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I have added Survival Blog to my bookmarks and blog sidebar. Not that I think the end of the world is coming but because the content offers interesting perspective.

I'm not a big gun guy, I have one in case a deranged type tries to enter my house and harm my wife or kids, but I don't have a cache or collection.

One relative and a close friend in Tennessee keep weapons in number, both for different reasons. One because he takes the second amendment to heart and the other because he thinks terrorists are skulking about in the woods. Amazing, I know.

Early on in our marriage we considered buying some land in Southern Oregon, near Ashland. The seller was a local guy who took us around to various lots he had for sale. For the excursion he brought along a deer rifle and at one point pulled over on a quiet mountain pass and shot off a round.
As the day went on he confided he had over 120 rifles and his local group of friends sported hundreds of weapons.

That was 25 years ago and last I heard no one has invaded Oregon in that time, unless you count Californians looking or a better life.

For my purposes survival means how we get by if the currency takes a plunge and how we will get by if bread trucks stop delivering product, in sufficient quantity to the grocery stores. We witnessed a run on rice last Spring. Panic buying cleared the shelves at Costco on mere rumor that there was a shortage coming. Food riots broke out worldwide and people died over rice supplies. Those riots didn't get much media attention here.

Would we riot if bread and eggs became hard to get? Not likely, but how many of us know how to bake bread and who among us suburbanites have laying hens in the backyard. When I go to the store and look at who's shopping I can safely, sadly say the majority would not survive a real test.

Last Christmas our friend Anna gave us as part of our gift a gallon of uncooked pinto beans in a container that looked like it came out of 1960's bomb shelter. It looks army issue. It sits in the pantry and will remain there hopefully forever. If I have to open it then it means everything went to hell and I am in full survival mode.

I'm not predicting a great downfall or even an economic depression but just in case I plan to study up on the the definition of "gulching" and look in on Survival Blog now and then.

Labels: Food Hoarding