http://ask.metafilter.com/tags/federaldisasterplanningisajoke Questions tagged with 'federaldisasterplanningisajoke' at Ask MetaFilter. Mon, 20 Mar 2006 06:24:09 -0800 Mon, 20 Mar 2006 06:24:09 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://ask.metafilter.com/34701/The%2DMormons%2Dand%2Droaches%2Dwill%2Doutlive%2Dus%2Dall In light of the <a href="http://www.nationalreview.com/symposium/symposium200603140821.asp">US Govt dancing around the 'S' word</a>, help me build a small stockpile <em>preferably with recipes or a cooking list</em> and any general advice about stockpiling... Screw the 'buy an extra can of tuna and put it under the bed' nonsense - if I'm in for a dime, I'm in for a dollar. I've got some dry, cool space in my basement ready to go - but I have no idea as to how to build a stockpile. <br> <br> I'll have to support myself, my wife, and a four year old.<br> <br> Furthermore, I'd rather not have the situation where it's "Guess I'll have another handful of dry beans" if I ever have to rely upon it. I'd like to stockpile stuff that actually makes a simple meal, rather than a hand-to-mouth type of store.<br> <br> I assume that these things have a shelf life and will need to be rotated out of the stockpile, replaced, and into the 'normal' flow at some point rather than be wasted.<br> <br> Help? Before the <strike>swine flu</strike> <strike>nukes</strike> <strike>rapture</strike> bird flu gets us all... tag:ask.metafilter.com,2006:site.34701 Mon, 20 Mar 2006 06:24:09 -0800 birdflu federaldisasterplanningisajoke flu meals stockpile unixrat