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Interesting.

Whenever I hear of people hoarding large amounts of food (for emergencies) it seems to be someone in the U.S. or out in the prairies in Canada. That's what made me wonder if it's regional.

Why do so many Mormons store so much food? Is that a part of the faith in some way, or is there another reason?
 
warpus said:
Interesting.

Whenever I hear of people hoarding large amounts of food (for emergencies) it seems to be someone in the U.S. or out in the prairies in Canada. That's what made me wonder if it's regional.

Why do so many Mormons store so much food? Is that a part of the faith in some way, or is there another reason?
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It has to do with the migration to Utah and the consequences of inadequate preparation. Pioneer culture required self subsistence and food storage was part of that. So, it is common throughout the western states. You will also see it in difficult to reach places, such as mountains and swamps.

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Yeah, "pioneer culture" is probably a useful shorthand. iirc, LDS members also keep a savings (of money), as everyone ought to. I'm trying to rebuild mine now, in fact. Avoiding excessive debt is one of their principles, so self-reliance isn't just about surviving disasters, but navigating the everyday vagaries of life. There's something about having good shoes, too.
 
Mormons are taught to be as self-reliant as possible, even while knowing the church can help when they’ve done all they can do for themselves and their families. To this end, they work to store at least a year’s supply of everything they would need should they experience unemployment, death of the wage-earner, or other challenges to their budget. This might not let them maintain their previous lifestyle, but it will allow them to feed their family and pay their bills during the crisis. When times are tight, they have the security of knowing they will be okay.
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https://mormonchurch.com/734/what-commandments-do-mormons-keep
 
Lemon Merchant said:
Hurricanes and such, I'm kind of prepared.

In the event of a nuke, I'm calculating the target blast radius and driving to the center of it before the damn thing lands. There is no way I want to live in a post apocalyptic world. Sorry everybody, you're on your own.
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Canadians shouldn't have to worry about Hurricanes. :shifty:
 
Cutlass said:
Canadians shouldn't have to worry about Hurricanes. :shifty:
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Well, they aren't as common as they are in the Gulf and down in the southern US, but we do get them up here where I am. The last big one was a direct hit and it destroyed a whole lot of stuff.

It was the first year I moved here and I had no power for a week. I wanted to move home so badly. :(
 
Lemon Merchant said:
Well, they aren't as common as they are in the Gulf and down in the southern US, but we do get them up here where I am. The last big one was a direct hit and it destroyed a whole lot of stuff.

It was the first year I moved here and I had no power for a week. I wanted to move home so badly. :(
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I think that gives me an idea of where in Canada you are. I've been through that area a couple times. I quite like it.

For the most part when a hurricane comes through here, it's mostly spent, and we don't get it too bad. Last one was about 6 years ago. But as I live in a floodproof place I don't worry too much about it.
 
The hurricanes affect me too to a degree, in southwestern Ontario. Not nearly on the same scale of course, but we often get crazy storms that are remnants of the system that lead to a lot of wind and rain, wild thunderstorms, etc. Nothing dangerous, usually, but it can lead to flooded basements, downed trees, etc.
 
Lemon Merchant said:
Well, they aren't as common as they are in the Gulf and down in the southern US, but we do get them up here where I am. The last big one was a direct hit and it destroyed a whole lot of stuff.

It was the first year I moved here and I had no power for a week. I wanted to move home so badly. :(
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So you live in Trailer Park Boys-land? Or that land that was found, and then people forgot about it, and it was found again, and named for being newly found?
 
So we've gathered the first-aid kit, the hand-powered radio, and the hand-powered flashlight into the ground-floor pantry,

Up 'til now, we've been buying a big bag of rice, eating down zero, and then buying more. We buy six big bottles of water, drink it down until we're working on the last bottle, and then buy more. Yesterday, we bought six extra bottles of water and placed them in the storage room on the third floor. Today, we're buying an extra bag of rice, and putting it there too. Now, when we buy more water and/or rice, it'll go up to the storage room, and that in storage will come down ti the kitchen.

In our next trip to Tagbilaran, I'll buy a portable stove. Because my parties are always on the third-floor patio, I'll store my party plates, party silverware, and party cookery up there too.

There's no prep for the car. We have a coastal road with lots of bridges. In our big quake, most of them broke. In case of disaster, we aren't going anywhere. :sad:
 
How far are you from Alburquerque?

Do large bags of rice go moldy in the humidity?
 
warpus said:
Change of plans. First we gang up on Commodore and steal his weapons. Then we meet up @ Zelig's for a BBQ
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Good luck. Remember, I have military training and actual combat experience in asymmetrical warfare. Not to mention my wife isn't too bad of a marksman herself and we have been teaching our oldest daughter to shoot as well. You all may eventually get me in a rush, but resistance will be fierce. And by the time you do get me, there may not be enough of an arsenal left to steal to make the battle worth it.
 
Guess Canadians get more hurricanes than I thought.

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Zelig said:
I wouldn't expect being the victim of asymmetrical warfare as a member of the US military to be worth anything in the case of zombies unless you still have notable military command structure and resources left intact.
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That was more for the "let's all gang up on Commodore" thing Warpus said. And we learned some pretty nifty tactics from the insurgents. They taught us, through their attack methods, how to be creative and make the most out of limited resources.

Also my military training gives me the skills and knowledge to be able to form my family into a semi-decent and organized fighting force. Not saying they'd be able to take on professional soldiers, but they would be more than a match for a disorganized mob of untrained civilians with little in the way of firepower to compensate for that lack of training. Although if you have Bootstoots with you, that might be a problem. I get the feeling he could whip up some pretty nasty explosives or chemical weapons.
 
Commodore said:
Good luck. Remember, I have military training and actual combat experience in asymmetrical warfare. Not to mention my wife isn't too bad of a marksman herself and we have been teaching our oldest daughter to shoot as well. You all may eventually get me in a rush, but resistance will be fierce. And by the time you do get me, there may not be enough of an arsenal left to steal to make the battle worth it.
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You are probably right, as I have video game military training only. Not to mention I do not have a wife.
 
Zkribbler said:
The western Pacific didn't get any hurricanes until the early 50's. The first signs of global warming, perhaps?
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Well, global warming was talked about 100 years or so ago. So not a new concept. But I think the more likely explanation is that most of those were well off the Mexican coast, and did not hit California. So probably they were there, but no one knew about them. They were off common shipping lanes and in places no aircraft would be flying.
 
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