[Utah Girl]

I've just had some very strong feelings that we need to get prepared. Not that I am predicting a war, but I think we as an American people could become much more self-reliant. This is one way to do so.

[goodnesswins]

"Not that I am predicting a war..."

No, President Bush has already basically stated there will be war...you are being prudent, like everyone else should be!!!!!

[Snowtrill]

This is John, on Teresa's computer. You are correct UG, we have had to rely on our stored water to take care of the animals when city water failed for 2 days. While not LDS myself, I find their policy to be very reasonable. When a rare tornado hit Utah a year or two ago, recovery was very quick.

/john

[MHGinTN]

Bless you! Thank you for this work. Here we go with the ping list! [BTW, the notion of selfreliance is one Americans will embrace, especially when we awaken to the reality that we are NOW in a war and there will be skirmishes here in the heartland.]

[Jefferson Adams]

While I'm not a Mormon, I've LONG appreciated your stand on preparedness. In fact, pre-Y2K, many Mormon churches opened up their canning facilities for non-church-members to purchase their food and do their own canning. I did it on 3 separate occasions - it was fun, and as a result I still have a buncha big cans of dried food :)

Thanks for the post, UG!