On 1/19/2015 Snowpuppy said: As some other posters have said, not because of the television news but because it's a lifestyle up here.
I learned after I moved here that you "just don't run to the store" so I stock a deep pantry. I rotate food so it's not like there's any waste.
The power can be out for days in a storm and temps often dip below zero so some food, water and a little firewood can make your days stuck at home easier.
This is what we do, also. Although I could run to the store but why when keeping a well stocked larder prevents the need. We rotate about 8 gallons of water routinely. We have no doomsday worries, it just makes sense to be prepared.
What we don't have is a generator so if we lose power, we will lose a lot of frozen food. Fortunately it has stayed frozen through every power loss except one year when a horrible thaw would have occurred had a nice neighbor not ran a power cord from his generator to our freezer and refrigerator.