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arbilad


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This article talks about the extreme mismanagement and waste at FEMA. In addition, there were many reports that FEMA actually hindered private relief efforts during Katrina while themselves not providing sufficient relief. You have to wonder about them when they booked evacuees onto cruise ships at a higher price than that same room would have cost a normal person. Normally people buying in bulk can negotiate a better price, instead of a worse one.
So don't depend on the government to bail you out of an emergency situation. We need to follow the advice of the bretheren and have plenty of food, water, fuel and clothing on hand.

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My wife and I are living in a relatively small one bedroom apartment in downtown SLC for what will be a total of 18 months.  We have our preparedness program in place at our home in Arizona, but decided to not bring the food and water with us.  (Some years ago we did bring a lot of our storage food, including several buckets of wheat, beans and other canned goods, with us on a 2 year assignment in Italy, and brought it all back again, but at the expense of General Electric Co.)  I'd be interested to know what some of you folks would do in the way of preparedness in a temporary situation like ours. 

What we do have is a full hot water tank, soda bottles filled with additonal water, and about enough frozen canned and packaged food to last us about a month at most.  Same for sanitation items.  Meds are good for 2 weeks at most.  Our "bug out bags" could be quickly assembled from what we have in less than 5 minutes.

Again, I'd be interested to know what some of you folks would do in the way of preparedness in a temporary situation like ours. 

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I've thought about this, lundbaek, and I'm not sure what to recommend. Maybe buy three months of supplies you use, such as spaghetti and potato pearls, all at once, then buy new stuff as you consume what you bought? Then, as your stay winds down, just live off the storage for the last three months. That way you haven't spent any more on groceries, and you at least have some reserve to fall back on.
Also, depending on your finances, there are other possibilities. Buy a basic year's supply for the both of you (about $1000 if you do it cheaply), then donate it to a local family when you leave. Or leave it for the couple that replaces you. If space is a concern, then keep it at the home of a local family you trust.

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I have been able to pick up some of my years supply from folks that have been moving. Its a great way to not have to take it with you but not have to throw it out.

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