[maine-iac7]

That 2nd cellar" That's EXACTLY what you have to do.

You do NOT, first off, let it be known you even have the first 'hoard." - because they WILL clean you out in one hour - and it IS in the Marital Law 'laws' that they CAN swoop down on you, who are now not a 'storer' of foods, to an "illegal hoarder."

It's also wise to know how to forage wild plants in you area and what edible foods you can grow in plain site that people won't have a clue about.

One example: Sun Choke, mis-named "Jerusalem Artichoke." They're like a small potato. They're perennial - only have t plant 'em once and they spread like wildfire. Plant a few - AWAY from your gardens - where they will look like just a weed. They above ground plant grows 4-5' and has small yellow flowers that look like small sunflowers, with the seeds. The tubers - "tiny potatoes" are very nutritional and would go a long ways towards staving off starvation.

There are also ways to store secret stashes in your house. Back in the middle ages, people used to hide, for example, protestants, from the "inquisition police" under the stairs: They put a unit of 2-3 stairs on hinges (inside hinges that couldn't be seen on the topside.) You simply lifted up these stairs like a door and, voila, a secret hidey hole.

A couple good dogs, a few "weapons" are also good to have around - and motion detectors. Dogs and motion detectors are a great warning system and a deterrent.

[djf]

I hear people talking about in the event of martial law, there is this group of kindly old gentlemen who go door to door to ask for donations...

OK. That’s not what I hear. I hear prophecies about armed people going door to door and seizing things.

I’m having a hard time seeing that happening, even if the “law” allows it.

Just way, way, way too much mortality. Americans are very well armed.

If there was a Road Warrior scenario when all a sudden like we wake up and the store shelves are bare, I would bet that within ten days, the population would be DOWN BY ONE THIRD!

And 99% of them would be various raiders and looters and ne’er do wells.

Yes, the military would be involved. But they would have their hands over-full just dealing with the cities and protecting the infrastructure stuff. (Power plants, hospitals, etc, etc, etc)