mirkwood

Yes that is accurate. The person who will take your food, would have a high liklihood of moving on to physical action against their victim. A burglary while you are gone is not the same as a home invasion robbery while you are there. Not unrelated to rape and murder.

You can buy it from the cannery both ways. I have purchased their wheat in #10 cans and also in the 50 lb. bags and put it in buckets myself. I think the most important thing to remember about cannery wheat is that it has only been cleaned one time. Most other brands of wheat you buy has been cleaned 2 or 3 times. The reason this is important is putting cannery wheat in some of the higher end electric grinders will void the warranty. For example, we purchased a Bosch a couple years ago and they told us any use of the cannery wheat voids the factory warranty. I also have purchased some other brands of wheat which is what we grind in the Bosch. If we ever have to use the cannery wheat I have a hand grinder that we will use.

LMM: any idea why my cylon kitten eye is stationary? I used the same .gif from GLO.

When I started looking to store non-food products I tracked what my family used in a month. Then I multiplied by 12 and had my figure to work towards. Some things I guesstimated. Items like OTC painkillers etc.

I use both. If I am doing the "canning" I use pails. Most of what I purchase is in #10 cans.

Would your perspective change if it went from defending your food from the desperate person, to: now they have your food and intend to rape/harm/murder your family? 1- More water. 2- More batteries. 3- More ammo. 4- More canned fruit. 5- More candy.

I joined the board a few months ago and just now have gotten around to looking around. I'm LDS, I grew up in a part member family, RM (Pennsylvania Philadelphia), married 21 years, two sons, love soccer (Manchester United), music (Rush and BOC my faves), reading books, shooting guns & I teach emergency preparedness in my stake. That is me in a nutshell. LoudMouthMormon knows me from a couple of other boards.

This may not help in any way at all, but I just had this experience last week at work. A little background to help this make sense, I am a police officer and I work graveyards. We all have areas we like to roam while working. We also have our favorite "hiding spots" for when we are not driving around, writing reports, eating etc. I went on a call earlier with another officer where we were dealing with a real nutjob that does not like cops. He had not broken any laws, but was hanging out in the area where I have most of my "hiding spots." I decided to avoid them tonight in case he was roaming the area still. I did not want him sneaking up on me in the dark. Much later in the shift I went to another spot I use that was further from where we had dealt with him, but within walking distance of where we last saw him. I was talking to another officer on the phone while I was sitting there. I had a sudden strong urge to drive away from this parking lot. I dropped it into gear and drove off with the strong feeling I was being watched and this was a bad thing. Bad as in it was not safe for me to be there. I drove several miles away as I continued my conversation with my partner on the phone. When I was done I decided to drive back up there and take a look around. The same feeling returned as I headed back there and it got stronger the closer I got. I do not scare easily and when I do, I have learned to control my fear and do what I need to do. I did not go back to this area. I have no idea why or if it is related to the earlier crazy guy, I just knew I needed to stay away from there the rest of my shift. I don't know why I was prompted to drive away. I went through the area the next night as usual and everything was as normal.