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Novabronte
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posted August 24, 2016 11:18 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Novabronte     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Odd announcement, does the gov know something?
Besides it should be water for 10 days and food for five, not the other way around...you can live without food for a while but not without water... http://uproxx.com/news/german-citizens-stockpile-goods-attack/

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StubbornVirgo
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posted August 25, 2016 07:42 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for StubbornVirgo     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
That is weird...

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juniperb
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posted August 25, 2016 07:56 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for juniperb     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Sounds weird but is it?

Terrorism aside, a natural disaster could occur and you could survive with supplies until help arrived.
My lifestyle is always have a week of food and water on hand.

Look at Italy yesterday and it`s earthquake.

Perhaps the goverment is simply being prudent?

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posted August 25, 2016 02:06 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Novabronte     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Juniperb I agree that it's common sense to keep some staples at hand. I'm just weary when gov makes such announcements , can't help it.
In case of Italy's earthquake, even if they had stockpiled food and water it all would have perished under the collapsed buildings so this argument is not very convincing.
In case of war or civil unrest however, it would make more sense.
We're all uneasy here with Russia's army drill I guess.

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StubbornVirgo
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posted August 25, 2016 02:08 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for StubbornVirgo     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
^^ You make a good point.

We keep extra food, water, medications and first aid supplies on hand. I was raised this way because of where I grew up. If something happened like losing power in bad weather, then we had to be able to take care of ourselves without going to the store, etc. for at least a week.

It just always strikes me as intriguing when the government urges its citizens to do something like stockpile food and water. It does make me wonder if they know something that we don't (or that we're ignoring).

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StubbornVirgo
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posted August 25, 2016 02:09 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for StubbornVirgo     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Novabronte:

We're all uneasy here with Russia's army drill I guess.

That's what came to my mind.

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StubbornVirgo
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posted August 25, 2016 02:16 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for StubbornVirgo     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
It seems to be more about preparing for a terrorist attack than anything:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/germany-food-water-stockpile-warning-terror-attack-catastrophe-government-terrorism-a7203376.html

Disclaimer: I have no idea if the Independent is a good news source. It's just what popped up when I Googled the subject.

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juniperb
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posted August 25, 2016 02:20 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for juniperb     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
It`s a scary world and a shame we have to keep looking over our shoulder in prepardness.

I didn`t know about the Russian army drill. My prayers go out to the world .

SV, I do as well because the weather can take us down for days.

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teasel
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posted August 25, 2016 05:02 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for teasel     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I didn't know about it, either.

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iQ
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posted August 29, 2016 09:04 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for iQ     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Prepping 101:

1. Build an overhead water tank.
2. Maintain a 2 KW Solar Power System.
3. Install a Water Purifying Systems that run on Solar Power.
4. Stock Ramen Noodles and Vitamins.

One can survive for months this way.

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