Food Storage

[FMCoug]

I can see Deseret Mills from my backyard of my house in Kaysville. So I figure they have plenty of food there. So I'm just going with armaments.

[MikeWaters]

In a time when a lot of people will lose their jobs, and not be able to find work, food storage is invaluable. My former Bishop's family lived off their food storage for months, at least in supplementation when he was without work for almost a year (lawyer).

Tex and Indy, what do you think about food storage?

[Clark Addison]

Originally Posted by MikeWaters

In a time when a lot of people will lose their jobs, and not be able to find work, food storage is invaluable. My former Bishop's family lived off their food storage for months, at least in supplementation when he was without work for almost a year (lawyer).

Tex and Indy, what do you think about food storage?

I am not arguing that we should not have food storage, but in a situation like this, wouldn't it have been more cost effective if the family had stockpiled savings, rather than food?

[ERCougar]

Originally Posted by Clark Addison

I am not arguing that we should not have food storage, but in a situation like this, wouldn't it have been more cost effective if the family had stockpiled savings, rather than food?

I actually knew a family who went into debt to acquire their food storage. We had discussions about this, but to no avail.

I have noticed a shift in the church literature from 1-yr supply to a stepwise approach, i.e. 72-hr kit, then 3-month expense savings, then working towards food storage. This makes much more sense to me.

However, my friend's ward just had a fireside on the subject put on by one of these survivalist kooks. His take was that 72-hr kits were a waste because we could go without essentials for 72 hours pretty easily (Never mind that 72 hours will get you through the VAST majority of disasters...). He then had a big list of things that everyone must have. I don't even remember the highlights as they were so ridiculous I didn't want to waste brain cells on them.

[TripletDaddy]

LOL. More nuttiness.

Hoarding food in your basement, buying guns to protect your food in the event of pandemic illness or calamity, fear that everyone is going to be out to get you.

So glad this is the smarter board.

[BYU71]

Originally Posted by MikeWaters

In a time when a lot of people will lose their jobs, and not be able to find work, food storage is invaluable. My former Bishop's family lived off their food storage for months, at least in supplementation when he was without work for almost a year (lawyer).

Tex and Indy, what do you think about food storage?

I think this is the most reasonable argument for food storage. You might get caught in a personal situation where you need it.

Food storage has been around a long time. Everytime we get into some economic trouble in the US or potential for a flu epidemic I hear people running around saying, see the Prophets have been warning us about this. Maybe people ought to look more to individual cases as to why the counsel and not that they are predicting major calamities right around the corner.

[FMCoug]

Originally Posted by Clark Addison

I am not arguing that we should not have food storage, but in a situation like this, wouldn't it have been more cost effective if the family had stockpiled savings, rather than food?

I thought this too, but in talking to a family who went through this, my mind was changed. She said by eating their food storage, the savings went WAY farther than they would have. Were they using savings for groceries, they likely would have kept buying the same expensive food, etc. they had always gotten, instead of eating for pennies on the dollar via food storage.

[MikeWaters]

Originally Posted by BYU71

I think this is the most reasonable argument for food storage. You might get caught in a personal situation where you need it.

Food storage has been around a long time. Everytime we get into some economic trouble in the US or potential for a flu epidemic I hear people running around saying, see the Prophets have been warning us about this. Maybe people ought to look more to individual cases as to why the counsel and not that they are predicting major calamities right around the corner.

I'm trying to counter the idea that there is no possible case where food storage would be necessary for a well-off family.

Without further deliveries, it takes less than two weeks for a city to run out of food.

[exUte]

Originally Posted by MikeWaters

If there is a flu pandemic, there will likely be millions of Americans who die.

What do you think will happen to commerce in a flu pandemic?

Experts are wringing their hands about a pandemic and it is on the FRONT-BURNER.

You leave your home to get food and return home, and your entire family dies. It is not science fiction. It is the history of the world.

People like SeattleUte make a business of doing everything opposite of what prophets have told us to do.

[MikeWaters]

A moral case could be made for NOT stockpiling food storage at this juncture.

By buying the food, you are increasing demand, and driving up prices.

Already the very poor of the world are not able to afford food.

So in effect, by not buying food, you are helping the very poor, and in a measure, mortagning your own family's life to help others.

However, I know SU has no intention of sacrificing his family's life for another. But either way, that's the effect.