Any emergency in case of disaster, economic downfall, war, anything. Its really a good idea to have canned food / water supply stored and rotate them about once a month…. camping items are great idea, thanks~!

Try something like MREs and bottled water. The water you can cycle through the normal day-to-day use, buying a few gallons to replace the gallons you use periodically. The MREs will last pretty much with no worries for five or six years. After that, you should find a reason to eat them, and replace them. Five years is a long time, though.

You can find MREs and similar long-term storage food at camping stores or even at internet sites like Sportsman’s Guide. (No I don’t get a commission, but I like some of the stuff they have.) And while you’re putting up stuff for emergencies, think about some cash and maybe a hand-cranked radio/light. If you go camping, you probably already have a lot of what you need. One more thought- I’d keep these "emergency" supplies in a 30-gallon garbage can, which you can use in an emergency. PBS had a few programs on what you might want to keep, including food.

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I have an employee that keeps talking about her church being very involved in emergency food storage & having 72 hour emergency packs– I asked her why the church was so into this & she said it was just "being prepared in case of a disaster"… ok fine- but why is the church making sure everyone has it? I asked her if it was because we were nearing the "end" and she said no… was she just protecting her beliefs (I was unaware the LDS were into end time prophecy– are they are are they not??) or is it just a "community service" thing they are into?
She’s been talking about it a lot the last few weeks- so I would like to know. She’s usually very open about discussing her religion w/ me, but this just seems odd to me.
I guess I don’t understand- if they are the chosen ones, wouldn’t they go to heaven? Why the extra food? If some get raptured & some die, there should be lots of "extra" food etc for them left from those who are no longer around… doesn’t make sense to me.
I have plenty of "extra" food at home- we could easily live a week or 2 on all the stuff in my house- but 3 months? a year? won’t it all go bad eventually?
Why does the church insist that everyone have it? (she said her mom was giving a lecture about it at church & her father asked her how much she had stored up so far…) It just sounds very doomsday to me.

I think you are confusing a couple of ideas here, maybe with what you have heard from other Christian denominations. We do not put too much emphasis on the "rapture" idea but more emphasis on getting ready to have Jesus reign in the Millennium and the wonderful resurrection of all those who have lived on the earth.
We have had several prophets tell us that times will be tumultuous as we get closer to the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. Those may include, but are not limited to, earthquakes, wars and rumors of wars, economic instability, etc. Right now I am wishing I had paid more attention to the gardening my parents did while I was going up, as cucumbers at about $1.00 each and other food prices going up should be cause for concern for everyone who eats. Have a happy day, and I send you a gummy bear.
P.S. The idea of having food storage is to "rotate" it. So canned goods should be used in 3 to 6 months on the average, or maybe within a year if you eat less of those items. I would personally keep things I eat often and any of the wheat type stuff I would probably keep for mush or wheat grass. My parents already learned not to keep things, even if they’ve been dry-packed or vacuum-packed, longer than a few years, as the items definitely lose flavor after a while.

Heyy everyone !!!!

Well basically today i applied for food stamps because i lost my job and i obviously need to eat lol, So right now i am looking for a job but didnt find one yet. So I went down the the office today and applied , I got the food stamps but the lady that called it ..said it was "emergency food stamps" right now but i will get more later .. I was wondering what is emergency food stamps .. how much do u usually get for emergency food stamps.

INFORMATION ABOUT ME ~ I am 22 years old female living with my parents but they do not support me and i gave them a letter that my mother wrote, I dont have a job at this time so no income and no bank account. Could you please help me out and try to guess how much i will get for the emergency food stamps. She didnt tell me … she said it will be activated tomorrow morning after 11 and i can find out. Thanks so much .. DONT ANSWER IF YOU ARE GOING TO BE RUDE OR YOU DO NOT KNOW THE ANSWER !!! Thank you everyone for all your help

Your social service worker should have told you the amount on the card. Just go out and use it to buy something small to eat and the receipt will tell you your food stamps remaining balance for the month every time.

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