That was right around the time I got a message from Facebook asking if I knew anyone who was doing extremist things like stockpiling food/prepping.
My wife had just gotten done canning lots of veggies and sauces at the end of last summer and posted pictures to Facebook. She was so proud of her hard work.
I got the message, and made her take down the post.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS, Mormon Church) have a book about preparedness (The LDS Preparedness Manual) that goes deeply into food storage. In it, they explain that cities are akin to islands of concrete that need continuous inflows of food for the people to survive. They go on to describe what they think will happen in the event of a food shortage.
As soon as people figure out what's going on, they go to the food producers (farmers/ranchers). Some years ago the U.S. federal government made food hoarding by farmers illegal. As a result, many of them have devised clever methods of stashing significant amounts of food in the event the feds come knocking to take it all away. So the law is going to have the opposite, unintended effect.
According to the LDS, the best way to avoid the situation you describe is to share what you have with the community. If your family is in dire need, go to a Mormon meetinghouse and ask. Their congregations, as a matter of religious practice, make emergency preparations for extended periods of food shortage and other catastrophes.
There are various versions floating around online. Here are some online resources from the Mormon Church:
That was right around the time I got a message from Facebook asking if I knew anyone who was doing extremist things like stockpiling food/prepping.
My wife had just gotten done canning lots of veggies and sauces at the end of last summer and posted pictures to Facebook. She was so proud of her hard work.
I got the message, and made her take down the post.
We've since deleted our accounts.
Smart. FB is literally a public facing government surveillance program. DARPA lifelog
Yup. I've got all the food stored safely in my cellar. You know in case people come knocking.
They'll loot the stores first. That's the what happens in SF. That's the warning to get organized.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS, Mormon Church) have a book about preparedness (The LDS Preparedness Manual) that goes deeply into food storage. In it, they explain that cities are akin to islands of concrete that need continuous inflows of food for the people to survive. They go on to describe what they think will happen in the event of a food shortage.
As soon as people figure out what's going on, they go to the food producers (farmers/ranchers). Some years ago the U.S. federal government made food hoarding by farmers illegal. As a result, many of them have devised clever methods of stashing significant amounts of food in the event the feds come knocking to take it all away. So the law is going to have the opposite, unintended effect.
According to the LDS, the best way to avoid the situation you describe is to share what you have with the community. If your family is in dire need, go to a Mormon meetinghouse and ask. Their congregations, as a matter of religious practice, make emergency preparations for extended periods of food shortage and other catastrophes.
There are various versions floating around online. Here are some online resources from the Mormon Church:
Provident Living https://providentliving.churchofjesuschrist.org/?lang=eng
Local Area Preparedness Guides https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/life/AreaPreparednessGuides?lang=eng
Emergency Preparedness https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/gospel-topics/emergency-preparedness?lang=eng
Temporal Preparedness Resources https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/life/temporal-preparedness-resources?lang=eng