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GenJerDan6-Mar-20 4:16
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kalberts6-Mar-20 4:45
kalberts6-Mar-20 4:45 
Preppers have given a bad name to common sense preparations.

I sure have got a pile of canned food in my basement. Dries soup, too. In my freezer are a couple turkeys ready for baking, and a fair amount of meat. My kitchen cupboards holds about ten kilograms of various flours. I've got a couple kilograms of dried pasta.

Why should the corona virus change this? I always have a stock of dried, canned and frozen food. Similarly, whenever I open my second-to-last tube of toothpaste, I buy four or six new ones on my next buying round. When I open the second-to-last 8-pack of toilet paper, I buy a few more 8-packs. That is just one of my habits.

In a crisis, I might run out of, say, tomato soup so that I will have to eat other soups. I might run out of chicken so I have to eat turkey. But there will be something to eat for several weeks.

I must admit that I do not have a sufficient stock of drinking water. If some poisonous substance gets into the drinking water (and needd for preparing dried foods, bake my bread etc.) I may run into some problems (but I do have the plans ready to remedy that). I should stock up on more drink that can be stored for some time. Maybe I should get a few cases of Corona. Usually, I drink more hoppy beers, but I renewed my familiarity with Corona a couple days ago (it is years since last time I drank it), and I was positively surprised. Great as lighter, fresher alternative.
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