Some of you preppers are howlarious! I can sure identify with you, too! I'm really not laughing at you, I'm laughing with you!
I bought so much storage food, before the rollover (thinking my adults kids would need a refuge, from their city place), and I'm still adding to my preps.
My basement is so full of stuff that I won't even let my own (grown) kids down there....they'd really think I'm whacked out! I'll never have the oomph to move all this stuff, if I wanted to move to a nice retirement place. I'll have to stay here 'til they carry me out!
I'm looking into getting some shelving to put up, which would alleviate the problem of things still in the grocery bags, but whatever needs doing, will have to be done by me. I'd be embarassed to have a handyman see my unorganized stash! One of these days!
Actually, one room does have boxes and boxes of storage food neatly stacked, but the bags of groceries I've added since then, have no home, as yet. I haven't started to use the #10 cans of anything, yet- I'll give them another year. Bought some more dairy items, recently- with the worry about Mad Cow and shortages, if F&M Disease comes here.
Abby, not that it's any of our business, but I'm wondering why you moved closer to your "traitor" ex? In fact, you sounded like you preferred the former location.
Also, I am utterly shocked that the FEMA guys would confiscate your heaters, Abby.
What did they do with your kerosene? I think everyone and his brother bought kero and heaters, before the rollover. I know I did! If I don't need my kero in another year or so, don't know what to do with it. Guess I should call FEMA to dispose of it, then!
Ittybit- I love your story! That wheat concerns me, tho- I'm afraid it will be infested with bugs, or rodents will get to it, or dampness will cause mold. That's a lot of wheat to just be lying around in plastic bags, unless you're just pulling our legs.
Taz, you two sure did spend a lot of money prepping (I spent plenty, too, but not that much.) But, you can rest assured you'll be ready for about anything, and some of you writers could be correct.....what's coming down the pike might be worse than Y2K. Like Jesse pointed out, there are just too many potential crises we face.
It's nice to have friends who share the same doomer mentality and understand each other.