[kittygrrl]

FEMA knows 93% of U.S households are unprepared for no more then 72 hours of grid down survivallYour stockpile is the most valuable thing you own, it's your first line of defense. if you don't have a stockpile of shelf stable food (30 days of food per person) and a water source of 2 gallons of water per day, per person, and basic medical supplies your count down begins, water is the most important thing in your stockpile, 3 days without and your body starts shutting down..you need as much as you can store, gallons put in a corner or closet, if you don't have money to buy water storage buckets then use glass bottles, empty plastic bottles, anything with a lid and is food safe. For your shelf stable food that means food you can eat without using electricity ie canned beans, fruit, vegetables, soup, canned meat, crackers, cookies, trail mix, rice, dried or canned milk etc, date every can on top and rotate it with the oldest can up front...i know this is a lot of info but you don't have to do it all at once, but do it in stages, hopefully this information will prevent you from making some of the initial mistakes, i've made..oh i almost forget, buy at least 3-4 can openers non electric the hand crank kind because you will go through a few before it's over