This is from an blog post titled ‘Australian Study: Stockpile Food For Pandemic’ dated December 12, 2007 and while a little dated still applicable for pandemics and pretty much any other disaster:
For nearly 2 years, the United States Department of Health and Human Services has been promoting the idea that every household should have 2-weeks worth of food stockpiled for emergencies, such as a pandemic.
Hmm… Don’t seem to remember any Public Service Announcements along those lines, DHHS must have stuck that information on some obscure page of their website. But anyway, the blog post continues:
Many of us in the flu community have argued that 2-weeks would be insufficient in a severe pandemic, and that 30 days, 60 days, or even 90 days worth of supplies would be more prudent.
Today, we learn that a study conducted in Australia, and printed in the Medical Journal of Australia, advocates that residents of that nation consider stockpiling at least 3-months worth of food in anticipation of a flu pandemic.
While, of course, there is no pending pandemic at this time we are faced with the possibility of a major eruption of the Katla volcano in Iceland. A disturbing quote from a USA Today article:
The potential eruption of Iceland’s volcano Katla could send the world, including the USA, into an extended deep freeze.
And this from an American Thinker blog post:
It happened in 1816 and is bound to happen again.
In 1816 the northern hemisphere suffered through the year without summer. During the previous winter the Mt Tambora volcano erupted. Thousands froze to death due to the bitter cold the atmospheric ash clouds created.
Frost killed most of the early crops as late as May that year in North America. Frost and snow killed even crops more in June. Riots, arson, and looting flared up in Europe as common food stores became scarce. Lake and river ice were recorded in Pennsylvania in July and August.
Deep freeze=crop failures=food shortage. A Katla eruption in the near future would be double-trouble after the recent Russian crop losses due to drought and fire.
Please check out the survival sites in the blogroll on the right hand side of this page for tips on food stockpiling and much more.
