My heart goes out to the Japanese people. My God another 7.0 quake, these people can not seem to get a break at all. Living in California I am acutely aware of earth quakes, having felt tremblers and gone thru the San Simeon quake. The was my first and only earth quake but I have went thru many hurricanes and tornadoes as a kid growing up in Texas. Mom and Dad were preppers we had a root cellar on the farm (with a hand pump well inside the cellar) stocked with many jars of moms home canned foods. when we got word of a tornado into the cellar we would go. Thank the good Lord we never had anything really major happen but we were prepared never the less. I have never forgotten that since.
My wife has come around to the prepper way of thinking now (over the last 10 years we have been together) she sees what is happening in this country. Constant rise in food, energy, and costs. We both work and do not have hundreds of dollars to spend, but always manage to put a little food and water aside each payday, over the years we have put a nice little 6-9 month supply that is rotated on a monthly basis. We only store what we eat. Having grown up on rice and beans and a chicken or two as a kid. It is not hard for me, she on the other hand, ate a very diversified menu growing up. So my taste have expanded a little more since having this wonderful lady come into my life.
I have learned to dehydrate, can, and several other "outmoded & out dated" forms of preserving and stocking methods, LOL. Neighbors are not to keen on all the "Smoke" coming from or funny little house in the back yard. Until that is, they get a little taste of the ham, bacon, or fish that is shared at some neighborly events in our get togethers.
In the future since it seems I am the only one reading this blog for now, I will be adding a few book titles and thoughts on how to get preps at a cheaper cost than normal. If anyone has ideas and see's this blog please be sure to send them to me I will repost with credit to the original sender.
Later,
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