’s selling might or might not have anything to do with the true risk of a major terrorism disaster, which few people are in a position to know. Kits like this might make special sense in areas known to be frequented by natural disasters (hurricane, tornado, earthquake etc.)

[Kartographer]

Never tried it. I can tell you that spam, powder eggs, dehydrated onions, and bell pepper makes a good breakfast.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Probably more palatable than white rice and Spam would be.

[Netizen]

Here's a link to the other thread.

Costco Will Sell You an Apocalyptic Year's Worth of Disgusting Food for $800

[Kartographer]

Boil rice with dried apples and cinimon is good.

[Netizen]

Hey! Everything tastes better with Spam! :)