Captain Tropic's
Disaster Food Supplies List
Food and Water
I'm not happy with this list yet, I'm in the process of doing some food tasting, all of the items under testing are non refrigerated, long shell life, and easy to find. Many people and web sites tell everyone to run out and buy MRE's, I wouldn't inflect that on anyone except maybe some of the folks in the middle east. Besides being pretty nasty, (except the peanut butter) they are a pain in the butt to buy, so why go through the trouble, unless your expecting a nuclear war.
Purchase enough nonperishable foods that will feed your family for at least two weeks. Store this food in a good place and try to leave this cache alone. Avoid foods that are salty or high in fat or protein; they'll make you thirsty. Store at least a week's worth of water, 1 to 2 gallons per person per day. (This water is for cooking, drinking, brushing teeth, washing, for first aid, cleaning hands to handle contact lenses). When a hurricane threatens completely fill your refrigerator and freezer. Your food will stay cold longer when the power goes out and frozen foods are as good as a block of ice. Fill extra ice cube trays or plastic jugs and freeze them. Be careful about what kind of container you use to store your water in. I do not recommend the use of empty milk jugs, no mater how well they are cleaned, you will never get all the milk out of the pores in the plastic! Bacteria will grow and you will get sick from it. Make sure coolers and freezers are packed with ice.
What to buy:
Bottled water - This is very handy you can carry them as you work
Ice - This is a must to keep your food cool
Shelf packaged juice and milk boxes - These store well
Canned and powdered milk - These also store well
Beverages - powdered or canned, fruit juices, instant coffee, tea
Prepared foods - canned soups, beef, spaghetti, tuna, chicken, ham, corned beef hash, fruit cocktail, packaged pudding
Canned vegetables and fruits - You can drink the juices and save your water
Dried fruits - Snacks for you and the kids
Snacks - crackers, cookies, hard candy, and nuts watch the salt content
Snack spreads - peanut butter, cheese spreads, and jelly
Cereals - Their good without milk
Raw vegetables - keep them cool
Sugar, salt, pepper - There has to be taste in your food!
Bread - This will keep for a little while
Dry and canned pet food - don't forget these guys
Extra formula, baby food - the baby won't let you forget
Kitchen Supplies
Jugs or containers to store water - Remember what I said about milk jugs
Manual can opener - Wouldn't you feel like a fool if you had $200.00 worth of food stored and no opener.
Bottle opener
Matches- I like the larger stick type and lighters will work here as well
Pocketknife - Preferably Swiss Army style
Camp stove - Or some other cooking device and plenty of fuel. Use canned fuel inside your home, not charcoal or gas
Ice chests - Coolers
Paper plates
Napkins
Cutlery
Cups
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